What are the important events that happened on November 28? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 28: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 28 is the 332^nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 33 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 15, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,404,800 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontadigon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 81 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,725 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 28 Historical Events

• 1443 –
  Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
• 1627 –
  The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliva.
• 1811 –
  Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
• 1814 –
  The Times in London is for the first time printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer, signaling the beginning of the availability of newspapers to a mass audience.
• 1843 –
  Ka Lā Hui: Hawaiian Independence Day – The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
• 1885 –
  Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
• 1895 –
  The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
• 1964 –
  Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
• 1971 –
  Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation is severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
• 1971 –
  Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Who were born on November 28?

• 1632 –
  Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687)
• 1793 –
  Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish romantic poet (d. 1866)
• 1911 –
  Václav Renč, Czech poet (d. 1973)
• 1924 –
  Dennis Brutus, South African poet
• 1927 –
  Chuck Mitchell, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1928 –
  Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer (d. 2010)
• 1958 –
  Dave Righetti, American baseball player
• 1960 –
  Andy Ritchie, English footballer
• 1961 –
  Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director
• 1963 –
  Walt Weiss, American baseball player

Who died on November 28?

• 1695 –
  Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
• 1698 –
  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
• 1907 –
  Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
• 1912 –
  Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870)
• 1954 –
  Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
• 1973 –
  Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886)
• 1993 –
  Garry Moore, American entertainer (b. 1915)
• 1994 –
  Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
• 2003 –
  Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918)
• 2005 –
  Marc Lawrence, American actor (b. 1910)