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28 Nov 1291
Eleanor of Castile wife of King Edward I of England dies in Northamptonshire. Crosses are erected where her body rests on the way to London.
28 Nov 1443
Albanian George Kastriotis Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania from the Ottomans and raise the Albanian flag.
28 Nov 1569
Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
28 Nov 1670
Pierre Corneilles Tite et Berenice premieres in Paris
28 Nov 1729
Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen 35 French women and 56 children at Fort Rosalie near the site of modern-day Natchez Mississippi.
28 Nov 1745
-29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga NY
28 Nov 1775
Second Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy
28 Nov 1785
The Treaty of Hopewell is signed between the Confederation Congress of the United States of America and the Cherokee people
28 Nov 1795
US pays 800000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis
28 Nov 1814
The Times of London first printed by automatic steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer - makes newspapers available to a mass audience
28 Nov 1843
Ka Lahui Hawaiian Independence Day - The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
28 Nov 1847
Bologna church of San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossinis Tantum ergo
28 Nov 1853
Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory
28 Nov 1861
Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederacy
28 Nov 1862
Battle at Cane Hill Arkansas (475 casualties)
28 Nov 1864
3rd day of Battles at WaynesboroJoness Plantation Georgia
28 Nov 1864
Battle of New Creek WV (Rossers Raid Ft Kelly)
28 Nov 1871
Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in South Carolina
28 Nov 1875
British explorer Verney Cameron reaches East Africa
28 Nov 1879
Battle at Lydenburg South Africa Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
28 Nov 1893
Women vote in a national election for the first time in the New Zealand general election
28 Nov 1895
Americas 1st auto race organised by the Chicago Times-Herald Chicago to Evanston and back 6 cars 55 miles winner avg 7 MPH
28 Nov 1899
Battle of Mud River (Boer general Cronj beats British gen Methuen)
28 Nov 1904
Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa
28 Nov 1907
In Haverhill Massachusetts scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater
28 Nov 1908
154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pennsylvania
28 Nov 1912
Ismail Qemali declares Albania independent from Turkey in Vlor
28 Nov 1913
Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andre Spaul in Paris
28 Nov 1914
World War I Following a war-induced closure in July the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
28 Nov 1914
10th Australasian Championships Arthur OHara Wood beats Gerald Patterson (6-4 6-3 5-7 6-1)
28 Nov 1917
Sigmund Rombergs revue Over the Top premieres in NYC
28 Nov 1918
Bucovina voted for the union with the Kingdom of Romania
28 Nov 1919
US-born Lady Astor elected first female member of British House of Commons
28 Nov 1920
Kilmichael Ambush Battle of the Irish War of Independence.
28 Nov 1921
Ascension of Abdul-Baha (Bahai festival-Qawl 6 78)
28 Nov 1922
Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (NYC) Turner spelled out Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200. 47000 called
28 Nov 1924
Pieter Jelle Troelstra leaves Dutch 2nd Chamber
28 Nov 1925
Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tennessee
28 Nov 1927
J McHugh & D Fields musical Delmars Revels premieres in NYC
28 Nov 1929
Chicago fullback Ernie Nevers sets NFL record for most points scored in a single game with all 40 in the Cardinals 406 rout of Chicago Bears Nevers has NFL record 6 touchdowns and 4 extra points
28 Nov 1938
4th Heisman Trophy Award Davey OBrien Texas Christian (QB)
28 Nov 1939
Soviet government revokes Russian-Finnish non-aggression treaty
28 Nov 1940
Dutch law professor Rudolph Cleveringa arrested by nazis
28 Nov 1942
492 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston
28 Nov 1944
In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis
28 Nov 1945
Australian Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta
28 Nov 1946
French Fouth Republic government led by Georges Bidault resigns
28 Nov 1949
Texas Lil Darlin opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 performances
28 Nov 1950
Walter OMalley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
28 Nov 1951
John Van Drutens I am a Camera premieres in NYC
28 Nov 1951
Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
28 Nov 1953
Wish You Were Here closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 performances
28 Nov 1953
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 12-6
28 Nov 1954
Cleveland Browns Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt
28 Nov 1954
KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
28 Nov 1955
KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku HI (IND) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1955
KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1955
1956 NFL Draft Gary Glick from University of Colorado A&M first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
28 Nov 1956
Photography begins on ... & God Created Women
28 Nov 1956
Leonid Spirin leads a Soviet Union 1-2-3 to win the mens 20 kilometre walk gold medal in 13127.4 at the Melbourne Olympics beats team mates Antanas Miknas and Bruno Junk
28 Nov 1956
Lee Calhoun leads an American trifecta in the mens 110m hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics hurdles Olympic record 13.5s to beat team mates Jack Davis and Joel Shankle
28 Nov 1956
Soviet runner Vladimir Kuts wraps up the Olympic middle distance double by winning the 5000m gold medal at the Melbourne Games runs Olympic records in both 5k and 10000m events
28 Nov 1956
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty of Australia retains her 80m hurdles Olympic title in OR 10.7s beating German Gisela Birkemeyer by just 0.2s at the Melbourne Games
28 Nov 1957
Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award
28 Nov 1958
AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever April 9
28 Nov 1958
Chad becomes an autonomous republic within French community
28 Nov 1958
Congo & Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
28 Nov 1958
George Punch Imlach becomes coach of NHLs Toronto Maple Leafs
28 Nov 1958
KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1958
Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall v India at Bombay
28 Nov 1958
US reports 1st full-range firing of an Intercontinental ballistic missile
28 Nov 1959
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Toronto Winnipeg Blue Bombers beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats (21-7) for a second straight year
28 Nov 1959
KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin NB (NBC) begins
28 Nov 1960
CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
28 Nov 1960
Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)
28 Nov 1961
Martin Walsers Der Abstecher premieres in Munich
28 Nov 1962
Telegraph between Netherlands & Indonesia restored
28 Nov 1963
The Beatles She Loves You unusually returns to 1 in UK record chart and reaches 1 million copies sold
28 Nov 1963
Crusher beats Verne Gagne in St Paul to become NWA champ
28 Nov 1963
WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1964
52nd CFL Grey Cup BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34-24
28 Nov 1964
1965 NFL Draft Tucker Frederickson from Auburn University first pick by New York Giants
28 Nov 1965
Browns Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yds (109)
28 Nov 1965
LPGA Titleholders Championship Augusta CC Kathy Whitworth wins by 10 shots from Peggy Wilson for her first major title
28 Nov 1966
Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy a republic is declared
28 Nov 1967
33rd Heisman Trophy Award Gary Beban UCLA (QB)
28 Nov 1967
1st radio pulsars detected by British postgraduate Jocelyn Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish at Cambridge University
28 Nov 1969
Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
28 Nov 1970
58th CFL Grey Cup Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders 23-10
28 Nov 1971
Me Nobody Knows closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 performances
28 Nov 1971
59th CFL Grey Cup Calgary Stampeders defeats Toronto Argonauts 14-11
28 Nov 1972
Via Galactica opens at Uris Theater NYC for 7 performances
28 Nov 1972
LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels
28 Nov 1993
Grays Anatomy opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 13 performances
28 Nov 1993
Mixed Emotions closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 48 performances
28 Nov 1993
81st CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Winn Blue Bombers 33-23
28 Nov 1993
Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election
28 Nov 1995
James Brady former white house press secretary suffers a heart attack
28 Nov 1997
First public appearance of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) an ethnic Albanian guerrilla group that fought for the independence of Kosovo from Serbia.
28 Nov 1998
The people of Albania vote for their new Constitution in a referendum.
