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This day in history: November 28

1. 1912

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

2. 1925

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

3. 1966

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

4. 1967

   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.

5. 1979

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

6. 1987

   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.

7. 2016

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

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