November 28 in History

Historical Events on November 28

1862 American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.

1912 Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

1914 World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

1942 In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.

1943 World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.

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.

1965 Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.

1980 Iran-Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)

1989 Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.

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Famous Birthdays on November 28

1919 Keith Miller

1962 Jon Stewart

1983 Nelson Haedo Valdez

1995 Chase Elliott

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Famous Deaths on November 28

1680 Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1947 Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque

1954 Enrico Fermi

1982 Helen of Greece and Denmark

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