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Events on the 28th of November in history

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28 Nov 0587 Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram takes cousin Childebert II as heir
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28 Nov 0587 Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
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28 Nov 0741 St Gregory III ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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28 Nov 0936 Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.
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28 Nov 1340 Battle of Salado Spain: last Moor invasion driven back
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28 Nov 1443 George Kastriotis [Skanderberg] proclaims Albania principality
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28 Nov 1443 Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
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28 Nov 1470 Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.
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28 Nov 1520 After navigating through a strait at the southern end of South America, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first European ships to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
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28 Nov 1520 Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean
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28 Nov 1569 Duke of Alva forces Bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
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28 Nov 1582 Playwright and Poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway
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28 Nov 1582 In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
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28 Nov 1627 The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
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28 Nov 1660 London Royal Society forms
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28 Nov 1660 At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
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28 Nov 1666 At least 3,000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
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28 Nov 1710 Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
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28 Nov 1757 England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven
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28 Nov 1775 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy
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28 Nov 1776 Washington and his troops cross Delaware River
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28 Nov 1785 The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
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28 Nov 1795 US pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis
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28 Nov 1811 Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
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28 Nov 1813 Kosacks occupy Utrecht
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28 Nov 1814 The Times in 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.
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28 Nov 1821 Panama declares independence from Spain
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28 Nov 1821 Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
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28 Nov 1828 Greek War of Independence: The French Morea expedition to recapture Morea (now the Peloponnese) ends when the last Ottoman forces depart the peninsula.
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28 Nov 1833 Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo
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28 Nov 1843 Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
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28 Nov 1853 Olympia established as capital of Washington Territory
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28 Nov 1854 Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo
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28 Nov 1861 Confederate Congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army
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28 Nov 1862 Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)
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28 Nov 1862 Battle of Hooly Spring, Mississippi
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28 Nov 1862 American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
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28 Nov 1871 Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in South Carolina
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28 Nov 1875 Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
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28 Nov 1879 Battle at Lydenburg South Africa: General Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
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28 Nov 1885 Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
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28 Nov 1893 New Zealand becomes the first country in which women vote in a national election.
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28 Nov 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.
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28 Nov 1895 America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner averages 7 MPH
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28 Nov 1899 The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
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28 Nov 1904 Germany defeats Hottentotten in Warmbad SW-Africa
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28 Nov 1905 Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin
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28 Nov 1905 Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
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28 Nov 1907 In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.
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28 Nov 1908 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna, Pennsylvania
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28 Nov 1909 Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire.
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28 Nov 1910 The Liberal Party, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, wins the second Greek general election of the year.
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28 Nov 1911 Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
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28 Nov 1912 Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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28 Nov 1914 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
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28 Nov 1916 1st (German) air attack on London
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28 Nov 1917 Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top, " premieres in New York City
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28 Nov 1917 The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
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28 Nov 1918 Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia and Germany, abdicates
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28 Nov 1918 Bukovina votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania.
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28 Nov 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.)
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28 Nov 1919 US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament
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28 Nov 1920 Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush – The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
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28 Nov 1921 Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bah
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28 Nov 1922 6 old minsters in Greece, executed
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28 Nov 1922 Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (NYC) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called
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28 Nov 1924 Pieter Jelle Troelstra leaves 2nd Chamber
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28 Nov 1925 7th French government of Briand sworn-in
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28 Nov 1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
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28 Nov 1925 The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
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28 Nov 1925 Famed NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses in a game & dies of TB 4months later
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28 Nov 1929 Adm Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight
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28 Nov 1929 Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chicago Cards vs Bears (NFL record)
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28 Nov 1932 France and the USSR signs not-attack treaty
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28 Nov 1932 Groucho Marx performed on radio for 1st time
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28 Nov 1934 Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power
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28 Nov 1939 Nazi Governor-General of Poland, Hans Frank organizes Judenrat
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28 Nov 1939 Soviet government revokes Russian-Finnish non-attack treaty
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28 Nov 1940 Cleveringa arrested by Nazis
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28 Nov 1941 German troops vacate Rostov
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28 Nov 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston, Massachusetts)
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28 Nov 1942 In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
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28 Nov 1942 Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston MA
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28 Nov 1943 World War II: Tehran Conference – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
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28 Nov 1943 FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy
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28 Nov 1944 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
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28 Nov 1944 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
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28 Nov 1944 Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP
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28 Nov 1944 In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis
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28 Nov 1946 French government of Bidault, resigns
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28 Nov 1946 Landverrader Anton Mussert to death sentenced
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28 Nov 1948 "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV
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28 Nov 1948 1st Polaroid camera sold
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28 Nov 1948 "Hopalong Cassidy" premiers on TV
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28 Nov 1951 Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
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28 Nov 1953 "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 performances
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28 Nov 1953 41st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 12-6
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28 Nov 1954 1st pro football game in the Netherlands
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28 Nov 1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
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28 Nov 1955 KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting
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28 Nov 1955 KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
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28 Nov 1956 Photography begins on "... & God Created Women"
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28 Nov 1957 "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in New York City
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28 Nov 1957 Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award
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28 Nov 1958 AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9
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28 Nov 1958 KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
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28 Nov 1958 US reports 1st full-range firing of an ICBM
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28 Nov 1958 Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
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28 Nov 1958 Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community
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28 Nov 1958 Congo & Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
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28 Nov 1958 George "Punch" Imlach becomes coach of NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs
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28 Nov 1959 47th CFL Grey Cup: Winn Blue Bombers defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 21-7
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28 Nov 1959 KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins
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28 Nov 1959 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Princeps Pastorum
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28 Nov 1960 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
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28 Nov 1960 Mauritania becomes independent of France.
