November 28 in history
Events on November 28
Notable events that happened on November 28 in past years.
- 2020
Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.
Wikipedia article: Ethiopian National Defense Force - 1991
South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
Wikipedia article: South Ossetia - 1983
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.
Wikipedia article: Space Shuttle Columbia - 1972
Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
Wikipedia article: Claude Buffet - 1966
Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
Wikipedia article: Michel Micombero - 1960
Mauritania becomes independent of France.
Wikipedia article: Mauritania - 1942
In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
Wikipedia article: Boston - 1919
Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
Wikipedia article: Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor - 1912
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Wikipedia article: Albania - 1895
The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
Wikipedia article: Chicago Times-Herald race - 1862
Notts County F.C. is founded in Nottingham, England, making it the oldest professional Association football club in the world.
Wikipedia article: Notts County F.C. - 1814
The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
Wikipedia article: The Times - 1666
At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter insurgents led by James Wallace of Auchens in the Battle of Rullion Green.
Wikipedia article: Scots Army - 1520
After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean.
- 587
Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
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