November 30, 2010

• 70 years since Lucielle Ball married Dezi Arnez (1940)
  
• 15 years since the official end to Operation Desert Storm (1995)
  
• Billy Idol turns 55 (born 1955)
  
• 110 years since the death of Oscar Wilde (died 1900)
  
• Today is Cities for Life Day which celebrated by cities and countries that are opposed to the death penalty. The date is marked by the abolition of the death penalty by Joseph of Habsberg-Lorraine in 1786 for his grand Dutchy of Tuscany. Cities that participate mark the occassion typically by illuminating symbolic statues or building.