• Nov 28 2004

    21 Years ago

    Male Po?o-uli dies of Avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.


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  • Nov 28 2000

    25 Years ago

    Ukraine politician Oleksander Moroz begins the Cassette Scandal by publicly accusing President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma of involvement in the murder of journalist Georgiy Gongadze.


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  • Nov 28 1998

    27 Years ago

    The people of Albania vote for their new Constitution of Albania in a referendum.


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  • Nov 28 1997

    28 Years ago

    First public appearance of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanians guerrilla group that fought for the independence of Kosovo from Serbia.


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  • Nov 28 1994

    31 Years ago

    Voters in Norway reject European Union membership (see Norwegian EU referendum, 1994).


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  • Nov 28 1994

    31 Years ago

    In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by an inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institution gymnasium.


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  • Nov 28 1989

    36 Years ago

    Cold War: Velvet Revolution - In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces they will give up their monopoly on political power.


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  • Nov 28 1987

    38 Years ago

    South African Airways flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on-board.


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  • Nov 28 1984

    41 Years ago

    Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.


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  • Nov 28 1982

    43 Years ago

    Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.


  • Nov 28 1979

    46 Years ago

    The Mount Erebus disaster: An Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus on a sightseeing trip, killing all 257 people on board.


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  • Nov 28 1975

    50 Years ago

    East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.


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  • Nov 28 1975

    50 Years ago

    ''As the World Turns'' and ''The Edge of Night'', the final two United States soap operas that had resisted going to pre-taped broadcasts, air their last live episodes.


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  • Nov 28 1965

    60 Years ago

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


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  • Nov 28 1964

    61 Years ago

    Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars (planet).


  • Nov 28 1964

    61 Years ago

    Vietnam War: United States National Security Council members agree to recommend that President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.


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  • Nov 28 1960

    65 Years ago

    Mauritania becomes independent of France.


  • Nov 28 1958

    67 Years ago

    Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French colonial empire.


  • Nov 28 1944

    81 Years ago

    Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans.


  • Nov 28 1943

    82 Years ago

    World War II: Tehran Conference - President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran to discuss war strategy.


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