November 28
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November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar . There are 33 days remaining.
Events
1095 - On the last day of the Council of Clermont , Pope Urban II appointed bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land .
1520 - After navigating through the South American strait , three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean , becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
1582 - In Stratford-upon-Avon , William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license .
1660 - At Gresham College , 12 men, including Christopher Wren , Robert Boyle , John Wilkins , and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society .
1843 - Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
1862 - American Civil War : Battle of Cane Hill .
1895 - First American Automobile race. 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois . Frank Duryea wins in about 10 hours.
1905 - Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party whose goal is the independence for all of Ireland .
1907 - In Haverhill, Massachusetts , scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater .
1912 - Albania declares its 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.
1919 - Lady Astor is elected to be the first female member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom .
1920 - The Mask of Zorro , starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. opens.
1925 - Country-variety show Grand Ole Opry radio debut on station WSM.
1942 - In Boston, Massachusetts , a fire in the Cocoanut Grove night club kills 491 people.
1943 - World War II : Tehran Conference - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt , British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss war strategy.
1958 - Chad , the Republic of the Congo , and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community .
1960 - Mauritania becomes independent of France .
1964 - Mariner program : NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars .
1964 - Vietnam War : National Security Council members agree to recommend that US President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam .
1965 - Vietnam War: In response to US President Lyndon B. Johnson 's call for "more flags" in Vietnam , Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam .
1969 - The Newcomers stopped airing on the BBC
1969 - The Rolling Stones release the classic album Let It Bleed . 1975 - East Timor declares its independence from Portugal .
1975 - As the World Turns The Edge of Night American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, aired their last live episodes.
1979 - In Antarctica , a DC-10 carrying Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashes into Mount Erebus on a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board.
1982 - Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade .
1984 - Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States .
1987 - A Boeing 747 carrying South African Airways flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean , killing all 159 people on-board.
1987 - In Wappingers Falls, New York , Tawana Brawley is found wrapped in garbage bags, with feces smeared all over her body and a racial slur on her body.
1989 - Cold War : Velvet Revolution - In the face of protests the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces they will give up their monopoly on political power.
1994 - In Portage, Wisconsin , convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by a deranged inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institute gymnasium.
1994 - Voters in Norway reject European Union membership.
1995 - US President Bill Clinton signs a highway bill that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit .
2000 - Ukrainian politician Oleksander Moroz touches off the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze .
Births
1628 - John Bunyan , cleric, author (Pilgrim's Progress ) (d. 1688 )
1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully , French composer (d. 1687 )
1700 - Revd Nathaniel Bliss , Astronomer Royal (d. 1764 )
1757 - William Blake , English poet and artist (d. 1827 )
1772 - Luke Howard , scientist, developed system for naming clouds (d. 1864 )
1785 - Achille-Charles , duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870 )
1805 - John Stephens , archeologist (d. 1852 )
1810 - William Froude , engineer, naval architect (d. 1879 )
1820 - Friedrich Engels , German social philosopher (d. 1895 )
1821 - Nikolai Nekrasov , poet, journalist (d. 1878 )
1829 - Anton Rubinstein , Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1894 )
1837 - John Wesley Hyatt , inventor of celluloid (d. 1920 )
1853 - Helen Magill White , educator, first American woman to earn a Ph.D (1877 ) (d. 1944 )
1866 - Henry Bacon , architect (d. 1924 )
1881 - Stefan Zweig , Austrian writer (d. 1942 )
1887 - Ernst Röhm , Nazi official (d. 1934 )
1894 - Brooks Atkinson , drama critic (d. 1984 )
1895 - José Iturbi , Spanish pianist (d. 1980 )
1896 - Lilia Skala , actress (d. 1994 )
1902 - Victor Jory , American actor (d. 1982 )
1904 - Nancy Mitford , essayist, satirist (d. 1973 )
1907 - Alberto Moravia , writer (d. 1990 )
1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss , French social anthropologist
1908 - Erich von Holst , behaviorist (d. 1962 )
1916 - Mary Lilian Baels , Princess of Rethy, Belgium (d. 2002 )
1916 - Guy Lapebie , cyclist
1920 - Cecilia Colledge , figure skater
1925 - Gloria Grahame , actress (d. 1981 )
1925 - Virginia Hewitt , actress (d. 1986 )
1929 - Berry Gordy Jr. , record company owner (Motown )
1931 - Hope Lange , actress
1931 - Tomi Ungerer , graphic artist, author
1936 - Gary Hart , American politician
1941 - Laura Antonelli , actress
1942 - Paul Warfield , American football player
1943 - Randy Newman , composer, musician
1949 - Alexander Godunov , Russian composer and ballet dancer (d. 1995 )
1949 - Paul Shaffer , orchestra leader, musician
1950 - Ed Harris , American actor
1957 - David Van Day , musician
1958 - Dave Righetti , baseball player
1959 - Judd Nelson , actor
1961 - Martin Clunes , actor
1961 - Alfonso Cuarón , director
1961 - Jane Sibbett , actress
1962 - Jon Stewart , comedian, actor, television host
1964 - Cornelia Guest , debutante
1965 - Erwin Mortier , Belgian author
1967 - Anna Nicole Smith , model and television personality
1984 - Andrew Bogut , Australian basketball player
1988 - Scarlett Pomers , actress
Deaths
741 - St. Gregory III , Pope
1170 - Owain Gwynedd , Prince of Gwynedd
1262 - Shinran , founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect
1290 - Eleanor of Catile , queen of Edward I of England (b. 1241 )
1680 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini , Italian baroque sculptor (b. 1598 )
1694 - Matsuo Basho , Japanese haiku poet
1815 - Johann Peter Salomon , violinist, impresario and composer
1827 - Dov Baer Schneersohn , Lubavitch leader, author
1859 - Washington Irving , writer
1872 - Mary Fairfax Somerville , British scientific writer
1878 - Orson Hyde , American religious leader (b. 1805 )
1907 - Stanisław Wyspiański , Polish dramatist, poet, painter, architect (b. 1869 )
1921 - `Abdu'l-Bahá , son of Bahá'u'lláh
1935 - Erich von Hornbostel , musicologist
1939 - James A Naismith , creator of basketball
1945 - Dwight F. Davis , secretary of war and donator of the Davis cup
1953 - 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
1972 - Havergal Brian , composer
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
2001 - William Kienzle , author
2003 - Harold von Braunhut , American, creator of Amazing Sea-Monkeys
Holidays and observances
External links
November 27 - November 29 - October 28 - December 28 -- listing of all days
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