This Day IN Auto History: 28 NOVEMBER

11.28.1895 - The Chicago Times-Herald Contest is won by J. Frank Duryea in his motor carriage, although the Gold Medal is awarded to the Morris & Salom Electrobat II for alleged greater ease of operation
11.28.1939 - H. W. Linneen of the Sinclair Refining Company dies at age 44
11.28.1962 - Racer Ken Johnson is born in the United States

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick