What are the important events that happened on November 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 28 is the 333^rd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 15, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 481,320 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontatrigon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 62 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,360 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 28 Historical Events

• 1729 –
  Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.
• 1821 –
  Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
• 1905 –
  Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
• 1910 –
  Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
• 1920 –
  Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush - The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
• 1960 –
  Mauritania becomes independent of France.
• 1964 –
  Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
• 1965 –
  Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s call for “more flags” in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
• 1980 –
  Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid – Over 70% of Iraqi Navy was destroyed by Iranian Navy in The Persian Gulf. The Iranian Navy’s Day.
• 1981 –
  Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions.

Who were born on November 28?

• 1661 –
  Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (d. 1723)
• 1700 –
  Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764)
• 1757 –
  William Blake, British poet (d. 1827)
• 1912 –
  Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
• 1923 –
  James Karen, American actor
• 1928 –
  Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (d. 2010)
• 1933 –
  Joe Knollenberg, American politician
• 1948 –
  Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian musician (Little River Band)
• 1959 –
  Judd Nelson, American actor
• 1964 –
  John Burkett, American baseball player

Who died on November 28?

• 1574 –
  Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)
• 1585 –
  Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
• 1695 –
  Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
• 1695 –
  Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer (b. c. 1637)
• 1763 –
  Naungdawgyi, King of Burma (b. 1734)
• 1870 –
  Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
• 1890 –
  Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer.
• 1917 –
  Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet (b. 1844)
• 1939 –
  James Naismith, Canadian creator of basketball (b. 1861)
• 1962 –
  Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)