November 28

Tuesday 28, 2000:

The eighth drop fell from a funnel full of tar pitch in the University of Queensland pitch drop experiment

Friday 28, 1997:

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

Tuesday 28, 1995:

US President Bill Clinton signs a highway bill that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit.

Monday 28, 1994:

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

Tuesday 28, 1989:

In the face of protests the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces they will give up their monopoly on political power.

Saturday 28, 1987:

In Wappingers Falls, New York, Tawana Brawley is found wrapped in garbage bags, with feces smeared all over her body and a racial slur on her body.

Wednesday 28, 1984:

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

Sunday 28, 1982:

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

Friday 28, 1980:

Mark Morris, choreographer, gets together some friends, calls them the Mark Morris Dance Group, and puts on its first show at the Merce Cunningham Studios.

Wednesday 28, 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.

Friday 28, 1975:

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

Friday 28, 1969:

The Rolling Stones release the classic album Let It Bleed.

Sunday 28, 1965:

Vietnam War: In response to US 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.

Saturday 28, 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.

Monday 28, 1960:

Mauritania becomes independent of France.

Friday 28, 1958:

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

Tuesday 28, 1944:

Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans. German Nazi troops recede from Albania.

Sunday 28, 1943:

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran to discuss war strategy.

Saturday 28, 1942:

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

Saturday 28, 1925:

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

Sunday 28, 1920:

The Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks opens.

Friday 28, 1919:

Lady Astor is elected to be the first female member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Saturday 28, 1914:

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

Thursday 28, 1912:

Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Thursday 28, 1907:

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

Tuesday 28, 1905:

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

Thursday 28, 1895:

First American Automobile race. 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in about 10 hours.

Friday 28, 1862:

American Civil War: Battle of Cane Hill.

Tuesday 28, 1843:

1843 - Ka Lahui: Hawaiian Independence Day. The Kingdom of Hawai`i was officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.

Monday 28, 1785:

Treaty of Hopewell was signed

Sunday 28, 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.

Sunday 28, 1582:

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

Sunday 28, 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.

Tuesday 28, 1443:

Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja, then capital of Albania and raise Flag of Albania, which is still the same besides some minor changes.

Thursday 28, 1095:

On the last day of the Council of Clermont, Pope Urban II appointed bishop Adhemar of Le Puy and Count Raymond IV of Toulouse to lead the First Crusade to the Holy Land.

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