Historical Events In November - 28

1992  On this day in history bill Kearns, US actor (Playtime), dies of lung cancer at 69   

1993  Abu Rish, Palestinian PLO-leader, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1997  Netscape disputes browser figures by countering Dataquest's estimates that said that Microsoft was gaining ground in the browser market on November - 28.   

1997  Online music retailer CDNow filed for an IPO on this day in 1997 on this day in history.   

2005  The Liberal Party minority government in Canada is toppled by a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons tabled by the Conservatives and backed by the Bloc Québécois and the New Democratic Party, paving the way for a federal election on January 23, 206 on this day in history.   

2005  The United Nations Climate Change Conference opens in Montreal, Quebec. The conference lasted until December 9, and featured a speech by former President Bill Clinton that the George W. Bush Administration objected to on this day in history.   

2006  On November - 28 nov 29 - The NATO Summit 2006 takes place in Latvia.   

2007  President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf stands down as the head of the Pakistan Army and was successed by Lt. General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on November - 28.   

2010  WikiLeaks releases a collection of more than 250,000 American diplomatic cables, including 100,000 marked "secret" or "confidential" on this day in history.   

2012  54 people are killed and 120 are injured by two car bombs in Damascus, Syria on November - 28.   

2017  On this day in history uhuru Kenyatta sworn in for a second term as president of Kenya   

2017  On November - 28 india's Supreme Court rejects appeal to block global release of controversial film "Padmavati"   

2018  On this day in history australian state Queensland raises its fire warning to "catastrophic" for the first time as 130 fires burn   

2018  French director Luc Besson accused of sexual harassment by five more women, adding to four already made public on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history chinese scientist He Jiankui, at a public conference in Hong Kong, announces that he has altered the DNA of twin human girls born earlier in the month to try to make them resistant to infection with the HIV virus; he also reveals the possible second pregnancy of another gene-modified baby.   

2020  Koshobe massacre: Boko Haram jihadists attack a farm in Jere, Nigeria, killing at least 43 people on this day in history.   

2021  Barbados becomes a Republic, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state in a ceremony with Sandra Mason sworn in as the first President, with Rihanna declared a national hero on this day in history.   

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1118  On November - 28 birth of manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (d. 1180)   

1489  On November - 28 birth of margaret Tudor, wife of James IV of Scotland (d. 1541)   

1570  James Whitelocke, English judge (d. 1632) was born on November - 28.   

1598  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (d. 1667) was born on November - 28.   

1607  On November - 28 birth of pietro Sforza, Italian theologist: Istoria del Concilio di Trento   

1628  John Bunyan, England, cleric/author (Pilgrim's Progress) was born on November - 28.   

1640  Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish sea captain (c. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1650  John Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps) [or Nov 25] was born on this day in history.   

0741  On this day in history gregory III, Syrian Pope, dies   

1058  Kazimierz I Restaurator, duke of Poland (1034-58), dies on November - 28.   

1170  Death of Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd (c. 1100) on this day in history.   

1262  Shinran, founder of Japan's True Pure Land Buddhist sect, dies on November - 28.   

1290  Death of Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) on November - 28.   

1499  Death of Edward Plantagenet, 18th Count of Warwick, beheaded on November - 28.   

1514  On November - 28 hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies   

1545  Death of Jacob van Liesveld, printer/"heretic" (Refeyen), beheaded on this day in history.