28 Nov 1999
87th CFL Grey Cup Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Calgary Stampeders 32-21
28 Nov 2000
Ukrainian politician Oleksander Moroz begins the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze
28 Nov 2004
Male Poo-uli dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda Hawaii before it could breed making the species in all probability extinct
28 Nov 2004
Federation Cup Womens Tennis Moscow Russia Anastasia Myskina & Vera Zvonareva beat French pair Marion Bartoli & milie Loit 7-6 7-5 to clinch Russias first title 3-2
28 Nov 2008
Sweden technically enters the recession after experiencing contraction of 0.1% in the second and third quarter
28 Nov 2010
CFL Grey Cup Commonwealth Stadium Edmonton Montreal Alouettes retain Championship with 21-18 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders Alouettes quarterback Anthony Calvillos 3rd title
28 Nov 2010
24th Soul Train Music Awards Ron Isley Anita Baker win
28 Nov 2010
In a classic matchup Roger Federer wins his 5th season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title with a 63 36 61 victory over Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final in London England
28 Nov 2012
54 people are killed and 120 are injured by two car bombs in Damascus Syria
28 Nov 2016
Plane carrying Brazilian Chapecoense fooball team crashes near Medellin Colombia killing 71 players and journalists
28 Nov 2016
Hamilton sets new record for most money earned in a week on Broadway - 3.3 million
28 Nov 2017
Uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya
28 Nov 2017
Indias Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film Padmavati
28 Nov 1972
2 members of the IRA are killed in a premature bomb explosion in the Bogside area of Derry
28 Nov 1973
Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine
28 Nov 1974
John Lennons last concert appearance (Elton John concert in Madison Square Garden NYC)
28 Nov 1975
Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding WI v Australia Brisbane
28 Nov 1975
As the World Turns and The Edge of Night the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts air their last live episodes.
28 Nov 1976
64th CFL Grey Cup Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan 23-20
28 Nov 1978
44th Heisman Trophy Award Billy Sims Oklahoma (RB)
28 Nov 1979
King of Schnorrers opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 63 performances
28 Nov 1979
Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica killing 257 people making it New Zealands deadliest peacetime disaster
28 Nov 1979
LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year
28 Nov 1981
Merrily We Roll Along closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
28 Nov 1981
Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Almos Alonzo Stagg becomes college footballs winningest coach
28 Nov 1982
Pirates of Penzance closes at Uris Theater NYC after 772 performances
28 Nov 1982
70th CFL Grey Cup Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts 32-16
28 Nov 1982
71st Davis Cup USA beats France in Grenoble (4-1)
28 Nov 1982
Germanys Sylvia Hanika stages remarkable comeback to upset tennis icon Martina Navratilova 16 63 64 and win her only WTA Tour Championship in NYC
28 Nov 1983
9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched
28 Nov 1986
Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
28 Nov 1987
South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean 159 die
28 Nov 1914
Australasian Championships Mens Tennis Melbourne All-Australian final Arthur OHara Wood beats Gerald Patterson 6-4 6-3 5-7 6-1
28 Nov 1964
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Toronto BC Lions defeat Hamilton Tiger-Cats 34-24 BCs Bill Munsey scores 2 touchdowns in the 3rd quarter one on offence and another on defence
28 Nov 1965
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Kathy Whitworth wins by 10 shots from Peggy Wilson for her first major title
28 Nov 1970
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Toronto Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders 23-10 game marred by woeful field conditions
28 Nov 1971
CFL Grey Cup Empire Stadium Vancouver Calgary Stampeders beat Toronto Argonauts 14-11 on a slick rain-covered field
28 Nov 1973
Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry wins AL Rookie of Year
28 Nov 1976
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Toronto Ottawa Rough Riders defeat Saskatchewan Roughriders 23-20 in a thriller 53467 Grey Cup record attendance
28 Nov 1982
CFL Grey Cup CNE Stadium Toronto Edmonton Eskimos record 5th straight Championship defeat Toronto Argonauts 32-16
28 Nov 1993
CFL Grey Cup McMahon Stadium Calgary Edmonton Eskimos defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers 33-23 Sean Fleming lands record equalling 6 field goals
28 Nov 1999
CFL Grey Cup BC Place Vancouver Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Calgary Stampeders 32-21 reverse previous years result
28 Nov 2005
Ballon dOr FC Barcelonas Brazilian midfielder Ronaldinho is named best football player in Europe ahead of Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and Liverpools Steven Gerrard
28 Nov 2015
Jamie Vardy scores for Leicester City in a 1-1 draw against Manchester United at the King Power Stadium EPL record 11th consecutive game in which Vardy scores
28 Nov 2018
Australian state Queensland raises its fire warning to catastrophic for the first time as 130 fires burn
28 Nov 2018
French director Luc Besson accused of sexual harassment by five more women adding to four already made public
28 Nov 1745
French troops and Indian forces attack Saratoga NY killing many and taking prisoners
28 Nov 1775
Second Continental Congress formally establishes the Continental Navy
28 Nov 1847
Church of San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali in Bologna Italy initiated with premier of Rossinis Tantum ergo
28 Nov 1909
Sergei Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 3 one of the genres most difficult premieres at the New Theatre in New York City with the composer as soloist and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch.
