What Happened on November 30, 1972

• BBC bans Wings' "Hi, Hi, Hi"
• Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 in Rome, Italy

• Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer
• Christophe Beck, Canadian pianist, conductor, and television and film score composer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Hangover; Frozen; Ant-Man), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor

• Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
• Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
• Valentin Ruiz Aznar, Spanish choirmaster, composer, and priest, dies at 70

Holidays: St. Andrew's Day (United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Papa Was A Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
• #1 Song: My Ding-A-Ling - Chuck Berry