Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 28
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Arthur Griffith -
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Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill in Tehran -
Radio signal ofPSR B1919+21 -
Frank Duryea,winner of theChicago Times-Heraldrace
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| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Independence DayinAlbania(1912),Mauritania(1960) andPanama(1821) | Albania: refimprove section; Mauritania: refimprove; Panama: refimprove sections, outdated |
| Navy Dayin Iran (1980) | refimprove |
| Holodomor Remembrance Dayin Ukraine (2020) | CN tags |
| 936–Shi Jingtangwas enthroned as the first emperor of theLater JinbyEmperor Taizong of Liao. | Almost the entire article is cited to the near contemporary Old History of the Five Dynasties (974) and the slightly later Zizhi Tongjian (1084). Modern scholarship must be used. |
| 1520– Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorerFerdinand Magellanbecame the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific via the now-eponymousStrait of Magellan. | Magellan: refimprove section; Strait: lots of CN tags (8) |
| 1785– The United States signed the firstTreaty of Hopewellwith theCherokee,laying out a western boundary forwhitesettlement. | unreferenced section |
| 1905–Irish nationalistArthur Griffithfirst presented hisSinn Féinpolicy, declaring that the1800 Act of Union of Great Britain and Irelandwas illegal. | unreferenced section |
| 1919–Nancy Astor,the first woman to serve as amember of Parliamentin theBritish House of Commons,was elected in aby-election. | refimprove section |
| 1920– Thirty-six localIrish Republican Armyvolunteerskilled seventeen membersof theAuxiliary Divisionof theRoyal Irish Constabulary,marking a turning point in theIrish War of Independence. | Too much uncited |
| 1942– A fire in Boston'sCocoanut Grove nightclubkilled over 490 people and injured hundreds of others. | Too much uncited |
| 1943–World War II:U.S. presidentFranklin D. Roosevelt,British prime ministerWinston Churchill,and Soviet premierJoseph Stalin(all three pictured)met at theTehran Conferenceto discuss war strategy against theAxis powers. | Orange citation needed banner |
| 1971– Prime minister of JordanWasfi Talwas assassinated by theBlack Septemberunit of thePalestine Liberation Organizationin Cairo. | refimprove section |
| 1990– Afterbeing electedas leader of the BritishConservative Partyone day earlier,John Majorofficially succeededMargaret Thatcherasprime minister of the United Kingdom. | refimprove section, date not cited |
| 1998– The currentConstitution of Albania,sanctioning aparliamentary republic,people's sovereignty, fundamental rights of the citizens, and other important points, was ratified via a voter-approved referendum. | refimprove section |
| 2000– Ukrainian presidentLeonid Kuchmawaspublicly accusedof being involved in the abduction of journalistGeorgiy Gongadze. | cleanup required, date not cited |
| 2002– Suicide bombersblew upan Israeli-owned hotel inMombasa,Kenya, but their colleagues failed in their attempt to bring down anArkia Israel Airlinescharter flight with surface-to-air-missiles. | Date not cited |
| William Blake|b|1757 | original research |
| Nao Hibino|b|1994 | unreferenced sections (even though it's a GA) |
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- 1470–Đại ViệtemperorLê Thánh Tônglaunched a military expedition againstChampa,beginning theChampa–Đại Việt War.
- 1660–Robert Boyle,John Wilkins,Christopher Wrenand other leading scientists met atGresham Collegein London to found alearned society,now known as theRoyal Society.
- 1912– At theAll-Albanian Congress,theAssembly of Vlorëwas constituted, whichdeclared the independenceof theAlbanian Vilayetfrom theOttoman Empire.
- 1925–Grand Ole Opry,the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired onWSMinNashville, Tennessee.
- 1967–Jocelyn Bell Burnellnoticed a "bit of scruff" in data from aradio telescope,which turned out to be fromPSR B1919+21,the first discoveredpulsar.
- 1975–East Timordeclared independence from Portugal.
- 1979–Air New Zealand Flight 901crashed into Antarctica'sMount Erebus,killing all 257 people on board.
- 1987–South African Airways Flight 295suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board.
- Born/died this day: |Abraham Brueghel|baptised|1631|Betty Parris|b|1682|Matsuo Bashō|d|1694|Isaac Martin Rebow|b|1731|Esther Wheelwright|d|1780|Johann Peter Salomon|d|1815|Adina Emilia de Zavala|b|1861|Gregorio Perfecto|b|1891|Nancy Mitford|b|1904|Keith Miller|b|1919|ʻAbdu'l-Bahá|d|1921|Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque|d|1947|Whitney Engen|b|1987
November 28:Thanksgivingin the United States (2024);Bukovina Dayin Romania
Skanderbeg
- 1443– Having deserted theOttomanarmy,Skanderbeg(pictured)arrived in the Albanian city ofKrujëand, using a forged letter from SultanMurad IIto the governor of Krujë, became lord of the city.
- 1895– TheChicago Times-Heraldrace,the firstautomobile racein the U.S., was held in Chicago.
- 1903–SSPetrianastruck a reef nearPoint Nepean,leading to Australia's first majoroil spilland a debate over theWhite Australia policy.
- 1966– In a military coup,Michel Micomberoabolished theBurundian monarchyand declared the country a republic with himselfas president.
- 2016–LaMia Flight 2933crashed nearMedellín,Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players fromChapecoense Football Club.
- Manuel I Komnenos(b.1118)
- Magnus Olsen(b.1878)
- Wilhelmina of the Netherlands(d.1962)
- Helen of Greece and Denmark(d.1982)
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