November 28 facts for kids

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

Events

Up to 1900

• 587 - Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
• 936 - Shi Singtang is enthroned as the first Emperor of the Later Jin Dynasty by Emperor Taizong of Liao in China.
• 1443 – Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja, Albania and raise Albania's flag.
• 1520 – Ferdinand Magellan sails through the Magellan Strait.
• 1582 – William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway marry.
• 1627 - The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
• 1660 - At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Williams and Robert Moray, decide to found what later becomes the Royal Society.
• 1666 - At least 3,000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tom Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels.
• 1814 - The Times of London is for the first time printed by automatic steam-powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
• 1821 – Panama unites with Greater Colombia, declaring independence from Spain.
• 1843 – The Kingdom of Hawaii is recognised as an independent state by the United Kingdom and France.
• 1862 - American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
• 1885 - Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• 1893 - New Zealand becomes the first country in which women can vote in a general election.
• 1895 - The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in around 10 hours.

1901 – 2000

• 1905 – In Dublin, Arthur Griffith founds the Sinn Féin political party.
• 1907 - in Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
• 1909 - Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the first performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3.
• 1912 – Albania declares 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.
• 1917 - The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
• 1918 - Bukovina votes for a Union with the Kingdom of Romania.
• 1919 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor becomes the United Kingdom's first female Member of Parliament.
• 1925 - The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee.
• 1942 - In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Coconaut Grove nightclub killing 491 people.
• 1943 – World War II: The Allied Conference in Tehran takes place.
• 1958 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo and Gabon become autonomous Republics within the French community.
• 1960 – Mauritania becomes independent from France.
• 1964 – NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe towards Mars.
• 1966 - Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the country's first President.
• 1971 - Prime Minister of Jordan Wasfi al-Tal is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
• 1975 – East Timor declares independence from Portugal.
• 1979 – A plane crash on Mount Erebus in Antarctica kills 257 people.
• 1980 - Iran-Iraq War: Operation Morvarid - The bulk of Iraq's Navy is destroyed by Iran in the Persian Gulf.
• 1987 – A South African Airways plane crashes into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 160 people on board.
• 1989 – Czechoslovakia's Communist Party announces that it will give up its hold on power.
• 1990 – Margaret Thatcher officially resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and is replaced by John Major.
• 1994 – Voters in Norway reject EU membership in a referendum.

From 2001

• 2004 – A mine explosion in Shaanxi province, China, kills 166 people.
• 2010 – WikiLeaks releases 200,000 diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked as secret or confidential.
• 2014 - A terrorist attack on the main mosque in Kano, Northern Nigeria, kills dozens of people.
• 2016 - LaMia Airlines Flight 2933 crashes near Medellin, Colombia, killing 76 people (leaving 5 survivors), including many members of Brazilian football club Chapecoense.

Births

Up to 1900

• 1118 - Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
• 1489 – Margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)
• 1598 - Hans Nansen, Danish politician (d. 1667)
• 1628 – John Bunyan, English cleric and writer (d. 1688)
• 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687)
• 1640 - Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain (d. 1698)
• 1660 - Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria (d. 1690)
• 1681 - Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (d. 1740)
• 1700 - Sophia Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, consort of King Christian VI of Denmark (d. 1770)
• 1757 – William Blake, English poet (d. 1827)
• 1772 – Johann Gottfried Jakob Hermann, German philologist (d. 1848)
• 1785 – Victor de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)
• 1792 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867)
• 1793 - Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet (d. 1866)
• 1811 – King Maximilian II of Bavaria (d. 1864)
• 1820 – Friedrich Engels, German thinker who wrote about Communism with Karl Marx (d. 1895)
• 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)
• 1837 - John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor (d. 1920)
• 1851 - Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, British politician and statesman, 9th Governor General of Canada (d. 1917)
• 1853 - Helen Magill White, American educator (d. 1944)
• 1856 - Belisario Porras Barahona, President of Panama (d. 1942)
• 1857 – King Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
• 1864 - Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician (d. 1932)
• 1866 - Henry Bacon, American architect (d. 1924)
• 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet (d. 1921)
• 1881 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942)
• 1887 – Ernst Röhm, German Nazi official (d. 1934)
• 1895 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980)
• 1896 - Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (d. 1994)

