WHAT HAPPENED ON 28. NOVEMBER
Want to find out what all happened on 28. November

Sergei Rachmaninoff makes the debut performance of his Piano Concerto No. 3, considered to be one of the most technically challenging piano concertos in the standard classical repertoire. (28. November 1909)

The Liberal Party, led by Eleftherios Venizelos, wins the second Greek general election of the year. (28. November 1910)

Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire. (28. November 1912)

World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading. (28. November 1914)

The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia. (28. November 1917)

Bukovina votes for union with the Kingdom of Romania. (28. November 1918)

Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.) (28. November 1919)

Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush – The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen. (28. November 1920)

The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance. (28. November 1925)

In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people. (28. November 1942)

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. (28. November 1943)

Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community. (28. November 1958)

Mauritania becomes independent of France. (28. November 1960)

Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars. (28. November 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. (28. November 1964)

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. (28. November 1965)

Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president. (28. November 1966)

Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later. (28. November 1971)

Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization. (28. November 1971)

Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison. The chief executioner is André Obrecht. (Bontems had been found innocent of murder, but as Buffet's accomplice was condemned to death anyway.) (28. November 1972)