Today in history, Nov 28th!

Some of the great historical events that happened today in history, on November 28th!

1520	Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
1729	Natchez Indians massacre most of the 300 French settlers and soldiers at Fort Rosalie, Louisiana.
1861	The Confederate Congress admits Missouri to the Confederacy, although Missouri has not yet seceded from the Union.
1868	Mt. Etna in Sicily violently erupts.
1872	The Modoc War of 1872-73 begins in northern California when fighting breaks out between Modoc Chief Captain Jack and a cavalry detail led by Captain James Jackson.
1895	The first automobile race took place, between Chicago and Waukegan, Ill.
1899	The British are victorious over the Boers at Modder River.
1905	Sinn Fein was founded in Dublin.
1919	Lady Astor is elected the first woman in Parliament.
1925	The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville made its debut on radio station WSM.
1935	The German Reich declares all men ages 18 to 45 as army reservists.
1937	Spanish leader Francisco Franco blockades the Spanish coast.
1939	The Soviet Union scraps its nonaggression pact with Finland.
1941	The aircraft carrier USS Enterprise departs from Pearl Harbor to deliver F4F Wildcat fighters to Wake Island. This mission saves the carrier from destruction when the Japanese attack.
1942	Fire destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing nearly 500 people.
1943	Sir Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D. Roosevelt meet at Tehran, Iran, to hammer out war aims.
1944	The first shipment of supplies reach Antwerp by convoy, a new route for the Allies.
1948	Dr. Edwin Land’s first Polaroid cameras go on sale in Boston.
1950	In Korea, 200,000 Communist troops launch attack on UN forces.
1958	The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
1961	Ernie Davis becomes the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy.
1963	Cape Canaveral is renamed Cape Kennedy.
1971	The Anglican Church ordains the first two women as priests.
1975	President Gerald R. Ford nominated federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
1984	Republican Robert Dole is elected Senate majority leader.
1995	President Bill Clinton signed a bill that ended the federal 55 mph speed limit.
2001	Enron Corp., once the world’s largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.
2011	Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; Islamist parties were the big winners.

Today’s historical facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.

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