Title: November 28 Content: == Events == === Up to 1900 === * 587 - Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir. * 936 - Shi Singtang is enthroned as the first Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty by Emperor Taizong of Liao in China. * 1443 – Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja, Albania and raise Albania's flag. * 1520 – Ferdinand Magellan sails through the Magellan Strait. * 1582 – William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway marry. * 1627 - The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa. * 1660 - At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Williams and Robert Moray, decide to found what later becomes the Royal Society. * 1666 - At least 3,000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tom Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels. * 1814 - The Times of 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. * 1821 – Panama unites with Greater Colombia, declaring independence from Spain. * 1843 – The Kingdom of Hawaii is recognised as an independent state by the United Kingdom and France. * 1862 - American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates. * 1885 - Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria. * 1893 - New Zealand becomes the first country in which women can vote in a general election. * 1895 - The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in around 10 hours. === 1901 2000 === * 1905 – In Dublin, Arthur Griffith founds the Sinn Féin political party. * 1907 - in Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater. * 1909 - Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the first performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3. * 1912 – Albania declares independence from the Ottoman Empire. * 1914 - World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading. * 1917 - The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia. * 1918 - Bukovina votes for a Union with the Kingdom of Romania. * 1919 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor becomes the United Kingdom's first female Member of Parliament. * 1925 - The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee. * 1942 - In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Coconaut Grove nightclub killing 491 people. * 1943 – World War II: The Allied Conference in Tehran takes place. * 1958 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon become autonomous Republics within the French community. * 1960 – Mauritania becomes independent from France. * 1964 – NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe towards Mars. * 1966 - Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the country's first President. * 1971 - Prime Minister of Jordan Wasfi al-Tal is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. * 1975 – East Timor declares independence from Portugal. * 1979 – A plane crash on Mount Erebus in Antarctica kills 257 people. * 1980 - Iran-Iraq War: Operation Morvarid - The bulk of Iraq's Navy is destroyed by Iran in the Persian Gulf. * 1987 – A South African Airways plane crashes into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 160 people on board. * 1989 – Czechoslovakia's Communist Party announces that it will give up its hold on power. * 1990 – Margaret Thatcher officially resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by John Major. * 1994 – Voters in Norway reject EU membership in a referendum. === From 2001 === * 2002 – Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya. * 2004 – A mine explosion in Shaanxi province, China, kills 166 people. * 2010 – WikiLeaks releases 200,000 diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked as secret or confidential. * 2014 - A terrorist attack on the main mosque in Kano, Northern Nigeria, kills dozens of people. * 2016 - LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashes near Medellin, Colombia, killing 76 people (leaving 5 survivors), including many members of Brazilian football club Chapecoense. == Births == === Up to 1900 === * 1118 - Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180) * 1489 – Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541) * 1598 - Hans Nansen, Danish politician (d. 1667) * 1628 – John Bunyan, English cleric and writer (d. 1688) * 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687) * 1640 - Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain (d. 1698) * 1660 - Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (d. 1690) * 1681 - Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (d. 1740) * 1700 - Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, consort of King Christian VI of Denmark (d. 1770) * 1757 – William Blake, English poet (d. 1827) * 1772 – Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, German philologist (d. 1848) * 1785 – Victor de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870) * 1792 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867) * 1793 - Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet (d. 1866) * 1811 – King Maximilian II of Bavaria (d. 1864) * 1820 – Friedrich Engels, German thinker who wrote about Communism with Karl Marx (d. 1895) * 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894) * 1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920) * 1851 - Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, British politician and statesman, 9th Governor General of Canada (d. 1917) * 1853 - Helen Magill White, American educator (d. 1944) * 1856 - Belisario Porras Barahona, President of Panama (d. 1942) * 1857 – King Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885) * 1864 - Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932) * 1866 - Henry Bacon, American architect (d. 1924) * 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921) * 1881 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942) * 1887 – Ernst Röhm, German Nazi official (d. 1934) * 1895 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980) * 1896 - Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (d. 1994) === 1901 1950 === * 1901 - Oscar Diego Gestido, 32nd President of Uruguay (d. 1967) * 1901 - Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (d. 1960) * 1904 - James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986) * 1904 - Nancy Mitford, English author (d. 1973) * 1907 – Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990) * 1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (d. 2009) * 1910 - Elsie Quarterman, American economist (d. 2014) * 1915 - Konstantin Simonov, Russian poet (d. 1979) * 1916 - Lilian, Princess of Rethy, British-born Queen Consort of Belgium (d. 2002) * 1916 - Ramon Jose Velasquez, former acting President of Venezuela (d. 2014) * 1923 - Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981) * 1923 - James Karen, American actor (d. 2018) * 1925 – Jozsef Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978) * 1926 - Bernard Kops, English dramatist and poet * 1927 - Abdul Halim of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah and Head of State of Malaysia (d. 2017) * 1927 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992) * 1929 – Berry Gordy, American record company owner * 1929 - Thomas Remengesau Sr., Palauan politician, President of Palau (d. 2019) * 1931 – Tomi Ungerer, French cartoonist (d. 2019) * 1932 - Gato Barbieri, Argentine jazz musician and movie score composer (d. 2016) * 1933 - Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003) * 1935 – Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty * 1936 - Carol Gilligan, American feminist and psychologist * 1936 - Gary Hart, American politician and author * 1936 - Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist * 1940 - Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter * 1941 - Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (d. 2015) * 1942 - Manolo Blahnik, Spanish shoe designer * 1943 – Randy Newman, American musician * 1943 - Manlio Rocchetti, Italian make-up artist (d. 2017) * 1943 - Tuulikki Ukkola, Finnish journalist and politician (d. 2019) * 1944 – Rita Mae Brown, American writer and activist * 1945 - Franklin Drilon, Filipino politician * 1946 - Joe Dante, American film director * 1947 - Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (d. 1992) * 1947 - Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician * 1948 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and script writer * 1949 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995) * 1949 - Paul Shaffer, Canadian- American musician, actor, comedian and composer * 1950 – Ed Harris, American actor * 1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist * 1950 - George Yonashiro, Japanese footballer === 1951 1975 === * 1951 - Barbara Morgan, American actor and journalist * 1952 - Pat Cox, Irish politician * 1953 – Alistair Darling, British politician * 1953 – Pamela Hayden, American actress * 1953 - Michael Chertoff, American politician * 1953 - Nadezhda Olizarenko, Soviet-Ukrainian athlete (d. 2017) * 1953 - Ewald Lienen, German footballer and coach * 1955 – Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer * 1956 - Fiona Armstrong, British journalist and author * 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, British athlete * 1958 - Shaun Prendergast, English actor and writer * 1959 - Nancy Charest, Canadian politician (d. 2014) * 1959 - Judd Nelson, American actor * 1960 – John Galliano, British fashion designer * 1961 – Martin Clunes, British actor * 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer * 1962 – Jon Stewart, American comedian and television host * 1962 - Paul Dinello, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter * 1962 - Jane Sibbett, American actress * 1963 - Charles Dale, Welsh actor * 1963 - Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, director and producer * 1964 - Michael Bennet, American politician * 1964 - Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (d. 2015) * 1964 - Sian Williams, British journalist * 1967 - José del Solar, Peruvian footballer * 1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, American actress and model (d. 2007) * 1968 - Astrid Williamson, Scottish musician, composer and songwriter * 1970 - Richard Osman, English television presenter * 1970 - Edouard Philippe, French politician, Prime Minister of France * 1971 - Fenriz, Norwegian singer- songwriter * 1972 – Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer * 1972 - Hiroshi Nanami, Japanese footballer * 1972 - Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower * 1973 - Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer * 1974 – Apl.de.ap, Filipino-American musician (Black Eyed Peas) * 1975 – Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer * 1975 - Park Sung-Bae, South Korean footballer * 1975 - Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician and producer === From 1976 === * 1977 - Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player * 1977 – Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer * 1977 – Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer * 1978 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer * 1979 – Chamillionaire, American rapper * 1979 - Daniel Henney, American actor and model * 1980 - Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter * 1982 - Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player * 1983 – Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer * 1983 - Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler and actress * 1984 – Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player * 1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress * 1984 - Trey Songz, American singer-songwriter, producer and actor * 1985 – Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer * 1985 – Alvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer * 1985 - Landry N'Guémo, Cameroonian footballer * 1987 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress and director * 1987 - Craig Kieswetter, English cricketer * 1988 - Hiroki Fujiharu, Japanese footballer * 1988 - Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer-songwriter * 1988 - Daniel Matsunaga, Brazilian-Japanese actor and model * 1989 - Laura Brock, Australian footballer * 1990 - Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer * 1990 - Bradley Smith, British motorcycle racer * 1991 - Scott Allan, Scottish footballer * 1992 - Adam Wicks, American actor, rapper, singer and songwriter == Deaths == === Up to 1900 === * 711 - Pope Gregory III * 1170 – Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (b. 1100) * 1290 – Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I of England (b. 1241) * 1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (b. 1598) * 1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1606) * 1694 – Matsuo Basho, Japanese poet (b. 1644) * 1695 - Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. 1637) * 1698 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier (b. 1622) * 1763 - Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (b. 1734) * 1785 - William Whipple, American politician (b. 1730) * 1794 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730) * 1845 - Patriarch Meletius III of Constantinople (b. 1772) * 1859 – Washington Irving, American writer (b. 1783) * 1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841) * 1890 - Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827) === 1901 2000 === * 1915 – Mubarak Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896) * 1921 – 'Abdu'l Baha, Persian religious leader (b. 1844) * 1927 - John W. Griggs, Governor of New Jersey and United States Attorney General (b. 1849) * 1930 - Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859) * 1939 – James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (b. 1861) * 1945 - Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (b. 1879) * 1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist (b. 1901) * 1960 - Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1896) * 1962 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880) * 1963 - Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941) * 1968 – Enid Blyton, English writer (b. 1897) * 1971 - Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920) * 1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886) * 1976 - Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907) * 1982 - Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Consort of Romania (b. 1896) * 1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917) * 1993 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (b. 1946) * 1993 - Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host (b. 1915) * 1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960) * 1997 - Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920) === From 2001 === * 2003 - Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915) * 2007 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (b. 1907) * 2007 – Gudrun Wagner, German festival co- organiser (b. 1944) * 2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1926) * 2011 – Ante Markovic, Croatian politician and former Yugoslavian Prime Minister (b. 1924) * 2011 - Charles T. Kowal, American astronomer (b. 1940) * 2012 - Don Rhymer, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1961) * 2012 - Zig Ziglar, American writer, salesman and motivational speaker (b. 1926) * 2013 - Mitja Ribicic, Slovenian politician and former Yugoslavian Prime Minister (b. 1919) * 2014 - Chespirito, Mexican actor, director and writer (b. 1929) * 2014 - Said Akl, Lebanese writer (b. 1912) * 2014 - Lucidio Sentimenti, Italian footballer (b. 1920) * 2015 - Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera director (b. 1948) * 2015 - Gerry Byrne, English footballer (b. 1938) * 2015 - Olene S. Walker, American politician, Governor of Utah (b. 1930) * 2015 - Yoka Berretty, Dutch actress (b. 1928) * 2015 - Jean Joubert, French author (b. 1928) * 2015 - Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, Polish politician (b. 1961) * 2016 - Mark Taimanov, Russian chess player (b. 1926) * 2017 - Patrícia Gabancho, Argentine-Spanish writer (b. 1952) * 2017 - Shadia, Egyptian actress (b. 1931) * 2018 - Richard Fulton, American politician (b. 1927) * 2018 - Robert Morris, American sculptor (b. 1931) * 2018 - Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator (b. 1923) * 2019 - Marion McClinton, American theatre director and playwright (b. 1954) * 2019 - Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1956) == Observances == * Independence Day (Albania, 1912 declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire) * Independence Day (Mauritania, independence from France in 1960) * Republic Day (Burundi, Chad) * Declaration of Independence (East Timor) * Navy Day (Iran) * Ascension of 'Abdu'l Baha (Baha'i faith) Category:Days of the year