1901 – 1950

• 1901 - Oscar Diego Gestido, 32nd President of Uruguay (d. 1967)
• 1901 - Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (d. 1960)
• 1904 - James Eastland, American politician (d. 1986)
• 1904 - Nancy Mitford, English author (d. 1973)
• 1907 – Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (d. 2009)
• 1910 - Elsie Quarterman, American economist (d. 2014)
• 1915 - Konstantin Simonov, Russian poet (d. 1979)
• 1916 - Lilian, Princess of Rethy, British-born Queen Consort of Belgium (d. 2002)
• 1916 - Ramon Jose Velasquez, former acting President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
• 1923 - Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1985)
• 1923 - James Karen, American actor (d. 2018)
• 1925 – Jozsef Bozsik, Hungarian footballer (d. 1978)
• 1926 - Bernard Kops, English dramatist and poet
• 1927 - Abdul Halim of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah and Head of State of Malaysia (d. 2017)
• 1927 - Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1929 – Berry Gordy, American record company owner
• 1929 - Thomas Remengesau Sr., Palauan politician, President of Palau (d. 2019)
• 1931 – Tomi Ungerer, French cartoonist (d. 2019)
• 1932 - Gato Barbieri, Argentine jazz musician and movie score composer (d. 2016)
• 1933 - Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1935 – Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty
• 1936 - Carol Gilligan, American feminist and psychologist
• 1936 - Gary Hart, American politician and author
• 1936 - Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist
• 1940 - Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
• 1941 - Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (d. 2015)
• 1942 - Manolo Blahnik, Spanish shoe designer
• 1943 – Randy Newman, American musician
• 1943 - Manlio Rocchetti, Italian make-up artist (d. 2017)
• 1943 - Tuulikki Ukkola, Finnish journalist and politician (d. 2019)
• 1944 – Rita Mae Brown, American writer and activist
• 1945 - Franklin Drilon, Filipino politician
• 1947 - Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
• 1947 - Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician
• 1948 – Agnieszka Holland, Polish director and script writer
• 1949 – Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995)
• 1949 - Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American musician, actor, comedian and composer
• 1950 – Ed Harris, American actor
• 1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist
• 1950 - George Yonashiro, Japanese footballer

1951 – 1975

• 1951 - Barbara Morgan, American actor and journalist
• 1952 - Pat Cox, Irish politician
• 1953 – Alistair Darling, British politician
• 1953 – Pamela Hayden, American actress
• 1953 - Michael Chertoff, American politician
• 1953 - Nadezhda Olizarenko, Soviet-Ukrainian athlete (d. 2017)
• 1953 - Ewald Lienen, German footballer and coach
• 1955 – Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer
• 1956 - Fiona Armstrong, British journalist and author
• 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, British athlete
• 1959 - Nancy Charest, Canadian politician (d. 2014)
• 1959 - Judd Nelson, American actor
• 1960 – John Galliano, British fashion designer
• 1961 – Martin Clunes, British actor
• 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, screenwriter and producer
• 1962 – Jon Stewart, American comedian and television host
• 1962 - Paul Dinello, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
• 1962 - Jane Sibbett, American actress
• 1963 - Charles Dale, Welsh actor
• 1963 - Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, director and producer
• 1964 - Michael Bennet, American politician
• 1964 - Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (d. 2015)
• 1964 - Sian Williams, British journalist
• 1967 - José del Solar, Peruvian footballer
• 1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, American actress and model (d. 2007)
• 1968 - Astrid Williamson, Scottish musician, composer and songwriter
• 1970 - Richard Osman, English television presenter
• 1970 - Edouard Philippe, French politician, Prime Minister of France
• 1971 - Fenriz, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1972 – Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
• 1972 - Hiroshi Nanami, Japanese footballer
• 1972 - Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower
• 1973 - Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer
• 1974 – Apl.de.ap, Filipino-American musician (Black Eyed Peas)
• 1975 – Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
• 1975 - Park Sung-Bae, South Korean footballer
• 1975 - Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, musician and producer

