This Day in History for November 28

LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín
NOV 28 Saturday 2026
Featured event 2016

LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín

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

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  1. 2020
    Axum massacre

    Over seven hundred civilians are massacred by the Ethiopian National Defense Force and Eritrean Army in Aksum, Ethiopia.

  2. 2016
    LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín

    LaMia Flight 2933 crashes near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 of 77 people on board, including members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense

  3. 2014
    Kano attack

    Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.

  4. 2002
    Mombasa attacks

    Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.

  5. 1991
    South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia

    South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.

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“Knowledge itself is power.”

— Francis Bacon

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What happened on November 28?

One highlighted entry is from 2016: LaMia Flight 2933 crashed near Medellín, Colombia, killing 71 people, many of whom were players from Chapecoense Football Club.

Who was born on November 28?

People listed for November 28 include Trey Jemison (1999), Mostafa Mohamed (footballer) (1997), and Chase Elliott (1995).

What observances fall on November 28?

Observances listed for November 28 include Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Albania from Turkey in 1912, the first Albanian flag raise by Skanderbeg in 1443, and for the new parliamentary constitution in 1998., Christian feast day: Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste, and Christian feast day: Catherine Labouré.

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