28 November
Notable Births
Jackson Yee
b. 2000
Chinese actor and singer (born 2000)
Trey Jemison
b. 1999
American basketball player (born 1999)
Mostafa Mohamed (footballer)
b. 1997
Egyptian footballer (born 1997)
Chase Elliott
b. 1995
American racing driver (born 1995)
Nao Hibino
b. 1994
Japanese tennis player (born 1994)
Yazz the Greatest
b. 1993
American actor and rapper
David Nofoaluma
b. 1993
Samoa & Serbia international rugby league footballer
Adam Hicks
b. 1992
American actor (born 1992)
Jarvis Landry
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Jake Miller (singer)
b. 1992
American singer (born 1992)
Dedryck Boyata
b. 1990
Belgian footballer (born 1990)
Bradley Smith (motorcyclist)
b. 1990
British motorcycle racer
Laura Brock
b. 1989
Australian soccer player (born 1989)
Jamie Buhrer
b. 1989
Australian rugby league footballer
Jesús Montero
b. 1989
Venezuelan baseball player (1989–2025)
Joe Cole (actor)
b. 1988
English actor (born 1988)
Scarlett Pomers
b. 1988
American actress and singer (born 1988)
Karen Gillan
b. 1987
Scottish actress and filmmaker (born 1987)
Craig Kieswetter
b. 1987
English cricketer (born 1987)
Mouhamadou Dabo
b. 1986
Senegalese footballer (born 1986)
Notable Deaths
Prince Johnson
d. 2024
Liberian politician (1952–2024)
Ananda Krishnan
d. 2024
Malaysian entrepreneur (1938–2024)
Silvia Pinal
d. 2024
Mexican actress (1931–2024)
Charlie Munger
d. 2023
American businessman (1924–2023)
Virgil Abloh
d. 2021
American fashion designer and entrepreneur (1980–2021)
Frank Williams (Formula One)
d. 2021
British businessman and motorsport executive (1942–2021)
David Prowse
d. 2020
English actor, bodybuilder and weightlifter (1935–2020)
Harry Leslie Smith
d. 2018
British writer, political commentator, and World War II veteran (1923–2018)
Luc Bondy
d. 2015
Swiss theatre and film director (1948–2015)
Gerry Byrne (footballer, born 1938)
d. 2015
English footballer (1938-2015)
Marjorie Lord
d. 2015
American actress (1918–2015)
Olene Walker
d. 2015
American politician (1930–2015)
Chespirito
d. 2014
Mexican actor, comedian, filmmaker (1929–2014)
Said Akl
d. 2014
Lebanese poet and language reformer (1911–2014)
Dale Armstrong
d. 2014
Canadian drag racer and crew chief
Jack Matthews (author)
d. 2013
American novelist (1925–2013)
Mitja Ribičič
d. 2013
Slovenian and Yugoslav politician
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
d. 2013
Yiddish poet and songwriter (1920–2013)
Knut Ahnlund
d. 2012
Swedish literary historian and writer
Franco Ventriglia
d. 2012
American opera singer (1922–2012)
On This Day in History
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2020
Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.
Ethiopian National Defense Force
2016
LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense
LaMia Flight 2933
2014
Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
2014 Kano attack
2002
Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
2002 Mombasa attacks
1991
South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
South Ossetia
1990
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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.
Cold War
1987
South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
South African Airways Flight 295
1983
Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module.
Space Shuttle Columbia
1980
Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
Iran–Iraq War
1979
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
Mount Erebus disaster
1975
Timor-Leste declares its independence from Portugal.
Timor-Leste
1972
Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
Claude Buffet
1971
Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
Tsilhqotʼin
1971
Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Wasfi Tal
1967
The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
Pulsar
1966
Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
Michel Micombero
1965
Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
Vietnam
1964
Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
Mariner program
1964
Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
Vietnam War