28 Nov 1925
7th French government of Aristide Briand sworn-in
28 Nov 1946
French Fourth Republic government led by Georges Bidault resigns
28 Nov 1956
Leonid Spirin leads a Soviet Union 1-2-3 to win the mens 20 kilometre walk gold medal in 13127.4 at the Melbourne Olympics beats teammates Antanas Miknas and Bruno Junk
28 Nov 1956
Lee Calhoun leads an American trifecta in the mens 110m hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics hurdles Olympic record 13.5s to beat teammates Jack Davis and Joel Shankle
28 Nov 2015
British boxer Tyson Fury beats Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko by unanimous decision to win WBA WBO IBF IBO The Ring magazine and lineal heavyweight titles in Dsseldorf Germany ends Klitschkos 9 year reign as champion
28 Nov 2016
Plane carrying Brazilian Chapecoense football team crashes near Medellin Colombia killing 71 players and journalists
28 Nov 1864
Battle of New Creek West Virginia (Rossers Raid Ft Kelly)
28 Nov 1944
Detroit Tigers pitcher Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP
28 Nov 1974
John Lennons last concert appearance as a guest of Elton John Madison Square Garden New York City NYC they perform Whatever Gets You Thru the Night Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and I Saw Her Standing There
28 Nov 1660
The Royal Society is formed at Gresham College London after a lecture by Christopher Wren Gresham Professor of Astronomy
28 Nov 1971
Me Nobody Knows closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 performances
28 Nov 1975
Wings release single Venus & MarsRock Show medley
28 Nov 1983
9th NASA Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 6 launches
28 Nov 1569
Duke of Alva forces Bishop of Haarlem Nicolaas van Nieuwland to resign due to the clergymans alcoholism
28 Nov 1864
US Civil WarBattle of New Creek West Virginia (Rossers Raid Ft Kelly)
28 Nov 1936
Spanish comic playwright Pedro Muoz Seca comments I am starting to believe you are not intending to count me among your friends before being executed by the Republican army
28 Nov 1942
492 die in a fire that destroys Cocoanut Grove nightclub fueled by flammable tropical decor in Boston Massachusetts [1]
28 Nov 1969
Infielder Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
28 Nov 1979
Judd Woldins musical King of Schnorrers based on Israel Zangwills novel opens at Playhouse Theater NYC runs for 63 performances
28 Nov 1864
US Civil War Battle of New Creek West Virginia (Rossers Raid Ft Kelly)
28 Nov 1911
Emiliano Zapata proclaims the Plan of Ayala Mexico
28 Nov 1948
Edited film serial Hopalong Cassidy premieres on TV later becoming the 1st network western series on NBC
28 Nov 1954
Dorothy Parker and Arnaud dUsseaus black comedy stage play Ladies of the Corridor closes at the Longacre Theater NYC after 45 performances
28 Nov 1956
Photography begins on French film Et Dieu... cra la femme And God Created Woman
28 Nov 1958
Legendary cricket fast bowler Wes Hall makes his Test debut for West Indies v India in 1st Test at Bombay Halls match figures 4107
28 Nov 2016
Plane carrying Brazilian Chapecoense football team crashes near Medelln Colombia killing 71 players and journalists
28 Nov 2019
European parliament declares a climate emergency
28 Nov 2019
Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters killing at least 25 in Nasiriya a day after the Iranian embassy in Najais is burnt down
28 Nov 2019
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool Las Vegas Nevada US retains trophy with an 11-8 win over Europe MVP Skyler Woodward (USA)
28 Nov 2019
Zimbabwe on the brink of man-made starvation according to the UN
28 Nov 2020
At least 110 people killed in attack on Koshobe village in north-east Nigeria by Boko Haram jihadist group
28 Nov 2020
Thousands of farmers begin entering Delhi to protest proposed agriculture reforms
28 Nov 2021
Dan Campbell records his first victory as head coach of the Detroit Lions with a win against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 13
28 Nov 2021
