TODAY IN HISTORY:

In 1520, the Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name

In 1895, the first U.S. car race — from Chicago to Waukegan, Ill. — was won by J. Frank Duryea, who maintained a speed of 12 km/h.

In 1902, the Quebec Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert.

In 1974, John Lennon made his last public performance at a Madison Square Garden concert by Elton John. They performed three songs together — “Whatever Gets You Through the Night,” “I Saw Her Standing There” and “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds.”

In 1979, New York Islanders goalie Billy Smith became the first NHL netminder to score a goal. The Islanders lost to the Colorado Rockies 4-3.

In 1979, an Air New Zealand jetliner crashed into the side of a volcano in Antarctica. The plane, carrying 257 people, was on a scenic flight from Auckland to the Antarctic coast and back. All 257 people, including three Canadians, were killed.

In 2016, a chartered plane carrying members of Brazil’s Chapecoense first division soccer team crashed into a Colombian mountainside near the Medellin airport, killing 71 people. Three soccer players, two crew members and a journalist survived. Aided by dramatic cockpit recordings, investigators determined the jet apparently ran out of fuel.