TODAY IN HISTORY

On Nov. 28, 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean.

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began conferring in Tehran during World War II.

In 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.

In 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned as British prime minister during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II.

In 1994, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was slain in a Wisconsin prison by a fellow inmate.

In 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.