On this day, Nov. 28
1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
1919 American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament.
1942 Fire engulfed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze ever.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began conferring in Tehran during World War II.
1961 Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first African-American to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.
1964 The United States launched the space probe Mariner 4 on a course toward Mars, which it flew past in July 1965, sending back pictures of the red planet.
1990 Margaret Thatcher resigned as British prime minister during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who then conferred the premiership on John Major.
1994 Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was slain in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.
2001 Enron Corp., once the world’s largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion takeover deal. (Enron filed for bankruptcy protection four days later.)
2016 The first commercial flight from the United States to Havana in more than 50 years arrived in Cuba as the island began weeklong memorial services for Fidel Castro.
2018 Democrats overwhelmingly nominated Nancy Pelosi to become House speaker when Democrats took control of the House in January.
2020 Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out a lower court’s order preventing the state from certifying dozens of contests on its Nov. 3 election ballot; it was the latest lawsuit filed by Republicans attempting to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the battleground state.
Today’s birthdays: Recording executive Berry Gordy Jr., 93. Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel, 82. Singer Randy Newman, 79. CBS News correspondent Susan Spencer, 76. Movie director Joe Dante, 75. Former “Late Show” orchestra leader Paul Shaffer, 73. Actor Ed Harris, 72. Former NASA astronaut Barbara Morgan, 71. Actor S. Epatha Merkerson, 70. Country singer Kristine Arnold (Sweethearts of the Rodeo), 66. Actor Judd Nelson, 63. Movie director Alfonso Cuaron, 61. Rock musician Matt Cameron, 60. Actor Jane Sibbett, 60. Comedian Jon Stewart, 60. Actor Garcelle Beauvais, 56. Actor/comedian Stephnie Weir, 55. R&B singer Dawn Robinson, 54. Actor Gina Tognoni, 49. Hiphop musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas), 48. Actor Malcolm Goodwin, 47. Actor Ryan Kwanten, 46. Actor Aimee Garcia, 44. Rapper Chamillionaire, 43. Actor Daniel Henney, 43. Rock musician Rostam Batmanglij, 39. Rock singer-keyboardist Tyler Glenn (Neon Trees), 39. Actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead, 38. R&B singer Trey Songz, 38. Former Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury, 38.