What Happened On November 28

10 odd things that happened on November 28

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  1919 First ever

  Lady 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.)

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  1895 First ever

  The Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago.

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  1895 First ever

  The 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.

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  1814 First ever

  The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.

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  1785 First ever

  The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.

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  1627 Oddly true

  The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last naval victory in the Battle of Oliwa.

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  1520 First ever

  After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean.

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  936 First ever

  Shi 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.

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  1987 Oddly true

  South African Airways Flight 295 suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board.

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  1967 First ever

  Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first discovered pulsar.

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Observed today

• Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.
• Bedfordshire day is celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire to celebrate the birth of John Bunyan
• Bukovina Day (Romania)
• Christian feast day: Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste
• Christian feast day: Catherine Labouré
• Christian feast day: Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii)
• Christian feast day: Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox
• Christian feast day: James of the Marches
• Christian feast day: Kamehameha and Emma (Episcopal Church (USA))
• Christian feast day: Our Lady of Kibeho
• Christian feast day: Pope Gregory III
• Christian feast day: Rufus (no. 8)
• Christian feast day: Stephen the Younger
• Christian feast day: November 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Heroes' Day (Sri Lanka)
• Hōonkō (Japan)
• Independence Day (Mauritania), celebrate the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960.
• Independence Day (Panama), celebrate the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821.
• Navy Day (Iran)
• Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste), celebrating the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor from Portugal in 1975.
• Republic Day (Burundi)
• Republic Day (Chad)

• 2020Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia. Wikipedia →
• 2016LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense Wikipedia →
• 2014Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1991South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1989Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power. Wikipedia →
• 1987South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board. Wikipedia →
• 1983Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module. Wikipedia →
• 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.) Wikipedia →
• 1979Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. Wikipedia →
• 1975Timor-Leste declares its independence from Portugal. Wikipedia →
• 1972Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1971Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Wikipedia →
• 1967The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish. Wikipedia →
• 1966Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1964Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1960Mauritania becomes independent of France. Wikipedia →
• 1958Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1942In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people. Wikipedia →
• 1925The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance. Wikipedia →
• 1920FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France. Wikipedia →
• 1920Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen. Wikipedia →
• 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.) Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1917The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia. Wikipedia →
• 1914World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading. Wikipedia →
• 1912Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia →
• 1908A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor. Wikipedia →
• 1905Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1893Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election. Wikipedia →
• 1885Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria. Wikipedia →
• 1862American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates. Wikipedia →
• 1862Notts County F.C. is founded in Nottingham, England, making it the oldest professional Association football club in the world. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1843Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation. Wikipedia →
• 1821Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1811Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. Wikipedia →
• 1798Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay begins when John Leamy's frigate John arrives in Montevideo. Wikipedia →
• 1785The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowledges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1627The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last naval victory in the Battle of Oliwa. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 1470Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa. Wikipedia →
• 1443Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag. Wikipedia →
• 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. Wikipedia →
• 587Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. Wikipedia →