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28 November, 2005

The Official Opposition (Conservative Party of Canada, New Democratic Party, and Bloc Québécois) bring down the 38th Minority Liberal Government of Canada in a vote of non-confidence forcing immediate campaigning for the 39th Federal Election.

28 November, 2004

Male Poo-uli dies of avian malaria in Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

28 November, 2000

Ukrainian politician Oleksander Moroz begins the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.

28 November, 1998

The people of Albania voted for their new Constitution in a referendum

28 November, 1997

Kosovo Liberation Army, Albanian guerrilla group fighting for freedom of Kosovo, presents in front of the people of Kosovo.

28 November, 1994

Voters in Norway reject European Union membership (see Norwegian EU referendum, 1994).

28 November, 1994

In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institution gymnasium.

28 November, 1990

Margaret Thatcher formally tenders her resignation to The Queen and leaves Downing Street for the last time. John Major is elected her successor.

28 November, 1990

Lee Kuan Yew steps down as the Prime Minister of Singapore, with Goh Chok Tong succeeding him.

28 November, 1989

Cold War: Velvet Revolution - In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces they will give up their monopoly on political power.

28 November, 1987

South African Airways flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board.

28 November, 1984

Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made honorary citizens of the United States.

28 November, 1982

Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.

28 November, 1979

The Mount Erebus disaster: an Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board.

28 November, 1975

East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.

28 November, 1975

As the World Turns and The Edge of Night, the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.

28 November, 1974

John Lennon performs onstage at Madison Square Garden in New York City with Elton John, as a result of losing a wager that his song "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" (which Elton also played and sang on) would hit #1 on the pop chart (on November 11). This would also be Lennons final concert appearance.

28 November, 1965

Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnsons call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.

28 November, 1964

Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.

28 November, 1964

Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that US President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

28 November, 1960

Mauritania becomes independent of France.

28 November, 1958

Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.

28 November, 1944

Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans.

28 November, 1943

World War II: Tehran Conference - US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss war strategy.

28 November, 1942

In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.

28 November, 1942

Roll out of the first B-24 Liberator made in Fords Willow Run plant.

28 November, 1925

Country-variety show Grand Ole Opry makes its radio debut on station WSM.

28 November, 1920

Kilmichael Ambush Battle of the Irish War of Independence

28 November, 1919

Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit as a British MP, although not the first to be elected - that was Countess Markiewicz.

28 November, 1914

World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

28 November, 1912

Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

28 November, 1907

In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater.

28 November, 1905

Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party whose goal is the independence of Ireland.

28 November, 1895

The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicagos Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

28 November, 1893

Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.

28 November, 1862

American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General John Blunt defeat General John Marmadukes Confederates.

28 November, 1843

Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day - The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

28 November, 1821

Panama Independence Day. Panama separates from Spain and joins the Great Colombia.

28 November, 1814

The Times in London was for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the begin of making newspapers available to a mass audience

28 November, 1785

The Treaty of Hopewell is signed

28 November, 1729

Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.

28 November, 1660

At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.

28 November, 1582

In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.

28 November, 1520

After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.

28 November, 1443

Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja, in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag.

28 November, 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.

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