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What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History

For Those With Birthdays 28th November or looking for specific year these years are Included on this date 1919, 1922, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1953, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1973, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, Born This Day,
UK
1990 England Maggy Thatcher Quits

28th November, 1990 : Margaret Thatcher formally tenders her resignation to the Queen and leaves Downing Street for the last time.



Czechoslovakia
1989 Czechoslovakia Free Elections

28th November, 1989 : Czechoslovakian Communist Party gives up monopoly on political power allowing free elections to be held the following month. This change was in response to other eastern block countries forcing the issue in neighboring countries.



UK
1919 Great Britain Lady Astor

28th November, 1919 : American-born Lady Astor, the wife of Viscount Astor, won a seat in the House of Commons . She is an advocate of some form of Prohibition similar to the American model.



UK
1922 Great Britain Greece

28th November, 1922 : The relationship between Great Britain and Greece was very strained at this time. In fact, these two countries were soon to not be on good terms if former Greek cabinet member executions were to be carried out. In fact, the six former members of the Greek cabinet were executed, because they were accused of treason.



Cuba
1933 Cuba Civil War

28th November, 1933 : An agreement was soon to be made between governmental factions battling for control in Cuba. It was believed that peace would be achieved in this country at this time.



U.S.
1942 U.S.A. Cocoanut Grove Nightclub Fire

28th November, 1942 : The Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston a former speakeasy burns to the ground in the worst Night Club Fire in US history killing 492 people. The fire began when a canopy of artificial palm fronds caught fire and because of the design and number of highly flammable drapes spread quickly through the club and due to the poor design and blocked entrances many patrons could not get out. The fire did have one positive effect which was that fire regulations throughout the country were changed which banned flammable decorations and required all swinging exit doors to open outwards, the new regulations also required exit signs to be visible at all times,



Iran
1943 Iran Allied Leaders Meeting

28th November, 1943 : US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin meet in Tehran for a three day meeting to discuss "Operation Overlord which included D Day Landings in Normandy, France for May 1944, the landings were delayed and took place on 6th June 1944" as part of the final strategy for the war against Nazi Germany and its allies. As part of the meeting a pledge was made by the three countries to recognize Iran's independence ( Britain and the USSR had invaded Iran in 1941 ).



Japan
1944 World War II First bomb on Tokyo

28th November, 1944 : The soldier to plant the first bomb in Tokyo sent notice to his wife of this event via Associate Press (a Journalist company). The reason why AP was transmitting this notice to his wife is because there were no telephones or telegraphs to use for the time being. Not only that, air mail was expected to take over a week.



Bermuda
1953 Bermuda

28th November, 1953 : It was highly likely that as soon as the United States arrives in Bermuda with Britain and France that a serious request would be made. The plan was to counter and plans that the Russians would carry out to stall the European Army project.



UK
1956 Great Britain Petrol Rationing

28th November, 1956 : The British government has released further details of it's proposed petrol rationing to begin next month. Personal drivers will be allowed sufficient petrol for to drive 200 miles per month or about 2 gallons of petrol per week and businesses will receive and extra 4 gallons per month. As the government set out it's plans which are expected to last for 4 months the British Public began panic buying of petrol filling cars and any spare cans they could, local garages have therefore implemented their own form of petrol rationing for regular customers prior to formal rationing starting next month .



Venezuela
1960 Venezuela Rioting

28th November, 1960 : Rioting broke out in several areas of the capital city of Caracas, Venezuela. One main area where demonstrators worked is in the western portion of the city in the worker’s housing district. These rioters clashed with police force.



UK
1967 England Foot and Mouth

28th November, 1967 : With new outbreaks of Foot and Mouth still increasing daily the National Hunt Committee, on the advice of the Ministry of Agriculture has cancelled all horse racing until further notice



Egypt
1973 Middle East Hijacker

28th November, 1973 : It’s not everyday a hijacker takes time to refuel. That is what happened on this day, however. Word had it this happened while Palestinians took hold of a Dutch Jetliner. The guerrillas grabbing hold of the plane were said to have been heading towards Egypt. This refueling took place a day after all the passengers on board the ship were released, along with eight crew members. The rest of the crew was still stuck on the plane.



World
1979 Antarctica DC-10 Crashes

28th November, 1979 : An Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes into Mount Erebus, Antarctica while on a sight seeing tour, killing all 257 on board .



Syria
1983 Syria Palestinian Guerrillas

28th November, 1983 : Leaders headed from Tripoli, Lebanon to Syria for a scheduled meeting. They were working on a plan to evacuate Palestinian guerrillas before battle conditions worsened.



U.S.
1994 U.S.A. Jeffrey Dahmer

28th November, 1994 : Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer died of massive head injuries after he was attacked by other prisoners while cleaning a prison toilet. "Gruesome Interview Be Warned"



Norway
1994 Norway Voters Say No To Joining EEC

28th November, 1994 : The Norwegian voters have voted in a referendum, to reject membership of the European Union



U.S.
1995 U.S.A. End 55 MPH Speed Limit

28th November, 1995 : President Clinton ends federal 55 mph speed limit that began in 1974 as an energy-saving measure during the Mid east oil embargo.



Iraq
1998 Iraq Kadhim Fadhill

28th November, 1998 : Kadhim Fadhill, one of the tens of thousands of persons captured in the 1980s recalled his story. He revealed all of the unspeakable things that were done to him while he was locked up in the POW (Prisoners of War) camp. He also talked about the scarcities of good food such as apples or oranges, and roaches in his rice.



U.S.
2003 U.S.A. Henry Kissinger

28th November, 2003 : Bush had made a very important decision to be announced just in time for Thanksgiving Day. Henry Kissinger, the former Secretary of State, was giving the responsibility of investigating actions leading up to and after the September 11, 2001 attack. Bush was criticized for making this decision on a day when not many people may have heard about it-and for political reasons as well. Unfortunately, Kissinger was noted for some of his mistakes while involved in the Vietnam War, and that was a major reason critics were cynical.



U.S.
2001 U.S.A. Enron Collapses

28th November, 2001 : Enron Corp., once the world's largest energy trader employing over 20,000 employees share price has now dropped below one dollar from a high of $90.00 per share following would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backing out of an $8.4 billion deal to take Enron over. Speculation is now on when not if Enron will file bankruptcy. On 2nd December Enron did file bankruptcy and later as details became available it was shown that a number of top executive knew of the imminent collapse and dumped their shares at high prices while still telling investors to buy the shares as a great investment, consequently a number of those former executives were indicted on securities fraud and related charges.

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