November, 28th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 28, 2000:
The eighth drop fell from a funnel full of tar pitch in the University of Queensland pitch drop experiment

Friday 28, 1997:
Kosovo Liberation Army, Albanian guerrilla group fighting for freedom of Kosovo, presents in front of the people of Kosovo.

Tuesday 28, 1995:
US President Bill Clinton signs a highway bill that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit.

Monday 28, 1994:
In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by a deranged inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institute gymnasium.

Tuesday 28, 1989:
In the face of protests the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces they will give up their monopoly on political power.

Saturday 28, 1987:
In Wappingers Falls, New York, Tawana Brawley is found wrapped in garbage bags, with feces smeared all over her body and a racial slur on her body.

Wednesday 28, 1984:
Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.

Sunday 28, 1982:
Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.

Friday 28, 1980:
Mark Morris, choreographer, gets together some friends, calls them the Mark Morris Dance Group, and puts on its first show at the Merce Cunningham Studios.

Wednesday 28, 1979:
The Mount Erebus disaster: an Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board.

Friday 28, 1975:
As the World Turns and The Edge of Night, the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, aired their last live episodes.

Friday 28, 1969:
The Rolling Stones release the classic album Let It Bleed.

Sunday 28, 1965:
Vietnam War: In response to US President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.

Saturday 28, 1964:
Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that US President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

Monday 28, 1960:
Mauritania becomes independent of France.

Friday 28, 1958:
Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.

Tuesday 28, 1944:
Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans. German Nazi troops recede from Albania.

Sunday 28, 1943:
US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss war strategy.

Saturday 28, 1942:
In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove night club kills 491 people.

Saturday 28, 1925:
Country-variety show Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut on station WSM.

Sunday 28, 1920:
The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.

Friday 28, 1919:
Lady Astor is elected to be the first female member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Saturday 28, 1914:
World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Thursday 28, 1912:
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Thursday 28, 1907:
In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.

Tuesday 28, 1905:
Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party whose goal is the independence for all of Ireland.

Thursday 28, 1895:
First American Automobile race. 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in about 10 hours.

Friday 28, 1862:
American Civil War: Battle of Cane Hill.

Tuesday 28, 1843:
1843 - Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

Monday 28, 1785:
Treaty of Hopewell was signed

Sunday 28, 1660:
At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.

Sunday 28, 1582:
In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license.

Sunday 28, 1520:
After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.

Tuesday 28, 1443:
Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja, then capital of Albania and raise Flag of Albania, which is still the same besides some minor changes.

Thursday 28, 1095:
On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appointed bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-november/on-this-day.html


People born on November 28

1988:
Scarlett Pomers, American actress (b: November 28, 1988) (Biography of Scarlett Pomers)

1984:
Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player (b: November 28, 1984) (Biography of Andrew Bogut)

1979:
Chamillionaire, American rapper (b: November 28, 1979) (Biography of Chamillionaire)

1974:
András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer (b: November 28, 1974) (Biography of András Tölcséres)

1967:
Anna Nicole Smith, American model and television personality (b: November 28, 1967) (Biography of Anna Nicole Smith)

1965:
Erwin Mortier, Belgian author (b: November 28, 1965) (Biography of Erwin Mortier)

1964:
Cornelia Guest, American debutante (b: November 28, 1964) (Biography of Cornelia Guest)

1962:
Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host (b: November 28, 1962) (Biography of Jon Stewart)

1961:
Martin Clunes, British actor (b: November 28, 1961) (Biography of Martin Clunes)
Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director (b: November 28, 1961) (Biography of Alfonso Cuaron)
Jane Sibbett, American actress (b: November 28, 1961) (Biography of Jane Sibbett)

1959:
Judd Nelson, American actor (b: November 28, 1959) (Biography of Judd Nelson)

1958:
Dave Righetti, baseball player (b: November 28, 1958) (Biography of Dave Righetti)

1957:
David Van Day, British musician (b: November 28, 1957) (Biography of David Van Day)

1950:
Ed Harris, American actor (b: November 28, 1950) (Biography of Ed Harris)
Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: November 28, 1950) (Biography of Russell Alan Hulse)

1949:
Alexander Godunov, Russian composer and ballet dancer (b: November 28, 1949 ; d: May 18, 1995) (Biography of Alexander Godunov)
Paul Shaffer, Canadian orchestra leader and musician (b: November 28, 1949) (Biography of Paul Shaffer)

