November 28

November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining.

Events

• 1520 - Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean
• 1660 - Royal Society founded
• 1895 - First automobile race in the United States
• 1905 - Sinn Féin founded in Ireland
• 1925 - Grand Ole Opry opens
• 1958 - Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community
• 1958 - Gabon becomes independent
• 1958 - Congo becomes independent from France
• 1958 - Mauritania becomes independent
• 1964 - Mariner 4 Mars probe launched
• 1966 - Republic declared in Burundi
• 1975 - East Timor becomes independent from Portugal
• 1979 - Air New Zealand DC-10, on a sightseeing trip, crashes into Mount Erebus, Antarctica, killing all 257 people on board.

Births

• 1628 - John Bunyan, cleric, author (Pilgrim's Progress)
• 1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, composer (+ 1687)
• 1757 - William Blake, poet, painter
• 1785 - Achille-Charles[?], duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France
• 1805 - John Stephens[?], archeologist (+ 1852)
• 1810 - William Froude[?], engineer, naval architect
• 1820 - Friedrich Engels, social philosopher (+ 1895)
• 1821 - Nikolai Nekrasov[?], poet, journalist
• 1829 - Anton Rubinstein, composer, pianist, conductor (+ 1894)
• 1837 - John Wesley Hyatt[?], inventor of celluloid, first synthetic plastic
• 1866 - Henry Bacon[?], architect (Lincoln Memorial) (+ 1924)
• 1881 - Stefan Zweig, poet, essayist, dramatist (+ 1942)
• 1887 - Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (+ 1934)
• 1894 - Brooks Atkinson[?], drama critic
• 1895 - José Iturbi[?], pianist (+ 1980)
• 1896 - Lilia Skala[?], actress (+ 1994)
• 1902 - Victor Jory[?], actor (+ 1982)
• 1904 - Nancy Mitford, essayist, satirist (+ 1973)
• 1907 - Alberto Moravia[?], writer (+ 1990)
• 1908 - Claude Levi-Strauss, social anthropologist
• 1908 - Erich von Holst[?], behaviorist (+ 1962)
• 1916 -
  • Guy Lapebie[?], cyclist
  • Mary Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, Belgium (+ 2002)
• 1920 - Cecilia Colledge[?], figure skater
• 1925 - Gloria Grahame[?], actress (+ 1981)
• 1925 - Virginia Hewitt[?], actress (+ 1986)
• 1929 - Berry Gordy Jr[?], record company owner (Motown)
• 1931 - Hope Lange[?], actress
• 1931 - Tomi Ungerer[?], graphic artist, author
• 1936 - Gary Hart, U.S. politician
• 1941 - Laura Antonelli[?], actress
• 1942 - Paul Warfield[?], American football player
• 1943 - Randy Newman, composer, musician
• 1949 - Alexander Godunov[?], composer, ballet dancer
• 1949 - Paul Shaffer, orchestra leader, musician
• 1950 - Ed Harris, actor
• 1957 - David Van Day, musician
• 1959 - Judd Nelson[?], actor
• 1961 - Jane Sibbett[?], actress
• 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, director
• 1962 - Jon Stewart, comedian, actor, television host
• 1964 - Cornelia Guest[?], debutante
• 1967 - Anna Nicole Smith, model, television personality

Deaths

• 741 - St. Gregory III, Pope
• 1170 - Owain ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd
• 1262 - Shinran[?], founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect
• 1827 - Dov Baer Schneersohn[?], Lubavitch leader, author
• 1859 - Washington Irving, writer
• 1939 - James A Naismith[?], creator of basketball
• 1945 - Dwight Davis[?], donator of the Davis cup[?]
• 1954 - Enrico Fermi, physicist
• 1960 - Richard Wright, author
• 1962 - Queen Mother Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
• 1963 - Fred Uttal[?], television host
• 1963 - Karyn Kupcinet[?], actress
• 1964 - Charles Meredith[?], actor
• 1971 - Wasfi Tal[?], Prime Minister of Jordan
• 1976 - Rosalind Russell, actress
• 1977 - Trevor Bardette[?], actor
• 1983 - Christopher George[?], actor
• 1986 - Herb Vigran[?], actor
• 1987 - Choh Hao Li[?], biochemist
• 1994 - Jerry Rubin, 1960s anti-war activist
• 1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer

Holidays and Observances

• Bahá'í Faith: Holy Day - Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha

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See Also:

November 27 - November 29 - October 28 - December 28 -- listing of all days

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