From 1976

• 1977 - Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player
• 1977 – Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer
• 1977 – Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
• 1978 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
• 1979 – Chamillionaire, American rapper
• 1979 - Daniel Henney, American actor and model
• 1980 - Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter
• 1982 - Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
• 1983 – Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
• 1983 - Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler and actress
• 1984 – Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
• 1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
• 1984 - Trey Songz, American singer-songwriter, producer and actor
• 1985 – Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
• 1985 – Alvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer
• 1985 - Landry N'Guémo, Cameroonian footballer
• 1987 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress and director
• 1987 - Craig Kieswetter, English cricketer
• 1988 - Hiroki Fujiharu, Japanese footballer
• 1988 - Scarlett Pomers, American actress and singer-songwriter
• 1988 - Daniel Matsunaga, Brazilian-Japanese actor and model
• 1989 - Laura Brock, Australian footballer
• 1990 - Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
• 1990 - Bradley Smith, British motorcycle racer
• 1991 - Scott Allan, Scottish footballer
• 1992 - Adam Wicks, American actor, rapper, singer and songwriter

Deaths

Up to 1900

• 711 - Pope Gregory III
• 1170 – Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (b. 1100)
• 1290 – Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
• 1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
• 1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1606)
• 1694 – Matsuo Basho, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
• 1695 - Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. 1637)
• 1698 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier (b. 1622)
• 1763 - Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (b. 1734)
• 1785 - William Whipple, American politician (b. 1730)
• 1794 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)
• 1845 - Patriarch Meletius III of Constantinople (b. 1772)
• 1859 – Washington Irving, American writer (b. 1783)
• 1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1890 - Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)

1901 – 2000

• 1915 – Mubarak Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
• 1921 – 'Abdu'l Baha, Persian religious leader (b. 1844)
• 1927 - John W. Griggs, Governor of New Jersey and United States Attorney General (b. 1849)
• 1930 - Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
• 1939 – James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (b. 1861)
• 1945 - Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician (b. 1879)
• 1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist (b. 1901)
• 1960 - Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1896)
• 1962 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
• 1963 - Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941)
• 1968 – Enid Blyton, English writer (b. 1897)
• 1971 - Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
• 1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886)
• 1976 - Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
• 1982 - Helen of Greece and Denmark, Queen Consort of Romania (b. 1896)
• 1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917)
• 1993 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (b. 1946)
• 1993 - Garry Moore, American comedian and game show host (b. 1915)
• 1997 - Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)

From 2001

• 2003 - Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Elly Beinhorn, German pilot (b. 1907)
• 2007 – Gudrun Wagner, German festival co-organiser (b. 1944)
• 2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Ante Markovic, Croatian politician and former Yugoslavian Prime Minister (b. 1924)
• 2011 - Charles T. Kowal, American astronomer (b. 1940)
• 2012 - Don Rhymer, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1961)
• 2012 - Zig Ziglar, American writer, salesman and motivational speaker (b. 1926)
• 2013 - Mitja Ribicic, Slovenian politician and former Yugoslavian Prime Minister (b. 1919)
• 2014 - Chespirito, Mexican actor, director and writer (b. 1929)
• 2014 - Said Akl, Lebanese writer (b. 1912)
• 2014 - Lucidio Sentimenti, Italian footballer (b. 1920)
• 2015 - Luc Bondy, Swiss theatre and opera director (b. 1948)
• 2015 - Gerry Byrne, English footballer (b. 1938)
• 2015 - Olene S. Walker, American politician, Governor of Utah (b. 1930)
• 2015 - Yoka Berretty, Dutch actress (b. 1928)
• 2015 - Jean Joubert, French author (b. 1928)
• 2015 - Tomasz Tomczykiewicz, Polish politician (b. 1961)
• 2016 - Mark Taimanov, Russian chess player (b. 1926)
• 2017 - Patrícia Gabancho, Argentine-Spanish writer (b. 1952)
• 2017 - Shadia, Egyptian actress (b. 1931)
• 2018 - Richard Fulton, American politician (b. 1927)
• 2018 - Robert Morris, American sculptor (b. 1931)
• 2018 - Harry Leslie Smith, British writer and political commentator (b. 1923)
• 2019 - Marion McClinton, American theatre director and playwright (b. 1954)
• 2019 - Pim Verbeek, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1956)

Observances

• Independence Day (Albania, 1912 declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire)
• Independence Day (Mauritania, independence from France in 1960)
• Republic Day (Burundi, Chad)
• Declaration of Independence (East Timor)
• Navy Day (Iran)
• Ascension of 'Abdu'l Baha (Baha'i faith)