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28 Nov 1960 Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)
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28 Nov 1961 Ernest Davis is 1st black to win Heisman Trophy
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28 Nov 1961 General Meeting of the UN debates about New-Guinea
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28 Nov 1962 Telegraph between Netherlands and Indonesia restored
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28 Nov 1963 1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
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28 Nov 1963 Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart
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28 Nov 1963 Crusher beats Verne Gagne in St. Paul, to become NWA champ
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28 Nov 1963 WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
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28 Nov 1964 52nd CFL Grey Cup: BC Lions defeats Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 34-24
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28 Nov 1964 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
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28 Nov 1964 Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
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28 Nov 1964 Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
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28 Nov 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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28 Nov 1965 Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
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28 Nov 1966 Dominican Republic adopts constitution
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28 Nov 1966 Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
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28 Nov 1966 Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
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28 Nov 1967 33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA (QB)
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28 Nov 1967 The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected
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28 Nov 1968 John Lennon is fined
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28 Nov 1969 Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
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28 Nov 1970 58th CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeat Calgary Stampeders, 23-10
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28 Nov 1971 "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 performances
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28 Nov 1971 59th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-11
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28 Nov 1971 Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
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28 Nov 1971 Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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28 Nov 1972 "Via Galactica" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 7 performances
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28 Nov 1972 Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison. The chief executioner is André Obrecht. (Bontems had been found innocent of murder, but as Buffet's accomplice was condemned to death anyway)
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28 Nov 1972 Los Angeles Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels
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28 Nov 1973 Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine
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28 Nov 1973 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry wins AL Rookie of Year
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28 Nov 1974 Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years
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28 Nov 1975 Democratic Republic East-Timor proclaimed
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28 Nov 1975 Wings release "Venus & Mars / Rock Show" medley
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28 Nov 1975 East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
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28 Nov 1975 Wings release "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley
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28 Nov 1976 64th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Saskatchewan, 23-20
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28 Nov 1978 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)
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28 Nov 1978 Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years
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28 Nov 1979 "King of Schnorrers" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 63 performances
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28 Nov 1979 Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
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28 Nov 1979 LA Dodger Rick Sutcliffe wins NL Rookie of Year
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28 Nov 1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
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28 Nov 1979 Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes in Antarctica killing 257
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28 Nov 1980 Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid – The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
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28 Nov 1981 "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 performances
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28 Nov 1981 Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions.
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28 Nov 1981 Bear Bryant wins his 315th game to out distance Alonzo Stagg & become college football's winningest coach
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28 Nov 1982 "Pirates of Penzance" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 772 performances
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28 Nov 1982 70th CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Toronto Argonauts, 32-16
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28 Nov 1982 71st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Grenoble (4-1)
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28 Nov 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched
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28 Nov 1985 6th Belgium government of Martens forms
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28 Nov 1986 Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
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28 Nov 1986 Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time
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28 Nov 1987 South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
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28 Nov 1987 South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
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28 Nov 1988 Picasso's "Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million
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28 Nov 1989 Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary
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28 Nov 1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution – In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
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28 Nov 1989 Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract
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28 Nov 1991 South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
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28 Nov 1993 "Mixed Emotions" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 48 performances
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28 Nov 1993 81st CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 33-23
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28 Nov 1993 Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election
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28 Nov 1994 Norway votes against joining European Union
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28 Nov 1995 James Brady, former White House Press Secretary, suffers a heart attack
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28 Nov 1997 Final episode of "Beavis & Butt-head, " on MTV
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28 Nov 2002 Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
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28 Nov 2013 A 5.6 earthquake in Iran kills seven people and injures 45 others.
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28 Nov 2014 Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
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