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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_30" title="November 30">November 30</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Day" title="Saint Andrew's Day">Saint Andrew's Day</a></b> (Christianity)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1853" title="1853">1853</a> – Russian warships led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Nakhimov" title="Pavel Nakhimov">Pavel Nakhimov</a> destroyed an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> fleet of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sinop" title="Battle of Sinop">Battle of Sinop</a></b>, prompting France and the United Kingdom to enter the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936" title="1936">1936</a> – English mathematician <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing" title="Alan Turing">Alan Turing</a></b> published the first details of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_machine" title="Turing machine">Turing machine</a>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_machine" title="Abstract machine">abstract device</a> that can simulate the logic of any computer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm" title="Algorithm">algorithm</a> by manipulating symbols.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylacauga_(meteorite)" title="Sylacauga (meteorite)">A meteorite crashed through a roof</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylacauga,_Alabama" title="Sylacauga, Alabama">Sylacauga, Alabama</a>, and hit a sleeping woman in the first verified case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sentamu" title="John Sentamu">John Sentamu</a></b> was enthroned as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_York" title="Archbishop of York">Archbishop of York</a>, becoming the first black archbishop in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Berry" title="Alexander Berry">Alexander Berry</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1781); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Temple" title="Frederick Temple">Frederick Temple</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1821); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmud_Hasan_Deobandi" title="Mahmud Hasan Deobandi">Mahmud Hasan Deobandi</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1920)</p>
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