Honduras presidential elections Xiomara Castro elected countrys first female president (declared 2 Dec)
28 Nov 2022
50 million birds killed in record-breaking outbreak of avian flu across the US according to Department of Agriculture amid similar outbreaks elsewhere around the world [1]
28 Nov 2022
Canadian scientists announce discovery of two new minerals elaliite and elkinstantonite never seen on earth before from Nightfall meteorite found in Somalia [1]
28 Nov 2022
Cocaine super-cartel that controlled one-third of European trade broken up in Operation Desert Light by Europol with 30 tones of the drug seized and 49 people arrested [1]
28 Nov 2022
Londons Horniman Museum becomes first UK museum to return items including Benin Bronzes to Nigeria originally looted from Benin City by British troops in 1897 [1]
28 Nov 2022
Merriam-Websters word of the year is gaslighting while Collins is permacrisis [1]
28 Nov 2022
Qatar Football World Cup Chief Hassan Al-Thawadi confirms 400-5000 immigrant workers died during the building of world cup venues [1]
28 Nov 2022
Recent protests in Iran have killed 451 protesters and 60 security forces according to Human Rights Activist in Iran group with 18000 detained. Iranian government says number killed is 300. [1]
28 Nov 1443
Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruj in Middle Albania from the Ottomans and raise the Albanian flag
28 Nov 1561
Livonia is incorporated into Lithuania and Courland becomes a fief of the Polish crown
28 Nov 1729
The Natchez Native American people massacre 138 French men 35 French women and 56 children at Fort Rosalie near the site of modern-day Natchez Mississippi
28 Nov 1745
French troops and Native American forces attack Saratoga New York killing about 30 people and capturing 60 to 100
28 Nov 1795
US pays 800000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis
28 Nov 1813
Cossacks liberate Utrecht from French occupation
28 Nov 1814
The Times of London is first printed by automatic steam-powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer making newspapers available to a mass audience
28 Nov 1843
Ka Lahui Hawaiian Independence Day the United Kingdom and France officially recognize the Kingdom of Hawaii as an independent nation
28 Nov 1847
Church of San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali in Bologna Italy initiated with the premier of Rossinis Tantum ergo
28 Nov 1853
Olympia is selected as the capital of Washington Territory by Governor Isaac Stevens
28 Nov 1861
Confederate Congress officially admits Missouri as the 12th Confederate State
28 Nov 1862
Battle of Cane Hill is fought between Union and Confederate forces in northwestern Arkansas
28 Nov 1864
Confederates under Thomas Rosser ride to New Creek surprising and capturing more than 700 Union soldiers
28 Nov 1864
Joseph Wheeler attacks Judson Kilpatricks camp south of Waynesboro Georgia
28 Nov 1871
Ku Klux Klan trials begin in Federal District Court in South Carolina
28 Nov 1875
British explorer Verney Cameron arrives on the Atlantic coast of Africa becoming the first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea
28 Nov 1879
General Wolseley defeats King Sekhukhune I of the Bapedi people
28 Nov 1904
German forces defeat the Bondelswarts (Hottentots) in Warmbad German South-West Africa
28 Nov 1908
154 men die in a coal mine explosion in Marianna Pennsylvania
28 Nov 1916
First German daylight air raid on London by a lone airplane
28 Nov 1917
Sigmund Rombergs revue Over the Top premieres in New York
28 Nov 1918
Bukovinian Romanians declare their union with Romania
28 Nov 1920
Kilmichael Ambush Irish Republican Army attacks one week after Bloody Sunday
28 Nov 1922
RAF Captain Cyril Turner performs the first skywriting exhibition in New York City spelling out Hello USA Call Vanderbilt 7200 47000 people call
28 Nov 1922
Trial of the Six Six Greek ex-ministers are executed for treason two are imprisoned for life and one is exiled
28 Nov 1925
Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM Radio in Nashville Tennessee
