Major Events
- 1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean
- 1814 The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer - makes newspapers available to a mass audience
- 1893 Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election
- 1919 American-born Lady Nancy Astor elected as the 1st female member of the British House of Commons (to take her seat)
- 1967 1st radio pulsars detected by British postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish at Cambridge University
- More November 28 Events
Nov 28 in Film & TV
- 1975 "As the World Turns" and "The Edge of Night", the final two American soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.
Nov 28 in Music
- 1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
Nov 28 in Sport
- 1895 America's 1st auto race organised by the "Chicago Times-Herald" - Chicago to Evanston and back; 6 cars, 55 miles, Frank Duryea wins averaging 7 MPH
Did You Know?
In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater
John Bunyan
William Blake
Friedrich Engels
John Wesley Hyatt
Henry Bacon
Brooks Atkinson
Anna Nicole Smith
Ed Harris
Alfonso Cuarón
Jon Stewart
Karen Gillan
Anton Rubinstein
Berry Gordy
Keith Miller
Dave Righetti
Fun Fact About November 28
Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (NYC) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called
Famous Weddings
- 1582 Playwright and poet William Shakespeare (18) marries Anne Hathaway (26) (date of the marriage license)
- 1936 Australian paleo-anthropologist Raymond Dart (43) weds South African librarian Marjorie Gordon Frew
- 1938 Chinese politician Mao Zedong (44) weds Jiang Qing (24) in a small private ceremony
More November 28 Weddings
Washington Irving
James Naismith
Enrico Fermi
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
Enid Blyton
Jeffrey Dahmer
