November 28 facts for kids

November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 33 days remain until the end of the year. November 28th is a day filled with many interesting events throughout history. From ancient treaties to modern space missions, this date has seen important moments that shaped our world. Many famous people were also born or passed away on this day. Let's explore some of these key events and notable figures.

Historical Events

Early Times (Before 1600)

• 587 – The Treaty of Andelot was signed. This agreement meant that King Guntram of Burgundy chose Childebert II to be his successor.
• 936 – Shi Jingtang became the first emperor of the Later Jin dynasty. This happened after he led a revolt against the previous emperor.
• 1443 – A national hero named Skanderbeg and his army freed the city of Kruja in central Albania. They proudly raised the Albanian flag.
• 1470 – The Champa–Đại Việt War officially began. Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt launched a major attack against Champa.
• 1520 – After 38 days, the expedition led by Ferdinand Magellan successfully sailed through the Strait of Magellan. This allowed them to enter the vast Pacific Ocean.
• 1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway made a special payment. This allowed them to get married right away without waiting for the usual public announcements.

Later Years (1601–1900)

• 1627 – The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy achieved its biggest and final naval victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
• 1660 – At Gresham College, a group of twelve important men, including Christopher Wren and Robert Boyle, decided to create what would later become the famous Royal Society.
• 1666 – The Royal Scots Army defeated a group of Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
• 1785 – The first Treaty of Hopewell was signed. In this treaty, the United States recognized the lands of the Cherokee people in what is now East Tennessee.
• 1798 – Trade between the United States and modern-day Uruguay began. This happened when John Leamy's ship arrived in Montevideo.
• 1811 – Beethoven's amazing Piano Concerto No. 5 had its first performance in Leipzig.
• 1814 – The Times newspaper in London became the first newspaper to be printed using a steam-powered printing press. This new technology was a big step forward!
• 1821 – Panama Independence Day: Panama gained its independence from Spain and joined Gran Colombia.
• 1843 – Hawaiian Independence Day: The Kingdom of Hawaii was officially recognized as an independent nation by the United Kingdom and France.
• 1861 – American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accepted Missouri as their 12th state, following a declaration from a rival state government.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union troops won the Battle of Cane Hill against Confederate forces.
• 1862 – Notts County F.C. was founded in Nottingham, England. It is known as the world's oldest professional Association football club.
• 1885 – Bulgaria won the Serbo-Bulgarian War, which helped keep the country united.
• 1893 – Women's suffrage in New Zealand was completed with the 1893 New Zealand general election. This meant women in New Zealand could vote.
• 1895 – The first American automobile race took place. It covered 54 miles from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea won the race in about 10 hours.
• 1899 – The Second Boer War: British soldiers faced Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River. The British suffered many losses, even though the Boers eventually retreated.

Modern Era (1901–present)

• 1905 – Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith started Sinn Féin. This political party aimed to create a dual monarchy in Ireland.
• 1908 – A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, tragically killed 154 men. Only one person survived.
• 1912 – Albania declared its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
• 1914 – World War I: The New York Stock Exchange re-opened for bond trading after being closed due to the war.
• 1917 – The Estonian Provincial Assembly declared itself the ruling power of Estonia.
• 1918 – The Soviet Forces attacked the border town of Narva. This marked the start of the Estonian War of Independence.
• 1919 – Lady Astor was elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She became the first woman to officially sit in the House of Commons.
• 1920 – FIDAC, the first international organization for war veterans, was created in Paris, France.
• 1920 – Irish War of Independence: In the Kilmichael Ambush, the Irish Republican Army attacked a British convoy, killing seventeen.
• 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry began broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance. It became a famous country music show.
• 1942 – In Boston, Massachusetts, a terrible fire at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub killed 492 people.
• 1943 – World War II: The Tehran Conference took place in Tehran, Iran. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met to plan their war strategy.
• 1958 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon became self-governing republics within the French Community.
• 1958 – The SM-65 Atlas, the first working intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), had its first successful flight. It was developed by the United States.
• 1960 – Mauritania gained its independence from France.
• 1964 – Mariner program: NASA launched the Mariner 4 probe towards Mars. This mission would later provide the first close-up images of Mars.
• 1964 – Vietnam War: Members of the United States National Security Council suggested to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson a plan to increase bombing in North Vietnam.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announced he would send troops to South Vietnam to help, responding to the U.S. call for more international support.
• 1966 – Michel Micombero overthrew the monarchy in Burundi and became the country's first president.
• 1967 – The first pulsar, a type of spinning star that sends out beams of radiation, was discovered by astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
• 1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, the Prime Minister of Jordan, was assassinated by a group called Black September.
• 1972 – The last executions in Paris by guillotine took place at La Santé Prison.
• 1975 – East Timor declared its independence from Portugal.
• 1979 – Air New Zealand Flight 901, a sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashed into Mount Erebus. All 257 people on board died.
• 1980 – Iran–Iraq War: In Operation Morvarid, the Iranian Navy largely destroyed the Iraqi Navy in the Persian Gulf. This day is celebrated as Navy Day in Iran.
• 1987 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashed into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
• 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution: Facing widespread protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announced it would give up its complete control over political power.
• 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigned. She was replaced by John Major.
• 1991 – South Ossetia declared its independence from Georgia.
• 2016 – LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellin, Colombia. 71 of the 77 people on board died, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense.

Famous Births

Many interesting people were born on November 28th:

Historical Figures (Before 1900)

• 1118 – Manuel I Komnenos, a Byzantine emperor.
• 1293 – Yesün Temür, a Chinese emperor.
• 1470 – Wen Zhengming, a famous artist during the Ming dynasty.
• 1489 – Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland and daughter of King Henry VII of England.
• 1592 – Hong Taiji, an Emperor of China.
• 1628 – John Bunyan, an English preacher and author, known for "The Pilgrim's Progress."
• 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian-French composer.
• 1640 – Willem de Vlamingh, a Flemish captain and explorer.
• 1682 – Betty Parris, a woman from Salem, Massachusetts, involved in the Salem witch trials.
• 1757 – William Blake, a famous English poet and painter.
• 1772 – Luke Howard, an English chemist and meteorologist, who named cloud types.
• 1820 – Friedrich Engels, a German philosopher and economist.
• 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, a Russian pianist and composer.
• 1857 – Alfonso XII of Spain, a Spanish king.
• 1866 – Henry Bacon, an American architect who designed the Lincoln Memorial.
• 1881 – Stefan Zweig, an Austrian author.
• 1895 – José Iturbi, a Spanish pianist and conductor.
• 1896 – Dawn Powell, an American author and playwright.

Modern Figures (1901–present)

• 1904 – Nancy Mitford, an English journalist and author.
• 1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, a Belgian-French anthropologist.
• 1916 – Ramón José Velásquez, a Venezuelan journalist and president.
• 1919 – Keith Miller, an Australian cricketer and pilot.
• 1923 – Gloria Grahame, an American actress.
• 1929 – Berry Gordy, an American songwriter and producer, who founded Motown Records.
• 1932 – Gato Barbieri, an Argentinian saxophonist.
• 1933 – Hope Lange, an American actress.
• 1936 – Gary Hart, an American lawyer and politician.
• 1943 – Randy Newman, an American singer-songwriter and composer.
• 1944 – Rita Mae Brown, an American novelist and poet.
• 1946 – Joe Dante, an American film director.
• 1948 – Agnieszka Holland, a Polish film director.
• 1949 – Paul Shaffer, a Canadian-American musician and bandleader.
• 1950 – Ed Harris, an American actor and producer.
• 1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, an American physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
• 1951 – Barbara Morgan, an American educator and astronaut.
• 1952 – S. Epatha Merkerson, an American actress.
• 1953 – Alistair Darling, a British politician.
• 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, an English sprinter and hurdler.
• 1959 – Judd Nelson, an American actor.
• 1959 – Stephen Roche, an Irish cyclist.
• 1961 – Martin Clunes, an English actor.
• 1961 – Alfonso Cuarón, a Mexican director and producer.
• 1962 – Matt Cameron, an American drummer.
• 1962 – Jon Stewart, an American comedian and television host.
• 1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, an American model and actress.
• 1969 – Sonia O'Sullivan, an Irish athlete.
• 1970 – Richard Osman, an English television host.
• 1974 – apl.de.ap, a Filipino-American singer and rapper.
• 1976 – Ryan Kwanten, an Australian actor.
• 1977 – Fabio Grosso, an Italian footballer.
• 1979 – Chamillionaire, an American rapper.
• 1979 – Daniel Henney, an American actor and model.
• 1982 – Alan Ritchson, an American actor and singer.
• 1983 – Summer Rae, an American wrestler and actress.
• 1984 – Andrew Bogut, an Australian basketball player.
• 1984 – Marc-André Fleury, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1984 – Trey Songz, an American R&B singer-songwriter.
• 1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, an American actress.
• 1987 – Karen Gillan, a Scottish actress.
• 1988 – Joe Cole, an English actor.
• 2000 – Jackson Yee, a Chinese singer, dancer, and actor.

