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Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, lead singer of the Pogues, died
Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, lead singer of the Pogues, died Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan is an Irish-English musician and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the punk band The Pogues. …

Stone of Destiny, stolen by the English, returned to Scotland, 700 years later
Stone of Destiny, stolen by the English, returned to Scotland, 700 years later The Stone of Scone (/ˈskuːn/; Scottish Gaelic: An Lia Fàil; Scots: Stane o Scone), also known as the Stone of Destiny, is an oblong block of red sandstone that was used originally in the coronation of the monarchs of Scotland and, after the 13th century, the coronation of the monarchs of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. …

HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank
HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended. She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy’s battleships, the only ship of her class, and the last battleship to be built. …

Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, died
Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, died Mary Harris Jones, better known as Mother Jones, was a prominent Irish born, American labor and community organizer, former schoolteacher, as well as a prominent union leader. She played a significant role in the labor movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. …

John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died
John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died John Maclean, (24 August 1879 – 30 November 1923) the Scottish political activist and Marxist, was a Scottish schoolteacher and revolutionary socialist of the Red Clydeside era. …

Death of Oscar Wilde in Paris
Death of Oscar Wilde in Paris Oscar Fingal O’Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. …

Worlds first international football (soccer) match, Scotland V England at West of Scotland Cricket Ground
Worlds first international football (soccer) match, Scotland V England at West of Scotland Cricket Ground The 1872 association football match between the national teams of Scotland and England is officially recognised by FIFA as the sport’s first international. It took place on 30 November 1872 at Hamilton Crescent, the West of Scotland Cricket Club’s ground in Hamilton Crescent, Partick, Glasgow. The match was watched by 4,000 spectators and finished as a 0–0 draw. …

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland
James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, was the first Governor of Northern Ireland. Born on January 30, 1869, in Hamilton Place, Piccadilly, London, he was the eldest son of James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, and godson of the Prince of Wales. …

General Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at a battle in Franklin, Tennessee
General Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at a battle in Franklin, Tennessee Major-General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne (March 16, 1828 – November 30, 1864) was a senior officer in the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. …

Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman 1670, born in Dublin
Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman 1670, born in Dublin Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric was born on November 30, 1667, in Dublin, Ireland. He became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, in 1713 hence his common sobriquet, “Dean Swift”. …