November 28th, 1079

Born on November 28th, 1079

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 345,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 240 days, exactly on March 23rd, 2027, people who were born on November 28th, 1079 will be 346,000 days old!

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What happened on November 28th?

November 28th, 1811

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

November 28th, 2016

LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club.

November 28th, 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.

November 28th, 1979

Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.

November 28th, 1975

The Democratic Republic of East Timor, the precursor of Timor-Leste, declared independence from Portugal; it would only really gained independence in 2002, after decades of occupation by Indonesia.

November 28th, 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.

November 28th, 1966

In a military coup, Michel Micombero abolished the Burundian monarchy and declared the country a republic with himself as president.

November 28th, 1925

Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.

November 28th, 1912

At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire.

November 28th, 1895

The Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago.

November 28th, 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 (coat of arms pictured).

November 28th, 1470

Đại Việt emperor Lê Thánh Tông launched a military expedition against Champa, beginning the Champa–Đại Việt War.

November 28th, 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.

November 28th, 2020

Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.

November 28th, 2016

LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense

Public holidays on November 28th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1079 is a normal year and no leap year.

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