What happened on November 28? There are more than 300 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 28
November 28 is the 333rd day of the year 2024. There are 33 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday. This day falls under the 48th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Kinard, Florida 32449 sunrise will occur at 06:16 AM and sunset will occur at 04:41 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Sagittarius. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 62 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 28
- 1095On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
- 1443Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
- 1520After navigating through a strait at the southern end of South America, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
- 1582In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage license.
- 1627The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliva.
- 1660At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
- 1666At least 3000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
- 1729Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
- 1785The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
- 1811Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
- 1814The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
- 1821Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
- 1843Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
- 1862American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke’s Confederates.
- 1885Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
- 1893Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.
- 1895The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
- 1905Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
- 1907In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
- 1909Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire.
- 1910Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
- 1912Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1914World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
- 1917The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
- 1918Bukovina votes for the union with the Kingdom of Romania.
- 1919Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
- 1920Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
- 1925The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee as WSM Barn Dance.
- 1942In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.
- 1943World War II: Tehran Conference – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran to discuss war strategy.
- 1958Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
- 1960Mauritania becomes independent of France.
- 1964Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
- 1964Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
- 1965Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s call for “more flags” in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
- 1966Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
- 1971Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation is severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
- 1971Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1972Last executions in Paris, of the Clairvaux Mutineers, Roger Bontems and Claude Buffet, guillotined at La Sante Prison. (Bontems had been found innocent of murder by the court, but as Buffet’s accomplice is condemned to death anyway.) The chief executioner is Andre Obrecht.
- 1975East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1979Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 operated sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
- 1980Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid – Over 70% of Iraqi Navy was destroyed by Iranian Navy in The Persian Gulf. The Iranian Navy’s Day.
- 1981Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions.
- 1987South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board.
- 1989Cold War: Velvet Revolution – In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
- 1991South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
- 2002Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air-missiles.
Who Were Born On November 28?
- 1118Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
- 1489Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)
- 1570James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632)
- 1598Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667)
- 1628John Bunyan, English cleric and author (d. 1688)
- 1632Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687)
- 1640Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain
- 1661Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
- 1681Jean Cavalier, French Protestant rebel leader (d. 1740)
- 1700Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
- 1700Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770)
- 1757William Blake, British poet (d. 1827)
- 1772Luke Howard, British meteorologist (d. 1864)
- 1785Victor de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)
- 1792Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867)
- 1793Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish romantic poet (d. 1866)
- 1805John Stephens, American archeologist (d. 1852)
- 1810William Froude, British naval architect (d. 1879)
- 1820Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1829Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)
- 1837John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920)
- 1853Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a PhD (d. 1944)
- 1857King Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
- 1864James Allen English writer (d. 1912)
- 1864Lindley M. Garrison, American Secretary of War (d. 1932)
- 1866Henry Bacon, American architect (d. 1924)
- 1876Bert Vogler, South African cricketer, Wisden COY 1908, (d. 1946)
- 1880Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
- 1881Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942)
- 1887Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (d. 1934)
- 1891Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino jurist & politician (d. 1949)
- 1894Henry Hazlitt, Libertarian philosopher, economist (d. 1993)
- 1895José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980)
- 1896Dawn Powell, American writer (d. 1965)
- 1896Lilia Skala, Austrian actress (d. 1994)
- 1904James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986)
- 1904Nancy Mitford, British essayist (d. 1973)
- 1906Emmanuel Kriaras, Greek philologist and lexicographer
- 1907Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990)
- 1907Rose Bampton, American opera singer (d. 2007)
- 1908Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian politician (d. 1997)
- 1908Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (d. 2009)
