November 28
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Art and culture
- 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, signaling the begin of making newspapers available to a mass audience
- 1942 - In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 491 people.
Births
- 1628 - John Bunyan, English cleric and author (d. 1688)
- 1757 - William Blake, British poet (d. 1827)
- 1792 - Victor Cousin, French philosopher (d. 1867)
- 1820 - Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
- 1907 - Alberto Moravia, Italian writer (d. 1990)
- 1908 - Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist
- 1931 - Tomi Ungerer, French graphic artist
- 1931 - Dervla Murphy, Irish cyclist and author
- 1932 - Ray Perkins, Canadian singer (The Crew-Cuts)
- 1933 - Joe Knollenberg, American politician
- 1935 - Prince Hitachi, Japanese royalty
- 1936 - Gary Hart, American politician
- 1936 - Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist
- 1938 - Michael Ritchie, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1940 - Bruce Channel, American singer
- 1941 - Laura Antonelli, Italian actress
- 1942 - Paul Warfield, American football player
- 1943 - Randy Newman, American composer
- 1944 - R.B. Greaves, Guyanan singer
- 1946 - Joe Dante, American film director and producer
- 1947 - Michel Berger, French songwriter (d. 1992)
- 1949 - Alexander Godunov, Russian ballet dancer (d. 1995)
- 1949 - Paul Shaffer, Canadian orchestra leader
- 1950 - Ed Harris, American actor
- 1950 - Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1952 - S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
- 1953 - Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1955 - Adem Jashari, Albanian freedom fighter
- 1955 - Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer
- 1957 - David Van Day, British singer (Dollar)
- 1958 - Dave Righetti, American baseball player
- 1958 - Georges Rutaganda, Rwandan war criminal
- 1959 - Judd Nelson, American actor
- 1961 - Martin Clunes, British actor
- 1961 - Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican film director
- 1961 - Jane Sibbett, American actress
- 1962 - Paul Dinello, American comedian and actor
- 1962 - Jon Stewart, American comedian
- 1962 - Matt Cameron, American drummer (Soundgarden, Pearl Jam)
- 1963 - Walt Weiss, American baseball player
- 1963 - Cornelia Guest, American debutante
- 1965 - Erwin Mortier, Belgian author
- 1965 - Matt Williams, American baseball player
- 1966 - Sam Seder, American comedian
- 1967 - Anna Nicole Smith, American television personality (d. 2007)
- 1967 - Stephnie Weir, American comedian
- 1968 - Dawn Robinson, American singer (En Vogue)
- 1969 - Robb Nen, American baseball player
- 1969 - Lexington Steele (Clifton Britt), American adult film actor
- 1970 - Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
- 1971 - Rob Conway, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Fenriz, Norwegian musician (Darkthrone)
- 1972 - Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
- 1972 - Anastasia Kelesidou, Greek discus thrower
- 1973 - Jade Puget, American musician (AFI)
- 1974 - András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer
- 1974 - Styles P, American rapper
- 1975 - Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian musician (Satyricon (band))
- 1975 - Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer
- 1977 - DeMya Walker, American basketball player
- 1977 - Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer
- 1978 - Freddie Mitchell, American football player
- 1978 - Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
- 1978 - Brent Albright, American professional wrestler
- 1978 - Ryan Leslie, American producer
- 1978 - Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
- 1979 - Chamillionaire, American rapper
- 1979 - Joel Maximo, American professional wrestler
- 1979 - Daniel Henney, Korean model-actor
- 1980 - Stuart Taylor, British footballer
- 1980 - Lisa Middelhauve, German singer (Xandria)
- 1982 - Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
- 1984 - Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
- 1984 - Marc-Andre Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 - Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress
- 1984 - Trey Songz, American singer
- 1985 - Caitlin McClatchey, Scottish swimmer
- 1988 - Scarlett Pomers, American actress
- 1992 - Kianna Underwood, American actress
- 1997 - Thor Salden, Belgian singer
Deaths
- 741 - St. Gregory III
- 1170 - Owain Gwynedd, King of Gwynedd
- 1262 - Shinran, Japanese religious leader (b. 1173)
- 1290 - Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241)
- 1574 - Georg Major, German Protestant theologian (b. 1502)
- 1585 - Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
- 1667 - Jean de Thévenot, French traveller and scientist (b. 1633)
- 1675 - Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier
- 1675 - Leonard Hoar, American President of Harvard University (b. 1630)
- 1680 - Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian baroque sculptor (b. 1598)
- 1680 - Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter (b. 1606)
- 1694 - Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet (b. 1644)
- 1695 - Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian composer
- 1695 - Anthony Wood, English antiquarian (b. 1632)
- 1698 - Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor of New France (b. 1622)
- 1794 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (b. 1730)
- 1801 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (b. 1750)
- 1815 - Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, impresario, and composer (b. 1745)
- 1837 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (b. 1837)
- 1852 - Ludger Duvernay, French printer and newspaper publisher (b. 1799)
- 1859 - Washington Irving, American writer (b. 1783)
- 1870 - Frédéric Bazille, French painter (b. 1841)
- 1872 - Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780)
- 1878 - Orson Hyde, American religious leader (b. 1805)
- 1907 - Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish dramatist, poet, painter, and architect (b. 1869)
- 1912 - Walter Benona Sharp, American oil tycoon (b. 1870)
- 1915 - Mubarak Al-Sabah "The Great", Emir of Kuwait (b. 1896)
- 1921 - `Abdu'l-Bahá, Persian leader of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1844)
- 1935 - Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist (b. 1877)
- 1939 - James Naismith, Canadian creator of basketball (b. 1861)
- 1945 - Dwight F. Davis, U.S. Secretary of War and donor of the Davis cup (b. 1879)
- 1947 - Philippe Leclerc, French general (b. 1902)
- 1954 - Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
- 1960 - Richard Wright, American author (b. 1908)
- 1962 - Queen Mother Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
- 1963 - Karyn Kupcinet, American actress (b. 1941)
- 1968 - Enid Blyton, British children's author (b. 1897)
- 1972 - Havergal Brian, British composer (b. 1875)
- 1973 - Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (b. 1886)
- 1976 - Rosalind Russell, American actress (b. 1907)
- 1977 - Trevor Bardette, American actor (b. 1902)
- 1977 - Bob Meusel, American baseball player (b. 1896)
- 1978 - Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine football executive (b. 1902)
- 1983 - Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1986 - Herb Vigran, American actor (b. 1910)
- 1987 - Choh Hao Li, Chinese biochemist (b. 1913)
- 1992 - Sidney Nolan, Australian painter (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf) (b. 1946)
- 1994 - Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
- 1994 - Jerry Rubin, American activist (b. 1938)
- 2000 - Liane Haid, Austrian actress (b. 1895)
- 2001 - William Kienzle, American author (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Kal Mann, American lyricist (b. 1917)
- 2002 - Dave "Snaker" Ray, American blues musician (b. 1943)
- 2003 - Ted Bates, English footballer (b. 1918)
- 2003 - Antonia Forest, British children's author (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Lyubov Polishchuk, Russian actress (b. 1949)
Births
Deaths
Notes
- Alberto Moravia
- William Blake
- John Galliano
- Tomi Ungerer
- Jeffrey Dahmer
- Richard Wright (author)
- Beavis and Butt-head
- Victor Cousin
- Stefan Zweig
- Jerry Rubin
- Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- Anthony Cox
- John Bunyan
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