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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Re: “1895 The first automobile race took place, between Chicago and Waukegan, Ill”
Who won Chicago or Waukegan?
Re: “2011 Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections…”
One year later I bet they wish they had a do-over. Next year so will the
dhimmisdemmos.Har Har! The winner was Charles Duryea. If you want to see the vehicle he won with, here is a link to a picture.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Duryeaauto.gif