70,000 Muslims were killed by Christians on this day

Today is the day that becomes the past. Therefore, every day is a history. The calendar of history always carries importance to people. And keeping this importance in mind, our regular program for the readers of ‘Daily Our Time’ is ‘This Day in History’.

Today is Thursday, November 28, 2024. Let’s take a look at the significant events that happened on this day in history, the birth and death dates of prominent people, and some other important things.

Events

1098 – 70,000 Muslims were killed by Christians in Syria.

1443 – Secunder Beg with his army conquered the Kruj region of central Albania and raised the Albanian flag for the first time.

1520 – Ferdinand Magellan became the first European sailor to cross the Atlantic Ocean and enter the Pacific Ocean.

1660 – The Royal Society was established in England.

1676 – The French capture the port of Pondicherry, an important port in eastern India.

1814 – Thomas French Middleton, the first Protestant bishop of India, sets foot at Chandpal Ghat in Calcutta.

1814 – The Times of London is printed on the first automatic printing press.

1820 – Birth of sociologist Friedrich Engels.

1821 – Panama declares independence from Spain.

1912 – Albania gains independence from Turkey.

1960 – Mauritania formally declares independence from France.

1971 – Iran establishes its rule over the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa, Tambe Bozorg, and Tambe Kuchak after the British occupation forces leave.

Birth

1118 – Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor.

1628 – John Bunyan, English preacher and writer.

1757 – William Blake, English poet and painter.

1793 – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer and critic.

1820 – Sociologist Friedrich Engels was born.

1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright.

1881 – Stefan Zeig, Austrian writer, playwright and journalist.

1887 – Ernst Rahm, German soldier and co-founder of the Sturmabteilung.

1894 – Chemist Dr. Pullin Bihari Sarkar was born.

1907 – Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and writer.

1931 – Golam Rahman, a renowned children’s writer and journalist from Bangladesh.

1943 – Rafiqun Nabi, a renowned illustrator and cartoonist.

1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist and astronomer.

1962 – Jon Stewart, an American comedian, actor, and television presenter.

1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, an American model and actress.

1969 – Nick Knight, a former English cricketer and commentator.

1975 – Takashi Shimada, a Japanese footballer.

1977 – Fabio Grosso, an Italian footballer and manager.

1983 – Nelson Valdey, a Paraguayan footballer.

1987 – Karen Gillan, a Scottish actress.

Deaths

1058 – Duke Kezimierz of Poland died.

1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter.

1694 – Matsu Basso, Japanese poet.

1870 – John Frederick Bazille, French painter and soldier.

1932 – Actor Surendranath Ghosh (Danibabu) died.

1945 – Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician.

1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and professor, Nobel Prize winner.

1960 – Richard Wright, French-American writer and poet.

1962 – Musician and composer Krishnachandra Dey died.

1968 – Enid Blyton, English writer and poet.

1971 – Wasfi Tal was assassinated, King of Jordan.

1989 – Fakir Shahabuddin, first Attorney General of Bangladesh.

1999 – Abdur Razzak, National Professor of Bangladesh.

2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer.

2014 – Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer and screenwriter.

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