November 28th - This Week in History
Many great events, tragedies, and discoveries have happened this week in history. The following, are but a few:
1520
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait which bears his name to the Pacific ocean.
1919
American-born Lady Astor became the first woman to take a seat on the British Parliament.
1942
Almost 500 people died in the Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.
1943
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met in Tehran for their first meeting during World War II.
1964
The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 launched—on its way to the first successful mission to Mars.
1990
Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Great Britain; John Major took over.
Sources:
"http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/November-28"
By: Tristan Moher