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On This Day · The 332nd day of the year

November 28

November 28's recorded history is unusually compressed, gathered within recent centuries rather than reaching into antiquity. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and disaster looms large.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on November 28?

November 28 is the 332nd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1811 and 2016. Famous people born on November 28 include Jean-Baptiste Lully, Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty) and Mouhamadou Dabo.

Released on November 28

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • TV Heated Rivalry

2024

  • Game Enigma of Fear
  • Game Mado Monogatari: Fia and the Wondrous Academy

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1811

    Ludwig van Beethoven

  2. 1895

    Chicago Times-Herald race

  3. 1912

    Albania

  4. 1914

    World War I

  5. 1925

    Grand Ole Opry

  6. 1942

    Boston

  7. 1966

    Michel Micombero

  8. 1979

    Mount Erebus disaster

  9. 1987

    South African Airways Flight 295

  10. 2016

    LaMia Flight 2933

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 28

Jean-Baptiste Lully

b. 1632

Yesün Temür (Yuan dynasty)

b. 1293

Mouhamadou Dabo

b. 1986

Alfonso Cuarón

b. 1961

Alfonso XII

b. 1857

Friedrich Engels

b. 1820

William Blake

b. 1757

Manuel I Komnenos

b. 1118

Deaths

  • 2007Gudrun Wagner
  • 1954Enrico Fermi
  • 1945Dwight F. Davis
  • 1815Johann Peter Salomon
  • 1694Matsuo Bashō
  • 1290Eleanor of Castile

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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