Today on Celtic History on

November 30th

Total Events: 12

Thu 30 Nov 2023

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan, lead singer of the Pogues, died

Sat 30 Nov 1996

Stone of Destiny, stolen by the English, returned to Scotland, 700 years later

Thu 30 Nov 1944

HMS Vanguard, Britains biggest and last battleship, was launched at Clydebank

Sun 30 Nov 1930

Mary G. Harris Jones, known as Mother Jones, died

Fri 30 Nov 1923

John Maclean, political activist, Marxist, appointed Bolshevik consul for Scotland by Lenin, died

Fri 30 Nov 1900

Death of Oscar Wilde in Paris

Sat 30 Nov 1872

Worlds first international football (soccer) match, Scotland V England at West of Scotland Cricket Ground

Tue 30 Nov 1869

James Albert Edward Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn and first Governor of Northern Ireland

Wed 30 Nov 1864

General Patrick Cleburne is killed in command of his division at a battle in Franklin, Tennessee

Wed 30 Nov 1667

Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman 1670, born in Dublin

Sun 30 Nov 1292

John Balliol (Toom Tabard or Turncoat) crowned.

Thu 30 Nov 0000

St. Andrew's Day Patron Saint of Scotland