November 28 - This day in History

November 28: General Interest
1520: Magellan reaches the Pacific

After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific Ocean... read more


American Revolution
1777 : John Adams replaces Silas Deane
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-adams-replaces-silas-deane


Automotive
1895 : Duryea Motor Wagon wins first car race in U.S.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/duryea-motor-wagon-wins-first-car-race-in-us


Civil War
1862 : North and South skirmish at the Battle of Cane Hill
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/-battle-of-cane-hill-arkansas


Cold War
1989 : Czechoslovakian Communist Party gives up monopoly on political power
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/czechoslovakian-communist-party-gives-up-monopoly-on-political-power


Crime
1987 : A media controversy ignites over the case of Tawana Brawley
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-media-controversy-ignites-over-the-case-of-tawana-brawley


Disaster
1979 : Plane crashes over Antarctica
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/plane-crashes-over-antarctica


General Interest
1919 : Lady Astor becomes MP
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lady-astor-becomes-mp

1994 : Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeffrey-dahmer-murdered-in-prison


Hollywood
1962 : Talk-show host and comedian Jon Stewart born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/talk-show-host-and-comedian-jon-stewart-born


Literary
1582 : William Shakespeare marries Anne Hathaway
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-shakespeare-marries-anne-hathaway


Music
1964 : The Shangri-Las score a #1 hit with "Leader Of The Pack"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-shangri-las-score-a-1-hit-with-quotleader-of-the-packquot


Old West
1925 : The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-grand-ole-opry-begins-broadcasting


Presidential
1943 : FDR attends Tehran Conference
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-attends-tehran-conference


Sports
1895 : Frank Duryea wins first U.S. horseless-carriage race
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/frank-duryea-wins-first-us-horseless-carriage-race


Vietnam War
1964 : Johnson advised to bomb North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-advised-to-bomb-north-vietnam

1965 : The Philippines agrees to send troops to South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-philippines-agrees-to-send-troops-to-south-vietnam


World War I
1914 : New York Stock Exchange resumes bond trading
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-stock-exchange-resumes-bond-trading


World War II
1954 : Enrico Fermi, architect of the nuclear age, dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/enrico-fermi-architect-of-the-nuclear-age-dies