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30th of November 2025

30th of November 2025 is the 334th day of the year.
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This day in history:

1016: Edmund Ironside’s Unlovely End - ...more
1601: Elizabeth’s Golden Speech - ...more
1872: 1st international Football Match - Scotland V England - ...more
1891: Tess of the d’Urbervilles Published - ...more
1936: Crystal Palace destroyed by fire - ...more
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British quote for the day:

Those that vow the most are the least sincere. - Richard Sheridan.

Born today:

Henry Savile - 1549, Sir Philip Sidney - 1554, Jonathan Swift - 1667, Smithson Tennant - 1761, Ernest Newman - 1868, George Balfour - 1872, Winston Churchill - 1874, Ridley Scott - 1937, Tom Simpson - 1937, George Graham - 1944, Lorraine Kelly - 1959, Gary Lineker - 1960, John Bishop - 1966, Richard Bacon - 1975, Phillips Idowu - 1978.

Died today:

Edmund Ironside - 1016, William Gilbert - 1603, John Selden - 1654, William Balfour Baikie - 1864, Oscar Wilde - 1900, Isaac Bayley - 1922, John Maclean - 1923, Compton Mackenzie - 1972, Joyce Grenfell - 1979, Richard Llewellyn - 1983, Margaret Mee - 1988.

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Brit Quote:
Boredom is the legitimate kingdom of the philanthropic. - Virginia Woolf
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On this day:
Edmund Ironside’s Unlovely End - 1016, Elizabeth’s Golden Speech - 1601, 1st international Football Match - Scotland V England - 1872, Tess of the d’Urbervilles Published - 1891, Crystal Palace destroyed by fire - 1936
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