Humble Beginnings of Churchill, the Political Giant
![Lady Randolph Churchill (Jennie Jerome) in 1890.](https://www.onthisday.com/images/articles/jennie-jerome-in-1890.jpg)
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Famous Birthdays
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942)
Canadian author (Anne of Green Gables), born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island
Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
British Prime Minister (Conservative: 1940-45, 1951-55) during World War II, and writer (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1953), born in Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
1874 Highlights
About November 30, 1874
Calendar: Gregorian
Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 149 years, 8 months and 2 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Sagittarius