| November 28 |
| 1520 |
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Spanish explorer Ferdinand Magellan, having discovered a strait at the tip of South America, enters the Pacific. |
| 1729 |
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Natchez Indians massacre most of the 300 French settlers and soldiers at Fort Rosalie, Louisiana. |
| 1861 |
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The Confederate Congress admits Missouri to the Confederacy, although Missouri has not yet seceded from the Union. |
| 1868 |
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Mt. Etna in Sicily violently erupts. |
| 1872 |
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The Modoc War of 1872-73 begins in northern California when fighting breaks out between Modoc Chief Captain Jack and a cavalry detail led by Captain James Jackson. |
| 1899 |
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The British are victorious over the Boers at Modder River. |
| 1919 |
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Lady Astor is elected the first woman in Parliament. |
| 1925 |
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The forerunner of the Grand Ole Opry, called the WSM Barn Dance, opens in Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 1935 |
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The German Reich declares all men ages 18 to 45 as army reservists. |
| 1937 |
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Spanish leader Francisco Franco blockades the Spanish coast. |
| 1939 |
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The Soviet Union scraps its nonaggression pact with Finland. |
| 1941 |
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The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise departs from Pearl Harbor to deliver F4F Wildcat fighters to Wake Island. This mission saves the carrier from destruction when the Japanese attack. |
| 1943 |
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Sir Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt meet at Tehran, Iran, to hammer out war aims. |
| 1944 |
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The first shipment of supplies reach Antwerp by convoy, a new route for the Allies. |
| 1948 |
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Dr. Edwin Land's first Polaroid cameras go on sale in Boston. |
| 1950 |
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In Korea, 200,000 Communist troops launch attack on UN forces. |
| 1961 |
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Ernie Davis becomes the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy. |
| 1963 |
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Cape Canaveral is renamed Cape Kennedy. |
| 1971 |
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The Anglican Church ordains the first two women as priests. |
| 1984 |
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Republican Robert Dole is elected Senate majority leader. |
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Born on November 28 |
| 1628 |
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John Bunyan, English preacher and writer who wrote Pilgrim's Progress. |
| 1757 |
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William Blake, English poet. |
| 1907 |
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Alberto Moravia, Italian novelist (The Conformist, Conjugal Love). |
| 1908 |
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Claude Levi-Strauss, French anthropologist. |
| 1916 |
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Vyes Theriault, French-Canadian author. |
| 1929 |
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Berry Gordy, Jr., recording executive. |
| 1944 |
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Rita Mae Brown, novelist. |
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