This Day in History
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
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Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison
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Magellan reaches the Pacific
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The Philippines agrees to send troops to South Vietnam
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Johnson advised to bomb North Vietnam
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Frank Duryea wins first U.S. horseless-carriage race
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FDR attends Tehran Conference
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The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting
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William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
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Talk-show host and comedian Jon Stewart born
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Czechoslovakian Communist Party gives up monopoly on political power
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Battle of Cane Hill, Arkansas
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