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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_28" title="November 28">November 28</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukovina_Day" title="Bukovina Day">Bukovina Day</a></b> in Romania (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1443" title="1443">1443</a> – Having deserted the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> army, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skanderbeg" title="Skanderbeg">Skanderbeg</a></b> arrived in the Albanian city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruj%C3%AB" title="Krujë">Krujë</a> and, using a forged letter from Sultan <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murad_II" title="Murad II"><span class="nowrap">Murad II</span></a> to the governor of Krujë, became lord of the city.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895" title="1895">1895</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Times-Herald_race" title="Chicago Times-Herald race"><i>Chicago Times-Herald</i> race</a></b>, the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto_racing" title="Auto racing">automobile race</a> in the U.S., was held in Chicago.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Petriana" title="SS Petriana">SS <i>Petriana</i></a></b> struck a reef near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Nepean" title="Point Nepean">Point Nepean</a>, leading to Australia's first major <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_spill" title="Oil spill">oil spill</a> and a debate over the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Australia_policy" title="White Australia policy">White Australia policy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966" title="1966">1966</a> – In a military coup, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Micombero" title="Michel Micombero">Michel Micombero</a></b> abolished the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Burundi" title="Kingdom of Burundi">Burundian monarchy</a> and declared the country a republic with himself <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Burundi" title="President of Burundi">as president</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaMia_Flight_2933" title="LaMia Flight 2933">LaMia Flight 2933</a></b> crashed near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medell%C3%ADn" title="Medellín">Medellín</a>, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Chapecoense_de_Futebol" title="Associação Chapecoense de Futebol">Chapecoense Football Club</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I Komnenos</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1118); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Olsen" title="Magnus Olsen">Magnus Olsen</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1878); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Wilhelmina of the Netherlands</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1962); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_of_Greece_and_Denmark" title="Helen of Greece and Denmark">Helen of Greece and Denmark</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1982)</p>