Rescue crew work in the wreckage from a plane that crashed into Colombian jungle with Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense near Medellin, Colombia, November 29, 2016. (Reuters Photo)
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on Nov 28
Reuters
1912 - Albania declared its independence after more than 400 years of Turkish rule.
1919 - Nancy Astor was elected as the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons.
1943 - Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin met in Tehran to chart the future Allied course for World War Two and decide a post-war future.
1962 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands died, aged 82. She won admiration for her conduct during World War Two and abdicated in 1948 in favour of her daughter.
1971 - Black September agents assassinated Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi Tell outside a hotel in Cairo during an official visit.
1989 - Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who captivated the world at the 1976 Montreal Olympics with the first perfect 10 score, fled to Hungary.
2000 - The Dutch lower house voted to legalise euthanasia. The upper house followed suit in April 2001.
2004 - Jordan's King Abdullah relieved his half-brother Prince Hamza of his duties as crown prince saying his job as heir to the throne impeded his ability to undertake wider functions.
2008 - Indian commandos storm Jewish centre in Mumbai.
2014 - Gunmen set off three bombs and open fire on worshippers at the central mosque in north Nigeria's biggest city Kano.
2016 - A plane carrying Brazilian Chapecoense soccer team crashes in the Colombian jungle.
