* Astronomy

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November 28th

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Mariner 4 was launched on November 28, 1964
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t37044588/mariner-4/

AlSAT-1 was launched on the 28th November, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlSAT-1

STS-9 launched successfully from Kennedy Space Centre at 16:00 UTC on 28 November 1983.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-9

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People

Barbara Radding Morgan ( born November 28 , 1951) is an American teacher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Morgan

The Reverend Nathaniel Bliss (28 November 1700 - 2 September 1764) was an English astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel_Bliss

Luke Howard FRS (28 November 1772 - 21 March 1864) was a British manufacturing chemist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Howard

Alan Paige Lightman (born November 28, 1948) is an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lightman

Panayotis Varotsos (born 1947) is a Greek physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panayotis_Varotsos

Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46422441/russell-alan-hulse/

Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Gillan

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On November 28, 1659 Christiaan Huygens made an illustration of Mars
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t26998881/christiaan-huygens/

The first pulsar was observed on November 28, 1967, by Jocelyn Bell
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar

Nova V445 Puppis reached a peak magnitude of 8.6 on November 28, 2000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V445_Puppis

NGC 894 was discovered by William Parsons on the 28th November 1856.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55735607/ngc-894/

NGC 1045 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th November 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55735428/ngc-1045/

NGC 1404 was discovered by John Herschel on the 28th November 1837.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t62973493/ngc-1404/

NGC 3359 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th November 1793.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63714225/ngc-3359/

NGC 5949 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th November 1801.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t63349626/ngc-5949/

NGC 7309 was discovered by William Herschel on the 28th November 1785.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t59798935/ngc-7309/

NGC 7759 is a magnitude +13.0 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth on the 28th November 1885.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58821939/ngc-7759/

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Kuiper belt object 20000 Varuna was discovered on the 28th November 2000
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20000_Varuna

Asteroid 235 Carolina was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 28, 1883 in Vienna.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/235_Carolina

Comet SkjellerupMaristany, formally designated C/1927 X1, 1927 IX, and 1927k, was a long-period comet which became very bright in 1927. This great comet was observable to the naked eye for about 32 days. It was independently discovered by amateur astronomers John Francis Skjellerup in Australia on November 28, 1927
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Skjellerup%E2%80%93Maristany

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Meteorites

The Kutais (H5) meteorite fell in Krasnodarskiy kray, Russia, on the 28th November 1977.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46422442/kutais-meteorite/

The Leighlinbridge (L6) meteorite fell in Leinster, Ireland, on the 28th November 1999.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t46422444/leighlinbridge-meteorite/