- 1911Václav Renč, Czech poet (d. 1973)
- 1912Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
- 1915Evald Okas, Estonian painter (d. 2011)
- 1915Yves Thériault, Canadian author (d. 1983)
- 1916Mary Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, Belgium (d. 2002)
- 1923Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1923James Karen, American actor
- 1924Dennis Brutus, South African poet
- 1925József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978)
- 1927Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1928Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d. 1980)
- 1928John Coleman, Australian rules footballer (d. 1973)
- 1928Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (d. 2010)
- 1929Berry Gordy Jr., American record company owner
- 1931Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author
- 1931Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist
- 1932Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist
- 1932Ray Perkins, Canadian singer (The Crew-Cuts)
- 1933Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1933Joe Knollenberg, American politician
- 1935Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty
- 1935Randolph Stow, Australian author
- 1936Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist
- 1936Gary Hart, American politician
- 1940Bruce Channel, American singer
- 1941Laura Antonelli, Italian actress
- 1942Paul Warfield, American football player
- 1943Randy Newman, American composer
- 1944R.B. Greaves, Guyanan singer
- 1944Timothy Krajcir, American serial killer
- 1946Joe Dante, American film director and producer
- 1947Maria Farantouri, Greek singer
- 1947Michel Berger, French songwriter (d. 1992)
- 1947Panayotis Varotsos, Greek physicist
- 1948Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian musician (Little River Band)
- 1948Dick Morris, American political figure, author
- 1949Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995)
- 1949Paul Shaffer, Canadian orchestra leader
- 1950Ed Harris, American actor
- 1950Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1952S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
- 1953Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1955Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
- 1955Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer
- 1955Jeffrey Byron, American actor
- 1956Richard Bean, English playwright
- 1957David Van Day, British singer (Dollar)
- 1958Dave Righetti, American baseball player
- 1958Kriss Akabusi, British athlete and television presenter
- 1959Judd Nelson, American actor
- 1960Andy Ritchie, English footballer
- 1960John Galliano, British fashion designer
- 1960Kenny Wharton, English football coach
- 1961Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director
- 1961Jane Sibbett, American actress
- 1961John Fenty, English football coach
- 1961Martin Clunes, British actor
- 1962Davey Boy Smith, English professional wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1962Jon Stewart, American comedian
- 1962Matt Cameron, American drummer (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
- 1962Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor
- 1963Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian
- 1963Jesus Ledesma Aguilar, Mexican convicted killer (d. 2006)
- 1963Johnny Newman, American basketball player
- 1963Walt Weiss, American baseball player
- 1964John Burkett, American baseball player
- 1964Michael Bennet, American politician
- 1964Roy Tarpley, American basketball player
- 1965Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
- 1965Matt Williams, American baseball player
- 1966Helen Fospero, British television presenter and newsreader
- 1966Sam Seder, American comedian
- 1967Anna Nicole Smith, American television personality (d. 2007)
- 1967José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
- 1967Stephnie Weir, American comedian
- 1968Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue)
- 1969Lexington Steele, American adult film actor
- 1969Robb Nen, American baseball player
- 1970Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
- 1971Fenriz, Norwegian musician (Darkthrone)
- 1971Rob Conway, American professional wrestler
- 1972Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower
- 1972Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist (In Flames)
- 1972Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
- 1973Jade Puget, American musician (AFI)
- 1974András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer
- 1974Kristian Schmid, Australian actor
- 1974Styles P, American rapper
- 1974apl.de.ap, Filipino-American rapper
- 1975Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
- 1975Park Sung-Bae, South Korean football player
- 1975Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian musician (Satyricon)
- 1975Sunny Mabrey, American actress
- 1975Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
- 1976Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor
- 1977DeMya Walker, American basketball player
- 1977Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer
- 1977Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
- 1977Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby union footballer
- 1977Marlon Broomes, British footballer
- 1978Aimee Garcia, American actress
- 1978Brent Albright, American professional wrestler
- 1978Freddie Mitchell, American football player
- 1978Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
- 1978Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
- 1978Michael Simpkins, British football player
- 1979Chamillionaire, American rapper
- 1979Daniel Henney, Korean-American model-actor
- 1979Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
- 1979Olcay Çetinkaya, Turkish football player
- 1980Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
- 1980Stuart Taylor, British footballer
- 1981Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer
- 1981Jacqui Ainsley, British model
- 1982Chris Harris, British speedway rider
- 1982Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
- 1983Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
- 1984Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
- 1984Joross Gamboa, Filipino actor
- 1984Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
- 1984Trey Songz, American recording artist
- 1985Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
- 1986Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer
- 1987Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
- 1988Christopher Stringini, American singer
- 1988Scarlett Pomers, American actress
- 1989Laura Alleway, Australian football player
- 1990Dedryck Boyata, Belgian football player
- 1991Jessica Robinson, English singer and actress
- 1992Adam Hicks, American actor
- 1994Lola Sanchez, Australian actress
- 1997Thor Salden, Belgian singer
Who Died On November 28?
