Nov 28th
1520 - Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Straits of Magellan
1811 - Beethoven's Piano Concerto Number 5 in E Flat premieres in Leipzig
1814 - The Times of London becomes the first paper printed with a steam powered printing press
1893 - Woman's Suffrage in New Zealand concludes in the General Election
1895 - The first American automobile race takes place, it is 54 miles long and takes place between Chicago and Evanston Illinois
1905 - Arthur Griffin forms the Sinn Fein Party in Ireland
1919 - Lady Astor becomes the first woman to sit in the British Parliment
1944 - The Tehran Conference takes place as Stalin, Churchill and Stalin meet to discuss war strategy
1964 - Mariner 4 is launched
1971 - The Prime Minister of Jordan is assassinated by Black September
1972 - the last execution takes place in Paris as Claude Buffet and Roger Botems visit the Guillotine
1980 - Iran/Iraq war, the bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf
1989 - The Velvet Revolution, the Czechoslovakian Communist Party gives up its monopoly on political party in the face of massive protests
Notable Birthdays
1929 - Barry Gordy Jr,
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