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From today's featured article The Australian cricketer Keith Miller toured England in 1948 as a member of The Invincibles, a team that went undefeated in their 34 tour matches. Miller (28 November 1919 – 11 October 2004) was an all-rounder: a fast bowler and a right-handed middle-order batsman. Don Bradman, the team captain, typically used him and Ray Lindwall in short bursts with the new ball. Miller took 13 wickets at an average of 26.28, playing a key role in subduing England's leading batsmen, Len Hutton and Denis Compton, with a barrage of short-pitched bowling. In the First Test, Miller took seven wickets, including Hutton and Compton twice, bearing a large part of the bowling workload. With the bat, he scored 184 runs in the Tests at an average of 23.15, including 74 in the second innings of the Second Test at Lord's, and a rapid 58 in the Fourth Test that helped Australia regain the momentum in the match. In all first-class matches on the tour, he took 56 wickets at 17.58 and scored 1,088 runs at 47.30. A carefree cricketer, Miller was seen as charismatic; his joie de vivre on the field alienated his captain, and his friendship with Princess Margaret was particularly scrutinised by the media. (Full article...) Part of the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 series, one of Wikipedia's featured topics. Recently featured: Banksia canei Warlugulong Killer Instinct Gold Did you know... Schloss Tutzing ... that a speech by Egon Bahr at the Evangelische Akademie Tutzing (main building pictured) influenced the Ostpolitik of chancellor Willy Brandt toward the German Democratic Republic? ... that Suzuka Mambo was a Japanese racehorse sired by the American 1989 Kentucky Derby winner Sunday Silence? ... that 4A Games hoped that Metro: Last Light would "rekindle memories of Half-Life 2"? ... that the South Sudan National Cup has been won more times by Al-Malakia FC than by any other team? ... that since the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, ultra-royalists in Thailand have criticized and harassed those who did not wear mourning black? ... that during the 1895 counter-revolution, Joseph Heleluhe, private secretary to Hawaii's deposed queen Liliuokalani, was "stripped of all clothing and placed in a dark cell without light, food or water"? ... that the United States' team at the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup consisted entirely of athletes with experience in other sports, but none in kabaddi?

In the news Fidel Castro Former leader of Cuba Fidel Castro (pictured) dies at the age of 90. At least 44 people are killed after two passenger trains collide between Semnan and Damghan in Iran. A train derailment near Kanpur, India, kills more than 140 people. Jimmie Johnson wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship, equaling the record of seven titles held by Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 strikes near Kaikoura, north of Christchurch, New Zealand, triggering tsunami warnings, causing widespread damage, and killing two people. Ongoing: Battle of Mosul Recent deaths: Florence Henderson Ralph Branca On this day... November 28: Navy Day in Iran (1980) Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill at Tehran 936 – Shi Jingtang was enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang. 1443 – Having deserted the army of the Ottoman Empire, Skanderbeg went to Krujë in Middle Albania and using a forged letter from Sultan Murad II to the Governor of Krujë, became lord of the city. 1943 – World War II: US President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin (all three pictured) met at the Tehran Conference to discuss war strategy against the Axis powers. 1971 – Prime Minister of Jordan Wasfi al-Tal was assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Cairo. 2002 – Suicide bombers blew up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, but their colleagues failed in their attempt to bring down an Arkia Israel Airlines charter flight with surface-to-air-missiles. More anniversaries: November 27 November 28 November 29

From today's featured list Oliver Stone, Best Director winner The 59th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 30, 1987, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 23 categories honoring films released in 1986. The ceremony, televised in the United States by ABC, was produced by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. and directed by Marty Pasetta. Actors Chevy Chase, Paul Hogan, and Goldie Hawn co-hosted the show. Hawn hosted the gala for the second time, having previously been a co-host of the 48th ceremony held in 1976. Meanwhile, this was Chase and Hogan's first Oscars hosting stint. Platoon won four awards including Best Picture. Other winners included Hannah and Her Sisters and A Room with a View with three awards, and Aliens with two awards. (Full list...) Recently featured: Mass Effect media Six Nations Championship hat-tricks Lakes in Minneapolis

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