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The 28t o November is the 332t day o the year (333t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 33 days bidin.
Events
- 1520 - Ferdinand Magellan's expedeetion sails through the nou-named Strait o Magellan in soothren Sooth Americae.
- 1666 - At 2,000 men o the Scots Ryal Airmy led bi Tom Dalyell o the Binns defeat aboot 900 Covenanter rebels.
- 1821 - Panama jyns the Union o Gran Colombie.
- 1843 - The Unitit Kinrick an Fraunce recognise the unthirldom o the Kinrick o Hawaii.
- 1893 - Weemen can vote in New Zealand's general election for the first time.
- 1905 - The Erse poleetical pairty Sinn Fein is foondit.
- 1912 - Albanie declares unthirldom frae the Ottoman Empire.
- 1919 - Nancy Astor, Viscoontess Astor becomes the first woman tae sit in the Hoose o Commons o the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1943 - Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt an Joseph Stalin meet for the Tehran Conference.
- 1958 - Chad, the Republic o the Congo an Gabon become autonomous republics.
- 1960 - Mauritanie gains full unthirldom frae Fraunce.
- 1964 - NASA's Mariner 4 probe is launched.
- 1975 - East Timor declares unthirldom frae Portugal.
- 1979 - A plane crash on Munt Erebus, Antarcticae, kills 257 fowk.
- 1987 - A Sooth Africae Airways plane crashes intae the Indie Ocean naur Mauritius, killin 160 fowk.
- 1990 - John Major succeeds Margaret Thatcher as Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick.
- 1991 - Sooth Ossetie declares unthirldom frae Georgie.
- 1994 - Voters in Norawa reject membership o the European Union bi a margin o 52% tae 48%.
- 2004 - A mine splosion in Cheenae's Shaanxi province kills 166 fowk.
- 2010 - WikiLeaks releases ower 200,000 diplomatic cables.
- 2014 - An attack on a mosque in Kano, Nigerie, kills dozens o fowk.
- 2016 - A plane crash near Medellin, Colombie, kills at 75 fowk, incluidin maist members o Brazilian fitbaa club Chapecoense.
- 2020 - An attack bi Boko Haram in Jere, Nigerie, kills 43 fowk.
Births
- 1118 - Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)
- 1489 - Margaret Tudor, Queen Consort o Scots (d. 1541)
- 1628 - John Bunyan, Inglis writer (d. 1688)
- 1632 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French componer (d. 1687)
- 1660 - Maria Anna Victoria o Bavarie (d. 1690)
- 1757 - William Blake, Inglis poet an airtist (d. 1827)
- 1811 - Maximilian II o Bavarie (d. 1864)
- 1820 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1829 - Anton Rubinstein, Roushie pianist, conductor an componer (d. 1894)
- 1857 - Alfonso XII o Spain (d. 1885)
- 1880 - Alexander Blok, Roushie poet (d. 1921)
- 1881 - Stefan Zweig, Austrick writer (d. 1942)
- 1907 - Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist an jurnalist (d. 1990)
- 1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (d. 2009)
- 1928 - Bob McIntyre, Scots motorcycle racer (d. 1962)
- 1929 - Berry Gordy, American record producer
- 1938 - Frank Haffey, Scots fiitbawer
- 1950 - Ed Harris, American actor
- 1950 - Russell Alan Hulse, American pheesicist
- 1953 - Alistair Darling, Scots politeecian, umwhile Chancellor o the Exchequer
- 1961 - Martin Clunes, Inglis actor
- 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer an screenwriter
- 1962 - Jon Stewart, American comedian an telly host
- 1963 - Armando Iannucci, Scots writer, director an producer
- 1968 - Astrid Williamson, Scots muisicker, componer an sangwriter
- 1970 - Richard Osman, Inglis telly presenter
- 1970 - Edouard Philippe, French lawer an politeecian, Prime meenister o Fraunce
- 1977 - Gavin Rae, Scots fitbawer
- 1983 - Scott Jamieson, Scots gowfer
- 1984 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
- 1987 - Karen Gillan, Scots actress, model an director
- 1991 - Scott Allan, Scots fitbawer
- 1992 - Mark Durnan, Scots fitbawer
Daiths
- 1680 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian airtist an airchitect (b. 1598)
- 1859 - Washington Irving, American writer (b. 1783)
- 1870 - Frédéric Bazille, French penter (b. 1841)
- 1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian pheesicist (b. 1901)
- 1962 - Queen Wilhelmina o the Netherlands (b. 1880)
- 1968 - Enid Blyton, Inglis writer (b. 1897)
- 1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
- 2010 - Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1926)
- 2014 - Chespirito, Mexican actor an comedian (b. 1929)
Halidays
- Independence Day (Albanie, Mauritanie)
- Republic Day (Chad, Republic o the Congo, Gabon)
Ootside airtins
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