TODAY IN MANITOBA HISTORY – NOVEMBER 30
- 1869 – November 30 – Red River Rebellion – William McDougall slips into the Red River Settlement at night; the following morning he will read the proclamation that officially declares the Hudson’s Bay Company territory’s annexation to Canada; also commission John Dennis to raise a police force. He had not yet been told that John A. Macdonald was refusing to pay the HBC until peaceful possession could be guaranteed.
- 1942 – November 30 – Politics – Stanley Knowles sworn in as MP for Winnipeg North Centre; CCF/NDP Member for total of 37 years, 4 months, 21 days; to March 31, 1958; then from June 18, 1962, to July 9, 1984.
- 1946 – November 30 – Football – Toronto Argonauts beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 28-6 in 34th Grey Cup game.
- 1957 – November 30 – Football – Jim Trimble’s Hamilton Tiger Cats beat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 32-7 in 45th CFL Grey Cup game; the first to be covered on coast-to-coast television.
- 1981 – November 30 – Howard Pawley sworn in as Premier of Manitoba, replacing Sterling Lyon; caucus includes Conrad Santos, First Filipino Canadian elected in Canada.
