"Today in history: On Nov. 28, 1942, fire engulfed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze ever. Also on this date: In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name. In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry (known then as the WSM Barn Dance) debuted on radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee; it continues today as the longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history."
"In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran, Iran, for the first time to discuss Allied cooperation during World War II. In 1961, halfback Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first Black college football player to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy. 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."
Today is Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, and Thanksgiving in the United States. There are 33 days left in the year. Historical anniversaries on this date include the 1942 Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire that killed 492 people; Ferdinand Magellan’s 1520 entry into the Pacific after traversing the strait that bears his name; and the 1925 debut of the Grand Ole Opry. Other milestones include the 1943 Tehran meeting of Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin; Ernie Davis’s 1961 Heisman win; the 1964 launch of Mariner 4; the 2001 Enron collapse; and the 2022 guilty plea in the Buffalo massacre. Notable birthdays listed include Berry Gordy Jr. (96), Paul Warfield (83), Paul Shaffer (76), Ed Harris (75), S. Epatha Merkerson (73), Judd Nelson (66), Alfonso Cuarón (64), Matt Cameron (63), and Jon Stewart (63).
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