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Well I’m not into reincarnation and haven’t found anyone who snuffed it on my actual birthday but was prompted into finding out more about what happened on 28 November. Quite a lot actually.

Births – the good guys:
1628 – John Bunyan, English cleric and author (d. 1688)
1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, French composer (d. 1687)
1757 – William Blake, British poet (d. 1827)
1820 – Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (d. 1895)
1829 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer (d. 1894)
1853 – Helen Magill White, first American woman to earn a PhD (d. 1944)
1895 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist (d. 1980)
1961 – Martin Clunes, British actor
1963 – Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian

Not too sure about these two:
1887 – Ernst Röhm, Nazi official (d. 1934)
1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, American television personality (d. 2007)

And a town! – bet not many of you can say that!
28 de Noviembre, written out as Veintiocho de Noviembre, is a town in southwestern Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has roughly 5,300 inhabitants, mostly of Argentinian, and Italian origin, and is located 270 km (168 mi) west of Río Gallegos and 13 km (8 mi) south of Río Turbio. The town is near the border with Chile, not far from Puerto Natales. Its main economic activity is coal mining.
The town was officially founded on November 28, 1959, on the second anniversary of adoption of the provincial constitution, when a decree merged several settlements into one town which was named after the date of foundation.

Events:
1660 – At Gresham College, 12 men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
1893 – Women vote in a national election for the first time: the New Zealand general election.
1919 – 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.)
1990 – John Major replaces Margaret Thatcher as PM
It’s also Albanian Independence Day

Deaths:
741 – St. Gregory III
1290 – Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I of England (b. 1241) – of Eleanor Cross fame
1872 – Mary Fairfax Somerville, British scientific writer (b. 1780)
1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1901)
1968 – Enid Blyton, British children's author (b. 1897)
1972 – Havergal Brian, British composer (b. 1875)

The bad guys:
1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
1994 – Buster Edwards, English train robber (b. 1932)