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Events from History on November 28

1340 : Battle of Salado Spain: last Moor invasion driven back
1443 : George Kastriotis [Skanderberg] proclaims Albania principality
1520 : Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean
1569 : Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
1582 : Playwright & poet William Shakespeare weds Anne Hathaway
1660 : London Royal Society forms
1670 : Pierre Corneille's "Tite et B‚r‚nice," premieres in Paris
1710 : Battle at Brihuega: English General Stanhope captured
1745 : -29] French troops attack indians of Saratoga, NY
1757 : England condemns ceasefire of Kloster-Seven
1775 : 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes US Navy
1776 : Washington & his troops cross Delaware River
1795 : US pays $800,000 & a frigate as tribute to Algiers & Tunis
1813 : Kosacks occupy Utrecht
1821 : Panama declares independence from Spain
1833 : Charles Darwin rides through Las Pietras, returning to Montevideo
1847 : Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with
1847 : premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo
1853 : Olympia forms as capital of Washington Territory
1854 : Dutch army stops Chinese uprising in Borneo
1861 : Confederate congress officially admits Missouri to Confederate Army
1862 : Battle at Cane Hill, Arkansas (475 casualties)
1862 : Battle of Hooly Spring, MS
1864 : 3rd day of Battles at Waynesboro/Jones's Plantation, Georgia
1864 : Battle of New Creek, WV (Rosser's Raid, Ft Kelly)
1871 : Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in SC
1875 : Verney Cameroon reaches East Africa
1879 : Battle at Lydenburg S Africa: Gen Wolseley beats Sekhukhenes Pedi-Zulu
1892 : A Charlois discovers asteroid #347 Pariana & #348 S05
1899 : Battle of Mud river (Boer general. Cronj‚ beats British gen Methuen)
1901 : Gustav Mahler's 4th Symphony in G, premieres
1905 : Arthur Griffith forms Sinn Fein in Dublin
1908 : 154 men die in coal mine explosion at Marianna Pa
1911 : Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
1912 : Albania declares it's Indepenence from Turkey
1913 : Heavyweight Jack Johnson KOs Andr‚ Spaul in Paris
1916 : 1st (German) air attack on London
1917 : Sigmund Rombergs revue "Over the Top," premieres in NYC
1918 : Emperor Wilhelm of Prussia & Germany, abdicates
1919 : US-born Lady Astor elected 1st female member of British Parliament
1921 : Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Bah (Bah '¡ festival-Qawl 6, 78)
1922 : 6 old minsters in Greece, executed
1922 : Capt Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (NYC)
1922 : Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called
1924 : Pieter Jelle Troelstra leaves 2nd Chamber
1925 : 7th French govt of Briand sworn-in
1925 : Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville Tn
1925 : NHL goalie Georges V‚zina collapses & dies of TB 4 months later
1927 : J McHugh & D Fields' musical "Delmar's Revels," premieres in NYC
1929 : Adm Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight
1929 : J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1655 Comas Sola
1930 : Howard Hanson's 2nd Symphony "Romantic," premieres
1932 : France & USSR signs not-attack treaty
1932 : Groucho Marx performed on radio for 1st time
1934 : Churchill tells Premier Baldwin not to under estimate German air power
1939 : Nazi Gov-Gen of Poland, Hans Frank organizes Judenrat
1939 : Soviet govt revokes Russian-Finnish non-attack treaty
1940 : Cleveringa arrested by nazis
1941 : German troops vacate Rostov
1942 : 500 die in a fire that destroyed Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston
1942 : Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire kills 602 (Boston Mass)
1943 : FDR, Churchill & Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy
1944 : 1st allied ship sails into Schelde Antwerp
1944 : 400 Rotterdammers attack coal warehouse
1944 : Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP
1944 : In reprisal 40 Dutch men are executed by Nazis
1944 : US 121st Infantry regiment occupies Hrtgen
1946 : French govt of Bidault, resigns
1946 : Landverrader Anton Mussert to death sentenced
1948 : "Hopalong Cassidy" premieres on TV
1948 : 1st Polaroid camera sold
1948 : S J Arend discovers asteroid #3920 Aubignan
1949 : "Texas, Li'l Darlin'" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 perfs
1950 : Walter O'Malley fires Burt Shotton as Dodgers manager
1951 : John Van Druten's "I am a Camera," premieres in NYC
1951 : Military coup under Col Adib el-Shishakli in Syria
1953 : "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs
1954 : 1st pro football game in Netherlands
1954 : Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 80-yard punt
1954 : KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
1955 : KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting
1955 : KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 : Photography begins on "... & God Created Women"
1957 : "Look Homeward, Angel" with Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC
1957 : Warren Spahn of the Braves wins Cy Young Award
1958 : AL announces Opening Day in 1959 will be earliest ever, April 9
1958 : Chad becomes an autonomous republic within French community
1958 : Congo & Mauritania become autonomous members of French Community
1958 : KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 : US reports 1st full-range firing of an ICBM
1959 : KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins
1959 : Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Princeps Pastorum
1960 : CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
1960 : Mauritania gains independence from France (Natl Day)
1961 : Ernest Davis is 1st black to win Heisman Trophy
1961 : General Meeting of UN debates about New-Guinea
1961 : Martin Walser's "Der Abstecher," premieres in Munich
1962 : Telegraph between Netherlands & Indonesia restored
1963 : 1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1963 : Beatles "She Loves You" returns to #1 on UK record chart
1963 : WHNT TV channel 19 in Huntsville, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1964 : France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
1964 : Mariner 4 launched; 1st probe to fly by Mars
1965 : Browns' Leroy Kelly sets club record for most punt return yds (109)
1966 : Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
1966 : Dominican Republic adopts constitution
1967 : The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected
1968 : John Lennon is fined œ150 for unauthorized drug possession
1969 : Ted Sizemore becomes 7th Dodger to win NL Rookie of Year
1971 : "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 perfs
1972 : LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to Calif Angels
1973 : Arab League summit in Algiers recognizes Palestine
1974 : Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years
1974 : John Lennon's last concert appearance (Elton John concert in MSG NYC)
1975 : Democratic Republic East-Timor proclaimed
1975 : Wings release "Venus & Mars/Rock Show" medley
1978 : 44th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Sims, Oklahoma (RB)
1978 : Reds fire manager Sparky Anderson after 9 years
1979 : "King of Schnorrers" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 63 perfs
1979 : Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mt Erebus on Antarctica kills 257
1981 : "Merrily We Roll Along" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 16 perfs
1983 : 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched
1984 : M Antal discovers asteroid #3393
1985 : 6th Belgium govt of Martens forms
1986 : NBC's Ahmad Rashad marriage proposal is accepted by Phylicia
1986 : Ayers-Allen during halftime of Det Lions-NY Jets football game
1986 : Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
1986 : Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time
1987 : South African Airways Boeing 747 crashes into Indian Ocean, 159 die
1988 : Picasso's "Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million
1989 : Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract
1989 : Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci flees to Hungary
1990 : Margaret Thatcher resigns as Britain's PM, replaced by John Majors
1993 : "Gray's Anatomy" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 13 performances
1993 : "Mixed Emotions" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 48 perfs
1993 : Carlos Reina wins Honduras presidential election
1994 : Norway votes against joining European Union
1995 : James Brady, former white house press sect, suffers a heart attack
1997 : Final episode of "Beavis & Butt-head," on MTV

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