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November 30

4 sourced moments from November 30 in history: The first official international soccer match was played (1872); The Soviet Union invaded Finland, starting the Winter War (1939); Ann Hodges, the first person known injured by a meteorite (1954), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on November 30

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1954 Space · Solar System

Ann Hodges, the first person known injured by a meteorite

In 1954 a meteorite bruised an Alabama woman on her couch. A lawsuit, an Air Force detour and a luckier neighbour followed.

1954 Earth & Climate · Geology

A Space Rock Crashed Through a Roof and Bruised a Resident

In 1954 a grapefruit-sized meteorite punched through an Alabama roof and slammed into a napping woman, the first such case on record.

1939 History · War & Conflict

The Soviet Union invaded Finland, starting the Winter War

On November 30, 1939, the USSR attacked its small neighbor Finland, expecting a quick win and getting a brutal hundred-day fight.

1872 Sports · Football (Soccer)

The first official international soccer match was played

On November 30, 1872, Scotland and England met in Glasgow for football's first official international and battled to a scoreless draw.