On This Day in History November 30, 2019

Historical Events 1016  Cnut the Great [Canute], King of Denmark, claims the English throne after the death of Edmund 'Ironside' 1648  English Parliamentary army captures King Charles I 1731  Beijing hit by an earthquake; about 100,000 die 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. 1974  Most complete early human skeleton (Lucy, Australopithecus) discovered by Donald Johanson, Maurice Taieb, Yves Coppens and Tim White in the Middle Awash of Ethiopia's Afar Depression More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Gregory of Tours (538 - 594) Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths George H. W. Bush (1924 - 2018) Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) More Famous Deaths