28 Nov 1929
Chicago fullback Ernie Nevers sets the NFL record for most points scored in a single game with all 40 in the Cardinals 406 rout of the Chicago Bears Nevers holds the NFL record with 6 touchdowns and 4 extra points
28 Nov 1936
Spanish comic playwright Pedro Muoz Seca comments I am starting to believe you are not intending to count me among your friends before his execution by the Republican army
28 Nov 1938
4th Heisman Trophy Award Davey OBrien TCU quarterback
28 Nov 1944
Detroit Tigers pitcher Hal Newhouser is named American League MVP
28 Nov 1944
Fort Cataraqui is the first allied ship to sail into Antwerp via the Scheldt
28 Nov 1946
Dutch Nazi Anton Mussert is sentenced to death
28 Nov 1946
The French Fourth Republic government led by Georges Bidault resigns
28 Nov 1950
Walter OMalley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager and replaces him with Chuck Dressen
28 Nov 1954
KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend Kansas (NBC) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1955
KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku Hawaii (IND) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1955
KTHV TV channel 11 (CBS affiliate) in Little Rock Arkansas begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1956
Lee Calhoun leads an American trifecta in the mens 110m hurdles at the Melbourne Olympics setting a hurdles Olympic record of 13.5 seconds to beat teammates Jack Davis and Joel Shankle
28 Nov 1956
Shirley Strickland de la Hunty of Australia retains her 80m hurdles Olympic title in 10.7 seconds defeating German Gisela Birkemeyer by just 0.2 seconds at the Melbourne Games
28 Nov 1958
Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French Community
28 Nov 1958
Congo and Mauritania become autonomous members of the French Community
28 Nov 1958
KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen South Dakota (ABC) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1958
The American League announces that the 1959 Opening Day will be the earliest ever on April 9
28 Nov 1959
KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook Nebraska (NBC) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1962
Telegraph communication between Netherlands and Indonesia is restored
28 Nov 1963
WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville Alabama (CBS) begins broadcasting
28 Nov 1964
NASA launches Mariner 4 the first probe to successfully fly by Mars
28 Nov 1966
The Kingdom of Burundi becomes a republic Michel Micombero performs a coup overthrowing King Ntare V and the monarchy
28 Nov 1967
33rd Heisman Trophy Award Gary Beban UCLA quarterback
28 Nov 1972
Two members of the Provisional IRA are killed in a premature bomb explosion in the Bogside area of Derry
28 Nov 1973
Baltimore Orioles Al Bumbry wins the American League Rookie of the Year award
28 Nov 1973
The Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole representative of the Palestinian People
28 Nov 1974
John Lennons last concert appearance is as a guest of Elton John at Madison Square Garden in New York City they perform Whatever Gets You Thru the Night Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds and I Saw Her Standing There
28 Nov 1975
Test cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding for West Indies against Australia in Brisbane
28 Nov 1975
The Democratic Republic of East Timor is proclaimed by Fretilin
28 Nov 1978
44th Heisman Trophy Award Billy Sims Oklahoma running back
28 Nov 1978
Cincinnati Reds fire their manager Sparky Anderson after nine years with the team
28 Nov 1979
Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt. Erebus in Antarctica killing all 237 passengers making it New Zealands deadliest peacetime disaster
28 Nov 1979
LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins the National League Rookie of the Year award
28 Nov 1981
Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to surpass Amos Alonzo Stagg becoming college footballs winningest coach
28 Nov 1983
