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NOVEMBER 28, 1975
East Timor declared independence from Portugal.
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1660
Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading scientists met at Gresham College in London to found a learned society, now known as the Royal Society.
Robert Boyle was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1443
Having deserted the Ottoman army, Skanderbeg (pictured) arrived in the Albanian city of Krujë and, using a forged letter from Sultan Murad II to the governor of Krujë, became lord of the city.
The Ottoman Empire, also called the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1966
In a military coup, Michel Micombero abolished the Burundian monarchy and declared the country a republic with himself as president.
Michel Micombero was a Burundian military officer and politician who ruled the country as de facto military dictator for the decade between Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1903
SS Petriana struck a reef near Point Nepean, leading to Australia's first major oil spill and a debate over the White Australia policy.
SS Petriana was an iron screw steamer built in 1879 that was converted into an oil tanker. On 28 November 1903, while Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1979
Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November 1979 when Air New Zealand Flight 901 (TE901) flew into Mount Erebus on Ross Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1925
Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.
The Grand Ole Opry is a regular live country-music radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM, held between two and five Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1912
At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire.
The All-Albanian Congress was a held in Vlorë on November 28, 1912. Congress participants constituted the Assembly of Vlorë which established Albanian Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1967
Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first discovered pulsar.
Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a Northern Irish physicist who, as a doctoral student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1470
Đại Việt emperor Lê Thánh Tông launched a military expedition against Champa, beginning the Champa–Đại Việt War.
Đại Việt, was a Vietnamese monarchy in eastern Mainland Southeast Asia from the 10th century AD to the early 19th century, centered Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 1987
South African Airways Flight 295 suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board.
South African Airways Flight 295 (SA295/SAA295) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan, to Jan Smuts Read More
NOVEMBER 28, 2016
LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club.
LaMia Flight 2933 was a charter flight of an Avro RJ85, operated by LaMia, that on 28 November 2016 crashed near Medellín, Read More

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