Osun Defender History Corner: November 28 In Focus
Today, on the history corner, we take a trip in the realm of flashback and recall some events that marked this day.
November 28th, 1520
Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after navigating through the strait that now bears his name.
November 28th, 1582
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.
November 28th, 1660
At Gresham College in London, the scientist Robert Boyle demonstrated his law about the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas, known as Boyle’s Law.
November 28th, 1814
The Times in London was for the first time printed by automatic, steam-powered presses built by the German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer.
November 28th, 1895
The first American automobile race took place, a 54-mile course from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois.
November 28th, 1925
The Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-running live radio programs in the world, premiered in Nashville, Tennessee.
November 28th, 1942
In Boston, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub claimed 492 lives.
November 28th, 1958
The African country of Chad gained independence from France.
November 28th, 1960
Mauritania became independent from France.
November 28th, 1971
The Soviet Union launched the Mars 3 spacecraft, which later became the first spacecraft to land on Mars.
November 28th, 1979
Air New Zealand Flight 901, a sightseeing DC-10, crashed into Mount Erebus in Antarctica, killing all 257 people on board.
November 28th, 1987
South African Airways Flight 295 crashed into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
November 28th, 1994
In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was clubbed to death by an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution.
November 28th, 2002
NATO invited Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to become full members.
November 28th, 2008
Gunmen attacked multiple locations in Mumbai, India, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, leading to several days of terror that resulted in more than 160 deaths.
November 28th, 2012
A factory fire in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killed at least 112 people.
November 28th, 2015
An active shooter attack occurred at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado, resulting in three deaths.
November 28th, 2019
NASA’s InSight lander successfully landed on Mars to study the planet’s interior.
November 28th, 2019
China launched the Chang’e-5 mission to collect and return lunar samples, marking a significant achievement in its space program.
November 28th, 2020
Prominent Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated near Tehran, with Iran blaming Israel for the attack.
Please note that these are just a few historical events that happened on November 28th. History is full of numerous other significant events on this day, ranging from politics and warfare to cultural and scientific milestones.
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