1943:
Randy Newman, American composer and musician (b: November 28, 1943) (Biography of Randy Newman)

1942:
Paul Warfield, American football player (b: November 28, 1942) (Biography of Paul Warfield)

1941:
Laura Antonelli, Italian actress (b: November 28, 1941) (Biography of Laura Antonelli)

1936:
Gary Hart, American politician (b: November 28, 1936) (Biography of Gary Hart)

1931:
Hope Lange, American actress (b: November 28, 1931 ; d: December 26, 2003) (Biography of Hope Lange)
Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist, and author (b: November 28, 1931) (Biography of Tomi Ungerer)

1929:
Berry Gordy Jr., American record company owner (b: November 28, 1929) (Biography of Berry Gordy Jr.)

1927:
Chuck Mitchell, American actor (b: November 28, 1927 ; d: June 22, 1992) (Biography of Chuck Mitchell)

1925:
Gloria Grahame, American actress (b: November 28, 1925 ; d: October 5, 1981) (Biography of Gloria Grahame)

1916:
Mary Lilian Baels, Princess of Rethy, Belgium (b: November 28, 1916 ; d: June 7, 2002) (Biography of Mary Lilian Baels)

1908:
Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist (b: November 28, 1908) (Biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss)

1907:
Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (b: November 28, 1907) (Biography of Alberto Moravia)

1904:
Nancy Mitford, English essayist and satirist (b: November 28, 1904) (Biography of Nancy Mitford)

1902:
Victor Jory, American actor (b: November 28, 1902 ; d: February 12, 1982) (Biography of Victor Jory)

1896:
Lilia Skala, Austrian actress (b: November 28, 1896) (Biography of Lilia Skala)

1895:
José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (b: November 28, 1895 ; d: June 28, 1980) (Biography of José Iturbi)

1887:
Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (b: November 28, 1887 ; d: June 30, 1934) (Biography of Ernst Röhm)

1881:
Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (b: November 28, 1881) (Biography of Stefan Zweig)

1866:
Henry Bacon, American architect (b: November 28, 1866) (Biography of Henry Bacon)

1853:
Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a Ph.D. (b: November 28, 1853) (Biography of Helen Magill White)

1837:
John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor of celluloid (b: November 28, 1837) (Biography of John Wesley Hyatt)

1829:
Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (b: November 28, 1829 ; d: November 20, 1894) (Biography of Anton Rubinstein)

1820:
Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b: November 28, 1820 ; d: August 5, 1895) (Biography of Friedrich Engels)

1810:
William Froude, English engineer and naval architect (b: November 28, 1810) (Biography of William Froude)

1805:
John Stephens, American archeologist (b: November 28, 1805) (Biography of John Stephens)

1785:
Achille Charles Léon Victor, duc de Broglie, Prime Minister of France (b: November 28, 1785) (Biography of Achille Charles Léon Victor, duc de Broglie)

1772:
Luke Howard, British meteorologist (b: November 28, 1772) (Biography of Luke Howard)

1757:
William Blake, English poet and artist (b: November 28, 1757 ; d: August 12, 1827) (Biography of William Blake)

1700:
Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (b: November 28, 1700 ; d: September 2, 1764) (Biography of Nathaniel Bliss)

1681:
Jean Cavalier, French protestant rebel leader (b: November 28, 1681) (Biography of Jean Cavalier)

1661:
Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (b: November 28, 1661 ; d: March 31, 1723) (Biography of Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon)

1640:
Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (b: November 28, 1640) (Biography of Willem de Vlamingh)

1632:
Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (b: November 28, 1632) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste Lully)

1628:
John Bunyan, English cleric and author (b: November 28, 1628 ; d: August 31, 1688) (Biography of John Bunyan)

1598:
Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b: November 28, 1598 ; d: November 12, 1667) (Biography of Hans Nansen)

1570:
James Whitelocke, English judge (b: November 28, 1570 ; d: June 22, 1632) (Biography of James Whitelocke)

1489:
Margaret Tudor, queen of James IV of Scotland (b: November 28, 1489 ; d: November 24, 1541) (Biography of Margaret Tudor)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-november/births.html

[Spiritus Temporis]

