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 333rd 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, 1,732,752,000 seconds 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.
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November 28 Historical Events
- 1095 –On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appoints Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.
- 1666 –At least 3000 men of the Scottish Royal Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
- 1785 –The Treaty of Hopewell is signed.
- 1910 –Eleftherios Venizelos, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
- 1914 –World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
- 1942 –In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.
- 1958 –Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
- 1975 –East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1981 –Our Lady of Kibeho: Schoolchildren in Kibeho, Rwanda, experience the first of a series of Marian apparitions.
- 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.
Who were born on November 28?
- 1853 –Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a PhD (d. 1944)
- 1881 –Stefan Zweig, Austrian writer (d. 1942)
- 1928 –Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist (d. 1980)
- 1957 –David Van Day, British singer (Dollar)
- 1959 –Judd Nelson, American actor
- 1963 –Walt Weiss, American baseball player
- 1972 –Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower
- 1975 –Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
- 1979 –Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
- 1981 –Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer
Who died on November 28?
- 1675 –Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
- 1785 –William Whipple, Signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1730)
- 1815 –Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, impresario, and composer (b. 1745)
- 1859 –Washington Irving, American writer (b. 1783)
- 1915 –Mubarak Al-Sabah “The Great”, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
- 1930 –Greek Orthodox Patriarch Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
- 1960 –Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
- 1976 –Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1983 –Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1987 –Choh Hao Li, Chinese biochemist (b. 1913)
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