November 28

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

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and Observances

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.
• 1984 - William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States

• 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

• 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

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

See Also:

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

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