They left us on November 28

2003:
Antonia Forest, British children's author (b: May 26, 1915 ; d: November 28, 2003) (Biography of Antonia Forest)
Harold von Braunhut (d: November 28, 2003) (Biography of Harold von Braunhut)

2001:
William Kienzle (d: November 28, 2001) (Biography of William Kienzle)

2000:
Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b: August 16, 1895 ; d: November 28, 2000) (Biography of Liane Haid)

1994:
Jerry Rubin, American activist (b: July 14, 1938 ; d: November 28, 1994) (Biography of Jerry Rubin)
Jeffrey Dahmer (d: November 28, 1994) (Biography of Jeffrey Dahmer)

1987:
Choh Hao Li (d: November 28, 1987) (Biography of Choh Hao Li)

1986:
Herb Vigran (d: November 28, 1986) (Biography of Herb Vigran)

1983:
Christopher George (d: November 28, 1983) (Biography of Christopher George)

1977:
Trevor Bardette (d: November 28, 1977) (Biography of Trevor Bardette)

1976:
Rosalind Russell, American actress (b: June 4, 1907 ; d: November 28, 1976) (Biography of Rosalind Russell)

1972:
Havergal Brian, British composer (b: January 29, 1876 ; d: November 28, 1972) (Biography of Havergal Brian)

1963:
Karyn Kupcinet (d: November 28, 1963) (Biography of Karyn Kupcinet)

1962:
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (d: November 28, 1962) (Biography of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands)

1960:
Richard Wright, American writer (b: September 4, 1908 ; d: November 28, 1960) (Biography of Richard Wright (author))

1954:
Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 29, 1901 ; d: November 28, 1954) (Biography of Enrico Fermi)

1945:
Dwight F. Davis (d: November 28, 1945) (Biography of Dwight F. Davis)

1939:
James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (b: November 6, 1861 ; d: November 28, 1939) (Biography of James Naismith)

1935:
Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b: February 25, 1877 ; d: November 28, 1935) (Biography of Erich von Hornbostel)

1921:
`Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b: May 23, 1844 ; d: November 28, 1921) (Biography of `Abdu'l-Bahá)

1907:
Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski (d: November 28, 1907) (Biography of Stanis?aw Wyspia?ski)

1878:
Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b: January 8, 1805 ; d: November 28, 1878) (Biography of Orson Hyde)

1872:
Mary Fairfax Somerville, British mathematician (b: December 26, 1780 ; d: November 28, 1872) (Biography of Mary Somerville)

1870:
Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b: December 6, 1841 ; d: November 28, 1870) (Biography of Frédéric Bazille)

1859:
Washington Irving, American author (b: April 3, 1783 ; d: November 28, 1859) (Biography of Washington Irving)

1815:
Johann Peter Salomon (d: November 28, 1815) (Biography of Johann Peter Salomon)

1794:
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b: September 17, 1730 ; d: November 28, 1794) (Biography of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben)

1698:
Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b: May 22, 1622 ; d: November 28, 1698) (Biography of Louis de Buade de Frontenac)

1695:
Giovanni Paolo Colonna (d: November 28, 1695) (Biography of Giovanni Paolo Colonna)
Anthony Wood, English antiqurian (b: December 17, 1632 ; d: November 28, 1695) (Biography of Anthony Wood)

1694:
Matsuo Basho (d: November 28, 1694) (Biography of Matsuo Basho)

1680:
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian artist (b: December 7, 1598 ; d: November 28, 1680) (Biography of Gian Lorenzo Bernini)
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi (d: November 28, 1680) (Biography of Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi)

1675:
Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh (d: November 28, 1675) (Biography of Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh)
Leonard Hoar (d: November 28, 1675) (Biography of Leonard Hoar)

1667:
Jean de Thévenot, French traveler and scientist (b: June 16, 1633 ; d: November 28, 1667) (Biography of Jean de Thévenot)

1585:
Hernando Franco (d: November 28, 1585) (Biography of Hernando Franco)

1574:
Georg Major (d: November 28, 1574) (Biography of Georg Major)

1290:
Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290) (d: November 28, 1290) (Biography of Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290))

1262:
Shinran (d: November 28, 1262) (Biography of Shinran)

1170:
Owain Gwynedd (d: November 28, 1170) (Biography of Owain Gwynedd)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/28-november/deaths.html