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Today in History: Wednesday, November 28, 2012
On Nov. 28, 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigned after more than 11 years as prime minister of Britain.
1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
1895 The first automobile race took place, between Chicago and Waukegan, Ill.
1905 Sinn Fein was founded in Dublin.
1925 The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville made its debut on radio station WSM.
1942 Fire destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing nearly 500 people.
1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II.
1958 The African nation of Chad became an autonomous republic within the French community.
1975 President Gerald R. Ford nominated federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas.
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.
