Birthdays
Isaac Newton Arnold
Turns 44 on this date
John Black
Turns 17 on this date
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Turns 24 on this date
George Washington Deitzler
Turns 33 on this date
Alexander Pope Field
Turns 59 on this date
Samuel Alexander Graham
Turns 31 on this date
William Calvin Oates
Turns 26 on this date
Gustavus Woodson Smith
Turns 38 on this date
Events
| Campaigns/Elections | Abraham Lincoln gives a speech in Elwood at the start of a five day speaking tour in Kansas | 11/30/1859 |
| Legal/Political | End of the Fiscal Year | 11/30/1859 |
| Legal/Political | John Brown writes his last letter to his family | 11/30/1859 |
| Legal/Political | South Carolina statehouse raises the idea of a "Southern Confederacy" | 11/30/1859 |
| Crime/Disasters | The number of prisoners in Indiana state prisons reaches a peak | 11/30/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "Old Brown to be Gagged," November 30, 1859 | 11/30/1859 |
| Diary | Entry by Edmund Ruffin, November 30, 1859 | 11/30/1859 |