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November 28

A look at November 28 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Jean-Baptiste Lully and Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty), and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2016

    LaMia Flight 2933

    LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense

    2016 aviation accident in
  2. 1987

    South African Airways Flight 295

    South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.

    1987 aviation accident in
  3. 1979

    Mount Erebus disaster

    Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.

    1979 aircraft accident in
  4. 1966

    Michel Micombero

    Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.

    1st President of Burundi
  5. 1942

    Boston

    In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

    Capital and largest city
  6. 1925

    Grand Ole Opry

    The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.

    Radio and television broadcast
  7. 1914

    World War I

    World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  8. 1912

    Albania

    Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

    Country in Southeast Europe
  9. 1895

    Chicago Times-Herald race

    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.

    First automobile race in
  10. 1811

    Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

    German composer (1770–1827)
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Famous birthday twins

Born on November 28

Jean-Baptiste Lully

b. 1632

Italian-French composer and manager

Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty)

b. 1293

Chinese emperor

Mouhamadou Dabo

b. 1986

French footballer

Alfonso Cuarón

b. 1961

Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter

Alfonso XII

b. 1857

of Spain

Friedrich Engels

b. 1820

German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist

William Blake

b. 1757

English poet and painter

Manuel I Komnenos

b. 1118

Byzantine emperor

Deaths

  • 2007Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer
  • 1954Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1945Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War
  • 1815Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor
  • 1694Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar
  • 1290Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England from 1272 to 1290

Holidays & observances

  • —Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998.
  • —Bedfordshire day is celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire to celebrate the birth of John Bunyan
  • —Bukovina Day (Romania)
  • —Christian feast day: Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste
  • —Christian feast day: Catherine Labouré
  • —Christian feast day: Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii)
  • —Christian feast day: Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox
  • —Christian feast day: James of the Marches

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