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- 2016-11-28DisasterLaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club.
- 1987-11-28DisasterSouth African Airways Flight 295 suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board.
- 1979-11-28DisasterAir New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
- 1967-11-28Science & TechJocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first discovered pulsar.
- 1966-11-28ConflictIn a military coup, Michel Micombero abolished the Burundian monarchy and declared the country a republic with himself as president.
- 1925-11-28Arts & CultureGrand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1912-11-28GeopoliticsAt the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1903-11-28DisasterSS Petriana struck a reef near Point Nepean, leading to Australia's first major oil spill and a debate over the White Australia policy.
- 1895-11-28SportsThe Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago.
- 1811-11-28Arts & CultureBeethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
- 1729-11-28ConflictNatchez Indians revolted against French colonists near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi, killing approximately 230 people.
- 1660-11-28Science & TechRobert Boyle, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading scientists met at Gresham College in London to found a learned society, now known as the Royal Society (coat of arms pictured).
- 1470-11-28ConflictĐại Việt emperor Lê Thánh Tông launched a military expedition against Champa, beginning the Champa–Đại Việt War.
- 1443-11-28ConflictHaving deserted the Ottoman army, Skanderbeg (pictured) arrived in the Albanian city of Krujë and, using a forged letter from Sultan Murad II to the governor of Krujë, became lord of the city.