Notable Deaths

Here are some notable people who passed away on November 28th:

Historical Figures (Before 1900)

• 741 – Pope Gregory III.
• 1170 – Owain Gwynedd, a Welsh king.
• 1290 – Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England.
• 1499 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick.
• 1585 – Hernando Franco, a Spanish composer.
• 1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, a famous Italian sculptor and painter.
• 1680 – Athanasius Kircher, a German priest and scholar.
• 1694 – Matsuo Bashō, a famous Japanese poet.
• 1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, a Prussian-American general who helped train the Continental Army.
• 1859 – Washington Irving, an American short story writer and author of "Rip Van Winkle."
• 1870 – Frédéric Bazille, a French painter.
• 1873 – Caterina Scarpellini, an Italian astronomer.
• 1890 – Jyotirao Phule, an Indian philosopher and activist.

Modern Figures (1901–present)

• 1907 – Stanisław Wyspiański, a Polish playwright and painter.
• 1921 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, a leader of the Baháʼí Faith.
• 1939 – James Naismith, a Canadian-American physician who created basketball.
• 1945 – Dwight F. Davis, an American tennis player and politician, who created the Davis Cup.
• 1954 – Enrico Fermi, an Italian-American physicist and Nobel Prize winner, known for his work on nuclear reactions.
• 1960 – Richard Wright, an American novelist.
• 1962 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, a Dutch queen.
• 1968 – Enid Blyton, a popular English author of children's books.
• 1976 – Rosalind Russell, an American actress.
• 1979 – All 257 people on board Air New Zealand Flight 901 died when it crashed into Mount Erebus.
• 1987 – All 159 people on board South African Airways Flight 295 died when it crashed into the Indian Ocean.
• 1990 – Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, resigned.
• 1992 – Sidney Nolan, an Australian-English painter.
• 2010 – Leslie Nielsen, a Canadian-American actor and comedian.
• 2014 – Chespirito, a Mexican actor and director, famous for his comedy shows.
• 2020 – David Prowse, an English actor who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films.
• 2021 – Virgil Abloh, an American fashion designer.
• 2021 – Frank Williams, the founder of Williams Grand Prix Engineering in Formula One racing.
• 2023 – Charlie Munger, an American businessman and investor.

Holidays and Observances

November 28th is a day of celebration for several countries and groups:

• Albanian Flag Day: Celebrates the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raised by Skanderbeg in 1443, and the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.
• Bedfordshire day: Celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire, England, to honor the birth of John Bunyan.
• Bukovina Day (Romania)
• Christian feast day:
  • Catherine Labouré
  • Herman of Alaska (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • James of the Marches
  • Pope Gregory III
• Heroes' Day (Sri Lanka)
• Hōonkō (Japan)
• Independence Day (Mauritania): Celebrates the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960.
• Independence Day (Panama): Celebrates the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821.
• Navy Day (Iran)
• Proclamation of Independence Day (East Timor): Celebrates the independence of East Timor from Portugal in 1975.
• Republic Day (Burundi)
• Republic Day (Chad)

See also

In Spanish: 28 de noviembre para niños