November 28th in History

Today in History

  • Ferdinand Magellan’s fleet reaches the Pacific Ocean (1520)
  • William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway get a marriage license (1582)
  • The Times of London becomes the first newspaper printed on steam-powered presses, beginning the mass availability of newspapers (1814)
  • New Zealand becomes the first country in which women vote in a national election (1893)
  • Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater (1907)
  • Lady Astor becomes the first woman to sit in the House of Commons (1919)
  • The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting (1925)
  • FDR, Churchill, and Stalin meet in Tehran (1943)

Birthdays

  • John Bunyan, progressive pilgrim (1628)
  • William Blake, poet and painter (1757)
  • Friedrich Engels, political philosopher (1820)
  • Nancy Mitford, writer (1904)
  • Claude Lévi-Strauss, anthropologist (1908)
  • Berry Gordy Jr., Motown founder (1929)
  • Hope Lange, actress (1933)
  • Gary Hart, politician (1936)
  • Manolo Blahnik, shoe designer (1942)
  • Randy Newman, singer-songwriter (1943)
  • Rita Mae Brown, lesbian author (1944)
  • Alexander Godunov, actor and dancer (1949)
  • Paul Shaffer, bandleader (1949)
  • Ed Harris, actor (1950)
  • Judd Nelson, actor (1959)
  • Jon Stewart, comedian and newscaster (1962)
  • Anna Nicole Smith, reality star (1969)
  • Chamillionaire, rapper (1979)

Deaths

  • 松尾 芭蕉 (Matsuo Bashō), poet (1694)
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (1794)
  • Washington Irving, author (1859)
  • James Naismith, creator of basketball (1939)
  • Enrico Fermi, physicist (1954)
  • Richard Wright, author (1960)
  • Rosalind Russell, actress (1976)
  • Garry Moore, game show host (1993)
  • Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer (1994)
  • Jerry Rubin, yippie (1994)
  • Leslie Nielsen, actor (2010)
  • Zig Ziglar, motivational speaker (2012)

Holidays and Celebrations

  • Ascension of `Abdu’l-Bahá (Bahá’í Faith)
  • Independence Day (Albania)
  • Independence Day (Mauritania)
  • Independence Day (Panama)
  • Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day)
  • Navy Day (Iran)
  • Republic Day (Burundi)
  • Republic Day (Chad)
  • Make Your Own Head Day
  • Red Planet Day
November 28 is the 332nd day of the year (333rd in leap years). There are 33 days remaining until the end of the year.