# On this day: November 28

November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years), with 33 days left until the end of the year.

## November 28 in one line

Headline entries for November 28, from Wikipedia: in 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; born 1820: Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (died 1895); died 1694: Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (born 1644). In 2026 it is a Saturday, in 2027 a Sunday.

## Events on November 28

- 1443 Having deserted the Ottoman army, Skanderbeg 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanderbeg)
- 1470 Đại Việt emperor Lê Thánh Tông launched a military expedition against Champa, beginning the Champa–Đại Việt War. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champa%E2%80%93%C4%90%E1%BA%A1i_Vi%E1%BB%87t_War_(1471))
- 1520 After 38 days, an expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan completes the first passage through the Strait of Magellan and enters the Pacific Ocean. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society)
- 1729 Natchez Indians revolted against French colonists near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi, killing approximately 230 people. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_revolt)
- 1811 Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._5_(Beethoven))
- 1862 Notts County F.C. is founded in Nottingham, England, making it the oldest professional Association football club in the world. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_football)
- 1885 Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Bulgarian_War)
- 1895 The Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Times-Herald_race)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Australia_policy)
- 1912 At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_of_Vlor%C3%AB)
- 1914 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange)
- 1919 Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor%2C_Viscountess_Astor)
- 1925 Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry)
- 1943 World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehran_Conference)
- 1958 Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_the_Congo)
- 1964 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4)
- 1965 Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos)
- 1966 In a military coup, Michel Micombero abolished the Burundian monarchy and declared the country a republic with himself as president. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Micombero)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyn_Bell_Burnell)
- 1979 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster)
- 1983 Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-9)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_295)
- 1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution)
- 1990 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major)
- 2016 LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaMia_Flight_2933)

## Born on November 28

- 1118 Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (died 1180) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos)
- 1489 Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland, wife of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (died 1541) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Tudor)
- 1628 John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (died 1688) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bunyan)
- 1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (died 1687) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Lully)
- 1757 William Blake, English poet and painter (died 1827) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake)
- 1820 Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (died 1895) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Engels)
- 1829 Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1894) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Rubinstein)
- 1857 Alfonso XII of Spain (died 1885) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_XII)
- 1880 Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (died 1921) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Blok)
- 1881 Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (died 1942) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Zweig)
- 1887 Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician (died 1934) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_R%C3%B6hm)
- 1907 Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author (died 1990) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Moravia)
- 1908 Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (died 2009) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss)
- 1923 Gloria Grahame, American actress (died 1981) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Grahame)
- 1950 Ed Harris, American actor and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Harris)
- 1950 Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Alan_Hulse)
- 1961 Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n)
- 1962 Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart)
- 1967 Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality (died 2007) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nicole_Smith)
- 1984 Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Elizabeth_Winstead)
- 1987 Karen Gillan, Scottish actress [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Gillan)
- 1995 Chase Elliott, American race car driver [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Elliott)

## Died on November 28

- 741 Pope Gregory III [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_III)
- 1680 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1598) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini)
- 1680 Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar (born 1601) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athanasius_Kircher)
- 1694 Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (born 1644) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsuo_Bash%C5%8D)
- 1859 Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (born 1783) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving)
- 1870 Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (born 1841) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bazille)
- 1921 ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Baháʼí Faith (born 1844) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CA%BBAbdu'l-Bah%C3%A1)
- 1939 James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (born 1861) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Naismith)
- 1954 Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi)
- 1962 Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (born 1880) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands)
- 1968 Enid Blyton, English author and poet (born 1897) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid_Blyton)
- 1976 Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (born 1907) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalind_Russell)
- 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (born 1960) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer)
- 2010 Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1926) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Nielsen)

## Holidays and 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(Albania))
- Bedfordshire day is celebrated in the county of Bedfordshire to celebrate the birth of John Bunyan [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bunyan)
- Bukovina Day (Romania) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukovina_Day)
- Christian feast day: Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacius_of_Sebaste)
- Christian feast day: Catherine Labouré [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Labour%C3%A9)
- Christian feast day: Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Holy_Sovereigns)
- Christian feast day: Herman of Alaska, the anniversary of his actual death. Eastern Orthodox [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_of_Alaska)
- Christian feast day: James of the Marches [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_of_the_Marches)
- Christian feast day: Kamehameha and Emma (Episcopal Church (USA)) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_IV)
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of Kibeho [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Kibeho)
- Christian feast day: Pope Gregory III [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_III)
- Christian feast day: Rufus (no. 8) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Rufus)
- Christian feast day: Stephen the Younger [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_the_Younger)
- Christian feast day: November 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_28_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Heroes' Day (Sri Lanka) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes'_Day)
- Hōonkō (Japan) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Donk%C5%8D)
- Independence Day (Mauritania), celebrate the independence of Mauritania from France in 1960. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Mauritania)
- Independence Day (Panama), celebrate the independence of Panama from Spain in 1821. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Act_of_Panama)
- Navy Day (Iran) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Iran)
- Proclamation of Independence Day (Timor-Leste), celebrating the declaration of independence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor from Portugal in 1975. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclamation_of_Independence_Day_(Timor-Leste))
- Republic Day (Burundi) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Burundi)
- Republic Day (Chad) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Chad)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “November 28”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_28) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/November 28”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/November_28) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“November 28”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_28) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_28?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for November 28 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## November 28 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Saturday | 2026-W48 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2027 | Sunday | 2027-W47 | 🌑 New Moon |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 2028-W48 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 2029-W48 | 🌗 Last Quarter |
| 2030 | Thursday | 2030-W48 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on November 28

None of the 28 countries we track has a public holiday on November 28 in 2026 or 2027.

[Today's holidays in 28 countries →](https://whathappen.today/holidays/)

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