Today's selected anniversaries: 30th November 2024

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 Today's selected anniversaries: 30th November 2024

1934:

Flying Scotsman became the first steam locomotive officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNER_Class_A3_4472_Flying_Scotsman

1953:

Mutesa II, Kabaka of Buganda, was temporarily deposed and exiled to London by Andrew Cohen, the British governor of Uganda.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabaka_crisis

1954:

A meteorite crashed through a roof in Sylacauga, Alabama, and hit a sleeping woman in the first verified case of a human being injured by an extraterrestrial object.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylacauga_%28meteorite%29

1999:

A series of protests by anti-globalization activists against the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 1999 in Seattle forced the cancellation of the opening ceremonies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Seattle_WTO_protests

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