- 741St. Gregory III
- 1170Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (b. c. 1100)
- 1262Shinran, Japanese religious leader (b. 1173)
- 1290Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
- 1574Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)
- 1585Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
- 1667Jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633)
- 1675Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (b. c. 1608)
- 1675Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
- 1680Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian baroque sculptor (b. 1598)
- 1680Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1606)
- 1694Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
- 1695Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- 1695Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. c. 1637)
- 1698Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
- 1763Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (b. 1734)
- 1785William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1730)
- 1794Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b. 1730)
- 1801Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
- 1815Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, impresario, and composer (b. 1745)
- 1852Emmanuil Xanthos, figure of the Greek War of Independence, co-founder of Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
- 1852Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)
- 1859Washington Irving, American writer (b. 1783)
- 1870Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
- 1872Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780)
- 1878Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
- 1880Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (b. 1837)
- 1890Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer.
- 1907Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
- 1912Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870)
- 1915Mubarak Al-Sabah “The Great”, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
- 1917Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet (b. 1844)
- 1921`Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
- 1930Greek Orthodox Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
- 1935Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877)
- 1939James Naismith, Canadian creator of basketball (b. 1861)
- 1945Dwight F. Davis, U.S. Secretary of War and donor of the Davis cup (b. 1879)
- 1947Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
- 1954Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
- 1960Richard Wright, American author (b. 1908)
- 1960Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
- 1962Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
- 1963Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941)
- 1967Leon M'ba, Gabonese politician (b. 1902)
- 1968Enid Blyton, British children’s author (b. 1897)
- 1971Wasfi Tel, Jordanian Prime Minister (b. 1920)
- 1972Havergal Brian, British composer (b. 1875)
- 1973Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886)
- 1976Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1977Bob Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1896)
- 1977Trevor Bardette, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1978Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine football executive (b. 1902)
- 1983Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1986Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1987Choh Hao Li, Chinese biochemist (b. 1913)
- 1992Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917)
- 1993Garry Moore, American entertainer (b. 1915)
- 1993Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (b. 1946)
- 1994Buster Edwards, English train robber (b. 1932)
- 1994Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
- 1994Jerry Rubin, American activist (b. 1938)
- 1997Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)
- 1998Kerry Wendell Thornley, co-founder of Discordianism (b. 1938)
- 2000Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)
- 2001Kal Mann, American lyricist (b. 1917)
- 2001William Reid, British aviator awarded the Victoria Cross (b. 1921)
- 2002Dave “Snaker” Ray, American blues musician (b. 1943)
- 2003Antonia Forest, British children’s author (b. 1915)
- 2003Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918)
- 2005Marc Lawrence, American actor (b. 1910)
- 2006Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
- 2006Robert Volpe, Artist ,Art Theft Detective (b. 1942)
- 2007Gudrun Wagner, co-director of the Bayreuth Festival (b. 1944)
- 2009Gilles Carle, Canadian screenwriter and film director (b. 1928)
- 2009Takeo Kajiwara, Japanese Go player (b. 1923)
- 2010Giorgos Fountas, Greek actor (b. 1922)
- 2010Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-born American actor (b. 1926)
- 2011Patrice O'Neal, American stand-up comedian (b. 1969)
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