What happened on November 30
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1885141 yrs ago
Massenet's opera Le Cid opens in Paris
Jules Massenet's four-act opera, drawn from Pierre Corneille's play of the same name, premiered at the Paris Opéra with a star-studded cast and the French president in the audience.
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197947 yrs ago
Pink Floyd release "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2"
Their first UK single in over a decade became the Christmas No. 1, also topped the US chart, and sold more than four million copies.
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199432 yrs ago
Tupac Shakur is shot five times in New York and survives
He was robbed in a studio lobby while recording verses. The next day he arrived at court bandaged and in a wheelchair to hear a jury's verdict.
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199432 yrs ago
The Beatles' Live at the BBC is released in the UK
Early radio performances finally came out officially. The set went to No. 1 in Britain, and an estimated 8 million copies were sold worldwide in its first year.
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1911115 yrs ago
Mexican ranchera star Jorge Negrete is born
Known as "El Charro Cantor," he was a ranchera singer and film star who helped build Mexico's singing-cowboy charro movies.
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1915111 yrs ago
Bluesman Brownie McGhee is born in Knoxville
His partnership with harmonica player Sonny Terry clicked right away. The pair kept working together into about 1980 and drew big crowds at concerts and festivals during the 1960s blues revival.
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195571 yrs ago
Billy Idol is born
He went from London punk with Generation X to MTV stardom with "White Wedding" and hits like "Rebel Yell." A live version of his "Mony Mony" cover topped the US chart in 1987.
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197749 yrs ago
DJ and producer Steve Aoki is born
He launched his Dim Mak label in 1996, and his debut album Wonderland earned a Grammy nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album.
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20224 yrs ago
Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie dies at 79
She wrote or co-wrote many of the band's warmest hits, from "Don't Stop" and "Songbird" to "Everywhere" and "Little Lies."
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20233 yrs ago
Pogues singer Shane MacGowan dies at 65
He co-wrote "Fairytale of New York," his duet with Kirsty MacColl and a Christmas staple in Britain and Ireland. The weekend of his funeral, it was back on top of the Irish chart.
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