November 28th, 1597

Born on November 28th, 1597

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What happened on November 28th?

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

East Timor declared independence from Portugal.

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.

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 Medellin, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense

November 28th, 2014

Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 28th

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Who's birthday is on November 28th?

33

Edis

Turkish singer-songwriter

*November 28th, 1990, London

54

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)

*November 28th, 1632, Florence †March 22nd, 1687, Paris

68

Hans Nansen

Danish politician

*November 28th, 1598, Flensburg †November 12th, 1667, Copenhagen

44

Chen Hong

Chinese badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

70

Ewald Lienen

German association football player and manager

*November 28th, 1953, Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock

34

Andhika Anhar

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1989, Bogor City

50

Hong Taiji

1st emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1592-1643)

*November 28th, 1592, Hetu Ala City †September 21st, 1643, Manchuria

74

Friedrich Engels

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

*November 28th, 1820, Barmen †August 5th, 1895, London

79

Leiva Petersen

German classical philologist and publisher

*November 28th, 1912, Berlin †April 17th, 1992, Weimar

47

Ryan Kwanten

Australian actor and comedian (born 1976)

*November 28th, 1976, Sydney

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

100

Claude Lévi-Strauss

French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)

*November 28th, 1908, City of Brussels †October 30th, 2009, 16th arrondissement of Paris

72

Magnus Berg

Painter and sculptor (1666-1739)

*November 28th, 1666, Gudbrandsdalen †March 31st, 1739, Copenhagen

69

William Blake

English poet and artist (1757–1827)

*November 28th, 1757, London †August 12th, 1827, Charing Cross

59

Michael Bennet

United States senator from Colorado

*November 28th, 1964, New Delhi

42

Jake Helgren

American film producer, director and screenwriter

*November 28th, 1981, Elgin

62

Paul Rotenburger

Organ builder

*November 28th, 1598, Salzburg †October 2nd, 1661, Salzburg

61

Jane Sibbett

American actress

*November 28th, 1962, Berkeley

71

S. Epatha Merkerson

American actress

*November 28th, 1952, Saginaw

60

Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881-1942)

*November 28th, 1881, Vienna †February 23rd, 1942, Petrópolis

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32

Sigismondo Boldoni

Italian poet and writer (1597-1630)

*July 5th, 1597, Bellano †July 3rd, 1630, Pavia

54

Friedrich Leibniz

German philosopher

*November 24th, 1597, Altenberg †September 5th, 1652, Leipzig

41

Martin Opitz

German poet

*December 23rd, 1597, Bolesławiec †August 20th, 1639, Gdańsk

61

Frederick III, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1597-1659)

*December 22nd, 1597, Gottorf Castle †August 10th, 1659, Tönning

62

Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate

Electress of Brandenburg and duchess of Prussia

*November 19th, 1597, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †April 26th, 1660, Krosno Odrzańskie

51

Vincent Voiture

French poet

*February 24th, 1597, Amiens †May 26th, 1648, Paris

81

Abraham Heidanus

Dutch Calvinist minister

*August 10th, 1597, Frankenthal †October 15th, 1678, Leiden

73

John Davenport

British priest 1597-1670

*April 9th, 1597, Coventry †May 30th, 1670, Boston

56

Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac

French author, best known for his epistolary essays

*May 31st, 1597, Angoulême †February 18th, 1654, Angoulême

74

John Underhill

Early settler of American colonies, Captain of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Militia

*October 7th, 1597, Warwickshire †July 21st, 1672, Killingworth

78

Philip von Krusenstiern

Swedish diplomat (1597-1676)

*May 1st, 1597, Lutherstadt Eisleben †April 10th, 1676, Tallinn

61

Johann Micraelius

German historian

*September 1st, 1597, Koszalin †December 3rd, 1658, Szczecin

53

Alvise Contarini

Italian diplomat, nobleman

*April 23rd, 1597, Venice †March 11th, 1651, Venice

40

Theodoor Rombouts

Flemish painter (1597-1637)

*July 2nd, 1597, Antwerp †September 14th, 1637, Antwerp

55

Jean-Charles de la Faille

Jesuit mathematician

*March 1st, 1597, Antwerp †November 4th, 1652, Barcelona

40

Henry Gellibrand

English mathematician (1597-1637)

*January 1st, 1597, London †February 16th, 1637, London

67

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam

Painter of the Dutch Golden Age (1597-1665)

*June 9th, 1597, Assendelft †May 31st, 1665, Haarlem

62

Jérôme le Royer de la Dauversière

French nobleman, founder of Montreal and an order of nursing Sisters

*March 18th, 1597, La Flèche †November 6th, 1659, La Flèche

43

John Francis Regis

French Jesuit priest

*January 31st, 1597, Fontcouverte †December 31st, 1640, Lalouvesc

62

Johann Georg Dorsche

German theologian

*November 13th, 1597, Strasbourg †December 25th, 1659, Rostock

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