Saturday, November 28, 2020

LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club.

South African Airways Flight 295 suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board.

Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Antarctica's Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first discovered pulsar.

In a military coup, Michel Micombero abolished the Burundian monarchy and declared the country a republic with himself as president.

Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running radio broadcast in the United States, first aired on WSM in Nashville, Tennessee.

At the All-Albanian Congress, the Assembly of Vlorë was constituted, which declared the independence of the Albanian Vilayet from the Ottoman Empire.

SS Petriana struck a reef near Point Nepean, leading to Australia's first major oil spill and a debate over the White Australia policy.

The Chicago Times-Herald race, the first automobile race in the U.S., was held in Chicago.

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 premiered at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.

Natchez Indians revolted against French colonists near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi, killing approximately 230 people.

Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, Christopher Wren and other leading scientists met at Gresham College in London to found a learned society, now known as the Royal Society (coat of arms pictured).