9th NASA Space Shuttle Mission STS-9 flown on the orbiter Columbia [1]
28 Nov 1986
Hilbert van der Duim skates the one-hour world record with 39.4928 km
28 Nov 1987
South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into the Indian Ocean killing all 159 passengers
28 Nov 1993
Carlos Roberto Reina wins the Honduran presidential election
28 Nov 1994
Norway votes against joining the European Union with 52.2% of the vote
28 Nov 1997
200th and final episode of original Beavis and Butt-head airs on MTV
28 Nov 1997
First public appearance of the Kosovo Liberation Army an ethnic Albanian guerrilla group that fought for the independence of Kosovo from Serbia
28 Nov 1998
Albanians overwhelmingly endorse a new constitution in a national referendum with 93.5% of voters in support
28 Nov 2000
Ukrainian politician Oleksandr Moroz begins the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze
28 Nov 2005
American Congressman Duke Cunningham admits to accepting 2.4 million in bribes and pleads guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery [1]
28 Nov 2008
Sweden technically enters a recession after experiencing a contraction of 0.1% in the second and third quarters
28 Nov 2016
LaMia Flight 2933 carrying the Brazilian Chapecoense football team crashes near Medelln Colombia killing 71 people including players and journalists
28 Nov 2017
Indias Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film Padmavati [1]
28 Nov 2018
Australian state Queensland raises its fire warning to catastrophic for the first time as 130 fires burn across the state [1]
28 Nov 2018
French director Luc Besson is accused of sexual harassment by five more women adding to the four already made public [1]
28 Nov 2019
Iraqi security forces open fire on protesters killing at least 25 in Nasiriya a day after the Iranian embassy in Najaf is burned down [1]
28 Nov 2019
The European Parliament declares a climate emergency
28 Nov 2019
Zimbabwe is on the brink of man-made starvation according to a UN expert
28 Nov 2020
At least 110 people are killed in an attack on Koshobe village in north-east Nigeria by the Boko Haram jihadist group [1]
28 Nov 2020
Thousands of farmers begin entering Delhi to protest the proposed agriculture reforms [1]
28 Nov 2022
50 million birds are killed in a record-breaking outbreak of avian flu across the US according to the Department of Agriculture amid similar outbreaks elsewhere around the world [1]
28 Nov 2022
Canadian scientists announce the discovery of two new minerals elaliite and elkinstantonite within a 70-gram sample of the El Ali meteorite found in Somalia [1]
28 Nov 2022
Londons Horniman Museum becomes the first UK museum to return items including Benin Bronzes to Nigeria originally looted from Benin City by British troops in 1897 [1]
28 Nov 2022
Merriam-Websters word of the year is gaslighting while Collins Dictionarys is permacrisis [1]
28 Nov 2022
Qatar Football World Cup Chief Hassan Al-Thawadi confirms 400 to 500 migrant workers died during the building of the World Cup venues [1]
28 Nov 2022
Recent protests in Iran have killed 451 protesters and 60 security forces according to the Human Rights Activists in Iran group with 18000 detained. The Iranian government says the number killed is 300. [1]
28 Nov 2022
The cocaine super-cartel that controls one-third of European trade is broken up in Operation Desert Light by Europol with 30 tons of the drug seized and 49 people arrested [1]
28 Nov 2023
41 Indian construction workers are successfully rescued after 41 days trapped in a collapsed tunnel in Uttarakhand India [1]
28 Nov 2024
Archaeologists reveal the first evidence of two different early human species Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei coexisting in the same location in Kenya [1]
28 Nov 2024
Australia becomes the first country to pass legislation banning children under 16 from using social media [1]
28 Nov 2024
More than 1 million Ukrainian households are left without power after a widespread Russian missile strike targets the countrys energy infrastructure [1]