Byron Rollins, The Associated PressPresident Harry Truman shoulders an army carbine rifle given to him in his office in Washington on Nov. 28, 1950 by Gen. Clarence R. Huebner (right), retiring commander of U.S. forces in Europe. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, is at center.
Aristotle Saris, The Associated PressIranian students carry sickles, symbols of death, outside the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Nov. 28, 1979, where 50 Americans are being held hostage.
Manish Swarup, The Associated PressAn unidentified whole sale dealer of diesel sits on the top of oil barrels at an oil market in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2002. Most of the petrol and diesel in Afghanistan come from Iran and Turkmenistan. One liter of petrol in Afghanistan costs $0.35 and diesel $0.40
The Associated PressA large outdoor float of Captain Nemo makes its way down the street during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City on Nov. 28, 1929.
The Associated PressA crowd of people, including reporters and cameramen, gather outside the undertaking parlor in Niles Center, Ill., a Chicago suburb, on Nov. 28, 1934, after the body of George "Baby Face" Nelson was taken there from a nearby curb where it was found. Nelson was fatally wounded in a gun battle at nearby suburb Barrington, Nov. 27.
The Associated PressFred Hutchings, the S.P. stands for stretcher bearer, wore this smile despite his injuries when German bombs hit his rescue depot in London, Nov. 28, 1940. Fred had worked all night despite his injuries.
The Associated PressBritish troops on the Malaya Peninsula practice daily and here a group of them are taking their bren gun carrier apart and putting it back together again on Nov. 28, 1941.
The Associated PressSurvivors of the Cocoanut Grove night club fire in the Back Bay section of Boston are carried out to safety during chaotic rescue efforts, Nov. 28, 1942, during a blaze that took the lives of 492 patrons.
The Associated PressPrincess Elizabeth of England, left, and her sister, Princess Margaret Rose, right, attend a performance of Iolanthe at the Guildhall School of Music, Nov. 28, 1946, London, England.
Edward O. Eisenhand, The Associated PressJohn Gilbert Graham, right, 23-year-old accused slayer, wears chains as Logan Ketcham, left, of the sheriff's office takes him to the municipal building for a brief court appearance in Denver, Nov. 28, 1955. Graham is charged with dynamiting an airliner carrying his mother and 43 others to death Nov. 1.
The Associated PressOne of the 10 beagles involved in the first test of the Veterans Administration Hospital, shown in East Orange, New Jersey on Nov. 28, 1966, "smokes" a cigarette through a machine linked to its windpipe by a plastic tube. In a test which may last several years, they will smoke for new information about any link between smoking and emphysema, a growing ailment which destroys lung tissue.
Mark D. Phillips, The Associated PressKermit the Frog droops after a puncture in his head lets out the oxygen-helium mixture in the balloon during the 65th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, Thursday, Nov. 28, 1991.
The Associated PressBeatle John Lennon walks with his Japanese girlfriend, Yoko Ono, in London, Nov. 28, 1968, after pleading guilty to possessing $24 worth of marijuana, found by a police dog in his London apartment. He was fined $360, and a drug charge against Ms. Ono was dismissed.
The Associated PressNew York's Walt Frazier dances as the ball drops from his two-seconds-to-go free throw that gave the Knicks, their record 18th straight NBA victory in Cleveland on Friday, Nov. 28, 1969, edging past the Cincinnati Royals 106-105.
The Associated PressMovie stars Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda perform for a small group of American airmen outside of Clark Air Force Base near Manila, Philippines on Nov. 28, 1971. Miss Fonda and her anti-war troupe are on a Christmas tour of U.S. Bases in Asia.
Bob Self, The Associated PressFilm directors George Lucas, pointing, and Steven Spielberg, center, behind Lucas, watch the liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia at the Kennedy Space Center in Fla., Nov. 28, 1983.
Marilyn Weiss, The Associated PressActor Kirk Cameron, far left, waves as a fan, Melania Horner, from Lehigh Valley, sits on his lap during the Hollywood Christmas parade in Los Angeles, Calif., Sunday, Nov. 28, 1988. Horner, 11, a leukemia patient and a big fan of the television series "Growing Pains," was granted a trip to California to meet Cameron through the efforts of "Dream Come True" and the Cameron family. The others are unidentified.
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President Harry Truman shoulders an army carbine rifle given to him in his office in Washington on Nov. 28, 1950 by Gen. Clarence R. Huebner (right), retiring commander of U.S. forces in Europe. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, army chief of staff, is at center.
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A selection of photos from around the world of events that happened on November 28.



















