Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 30

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November 30: Independence Day in Barbados (1966), Saint Andrew's Day in Scotland, Bonifacio Day in the Philippines.

• 1853 - Russian battleships led by Pavel Nakhimov destroyed an Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Sinop, precipitating the Crimean War.
• 1936 - The Crystal Palace (pictured), built for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, England, was destroyed by fire.
• 1939 - The Winter War: The Red Army invaded Finland but were stalled at the Mannerheim Line.
• 1979 - The Wall, a rock opera and concept album by Pink Floyd, was first released .
• 1999 - Large-scale anti-globalization protests disrupted the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference in Seattle, USA.

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