Important Events
1016 Cnut the Great [Canute], King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund ‘Ironside’
1487 The first German Beer Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), is promulgated in Munich by Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria stating beer should be brewed from only three ingredients – water, malt and hops
1648 English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I
1786 Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II promulgates a penal reform, making his the 1st state to abolish the death penalty. November 30 commemorated as Cities for Life Day.
1876 Archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann finds the gold Mask of Agamemnon at Mycenae (modern Greece) “the Mona Lisa of prehistory”
Today In Film & TV
1982 “Gandhi” directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley and John Gielgud premieres in New Delhi (Best Picture 1983)
1994 Beatles’ 1st album in 25 years, “Live at the BBC”, is released in Britain
Today In Music
1979 Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks
1982 “Thriller”, 6th studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983)