30 November 2025
► LOOKING at events on 30 November;
1936, in Sydenham Hill, London, England – The Crystal Palace was destroyed by fire. The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, during which exhibitors from around the world gathered to display samples of the latest technology developed during the Industrial Revolution.
After the exhibition, the building was moved to a new park in affluent Sydenham Hill, where it continued to be used for exhibition purposes. The cause of the fire was never determined.
On this day in 1954, in Sylacauga, Alabama U.S.A., a 4 kg meteorite crashed through a house roof and struck Mrs Hewlett Hedges while she was having a nap.
This was the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person on Earth. The meteorite was taken by the United States Air Force, as part of it’s declared responsibility for “everything that falls from the skies,” but was returned to her a couple of weeks later.
► BORN…..
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, alias Mark Twain, was born in the town of Florida, in Missouri, U.S.A. in 1835. He became an author and humorist, noted for several novels, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Pudd’n Head Wilson.
He was born shortly after an appearance of Halley’s Comet and predicted that he would “go out with it.” He died in 1910, the day after the Comet returned.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr, was born on this day in 1918, in New York, U.S.A. He was an actor who appeared in numerous film and television productions. He was especially known for his starring roles as Stu Bailey in the early 1960s television series 77 Sunset Strip, and also as Inspector Lewis Erskine in The F B I. He died in 2014.
Allan Copelon, alias Allan Sherman, was born on this day in 1924, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. He was a comedy writer, television producer and song parodist of the early 1960s. His biggest hit single was Hello Muddah Hello Faddah, a comic novelty in which a boy describes his summer camp experiences. He died in 1973.
Frank Ifield, was born on this day in 1937, in Coventry, England. He was an easy listening and country singer who achieved considerable success in the early 1960s with many hits, including four Number 1s – I Remember You, Lovesick Blues, She Taught Me How To Yodel and The Wayward Wind. He died in Dural, New South Wales, in 2024.
Today’s Photo – Spring showers in the Derwent Valley (Yours Truly)
Today’s Playlist:
| TRACK | RELEASE YEAR | TIME | PREVIOUS PLAYS | LAST PLAYED |
| Matt Scullion – Golden Handcuffs | 2025 | 06:06 | 0 | |
| Charting this day 1971 Joan Baez – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down | 1971 | 06:12 | 3 | 19/10/2018 |
| Charting this day 1971 Mom & Dads – The Ranger’s Waltz | 1971 | 06:16 | 10 | 15/8/2025 |
| Shirley Llewellyn – I Came From The Nambucca Valley | 2025 | 06:19 | 0 | |
| Walk Don’t Run – I Can Hear That Train | 2024 | 06:22 | 1 | 10/5/2024 |
| Kings Singers – Linstead Market | 06:28 | 2 | 1/6/2025 | |
| Melachrino Strings – Something To Remember You By | 06:33 | 0 | ||
| Alan Sherman – Hello Muddah Hello Faddah | 1963 | 06:40 | 16 | 1/9/2023 |
| Frank Ifield – The Wayward Wind | 1963 | 06:42 | 3 | 9/6/2024 |
| Vintage Vinyl Louis Armstrong – A Kiss To Build A Dream On | 1951 | 06:47 | 4 | 16/8/2019 |
| For a Listener: Bing Crosby & David Bowie – The Little Drummer Boy | 06:50 | 2 | 25/12/2020 | |
| Joyce Ramgatie & Fred Irving – My Daddy Was A Country Star | 2025 | 06:53 | 1 | 2/11/2025 |
| Peter Nero – Summer Samba | 06:57 | 2 | 24/8/2025 | |
| Joy Adams & Gary R Farmer – The Book | 07:05 | 1 | 21/11/2025 | |
| Charting this day 1971 Rick Springfield – Speak To The Sky | 1971 | 07:12 | 2 | 23/8/2024 |
| Charting this day 1971 Cher – Gypsies Tramps And Thieves | 1971 | 07:15 | 6 | 24/3/2023 |
| For A Listener: Foster & Allen – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Around The Old Oak Tree | 07:20 | 1 | 20/9/2024 | |
| Michael Wayne Dill with Tenneil – The Way That I Want You | 2025 | 07:23 | 1 | 17/10/2025 |
| Lucinda Wilson – Caledonia | 2025 | 07:29 | 1 | 18/5/2025 |
| Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Everything I Do | 07:35 | 1 | 18/12/2015 | |
| Abby Grace – Let Your Soul Sing | 07:40 | 0 | ||
| For a Listener: Foster & Allen – Old Loves Never Die | 07:44 | 10 | 9/3/2025 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Dean Martin – Return To Me | 1958 | 07:47 | 4 | 11/5/2018 |
| Susan Muranty – Wild For The Country | 2025 | 07:53 | 1 | 31/10/2025 |
| Uncle Trent & Friends – The Dancer | 2025 | 07:57 | 0 | |
| Shelley Minson – Riverbank Red | 2025 | 08:05 | 3 | 18/4/2024 |
| Charting this day 1971 Jody Miller – He’s So Fine | 1971 | 08:10 | 9 | 29/11/2024 |
| Charting this day 1971 Rod Stewart – Maggie May | 1971 | 08:13 | 6 | 16/10/2022 |
| John Glenn – Ghost Story | 2017 | 08:21 | 2 | 10/10/2025 |
| Nathan Ward – She Gave Me A Kiss | 2025 | 08:23 | 1 | 12/10/2025 |
| Henry Mancini & His Orchestra – Midnight Cowboy | 08:30 | 2 | 14/6/2024 | |
| Perry Botkin Jr & His Orchestra – There’s A Kind Of Hush | 08:35 | 4 | 9/9/2021 | |
| Jim Reeves – He’ll Have To Go | 1960 | 08:39 | 14 | 4/10/2024 |
| Jeannie Black – He’ll Have To Stay | 1960 | 08:41 | 4 | 27/8/2023 |
| Kamahl – More | 08:46 | 1 | 13/1/2019 | |
| Vintage Vinyl Doris Day – Que Sera Sera | 1956 | 08:50 | 14 | 18/5/2025 |
| Graeme Connors – Ain’t That The Way It Goes | 08:52 | 0 |