November 28Birthdays & History

On this day: November 28 in history

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1. 587Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.Europe
2. 936Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.Asia
3. 1443Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.Europe
4. 1470Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.Asia
5. 1520After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean.Latin America
6. 1582In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 (equivalent to £13,818 in 2025) bond in lieu of posting wedding banns, which enables them to marry immediately.Europe
7. 1627The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last naval victory in the Battle of Oliwa.Europe
8. 1660At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.Europe
9. 1666At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter insurgents led by James Wallace of Auchens in the Battle of Rullion Green.Europe
10. 1785The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.North America
11. 1798Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate John arrives in Montevideo.North AmericaLatin America
12. 1811Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.Europe
13. 1814The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.Europe
14. 1821Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.Latin AmericaEurope
15. 1843Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.North AmericaEurope
16. 1861American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Missouri to be the 12th state of the Confederacy.North America
17. 1862Notts County F.C. is founded in Nottingham, England, making it the oldest professional Association football club in the world.Europe
18. 1862American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.North America
19. 1885Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.Europe
20. 1893Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.Oceania
21. 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.North America
22. 1899The Second Boer War: A British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.AfricaEurope
23. 1905Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.Europe
24. 1908A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.North America
25. 1912Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.EuropeMiddle East
26. 1914World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.North America
27. 1917The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.Europe
28. 1918The Soviet Forces move against Estonia when the 6th Red Rifle Division strikes the border town of Narva, marking the beginning of the Estonian War of Independence.Europe
29. 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.)Europe
30. 1920Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.Europe
31. 1920FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France.Europe
32. 1925The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.North America
33. 1942In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.North America
34. 1943World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.Middle EastNorth AmericaEurope
35. 1958First successful flight of SM-65 Atlas; the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family.North America
36. 1958Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.AfricaEurope
37. 1960Mauritania becomes independent of France.AfricaEurope
38. 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.AsiaNorth America
39. 1964Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.North America
40. 1965Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.AsiaNorth America
41. 1966Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.Africa
42. 1967The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.Europe
43. 1971Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.Middle East
44. 1971Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.North America
45. 1972Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.Europe
46. 1975Timor-Leste declares its independence from Portugal.AsiaEurope
47. 1979Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.Oceania
48. 1980Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)Middle East
49. 1983Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.Europe
50. 1987South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.Africa
51. 1989Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.Europe
52. 1990British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.Europe
53. 1991South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.Europe
54. 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.Middle EastAfrica
55. 2014Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.Africa
56. 2016LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club ChapecoenseLatin America
57. 2020Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.Africa

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