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and Panama ( 1821) | chronology problem |
1520 – Three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean from the now- eponymous Strait of Magellan, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. | unreferenced section |
1785 – The United States signed the first Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokee Indians, laying out a western boundary for white settlement. | unreferenced section |
1919 – Nancy Astor (pictured), the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons, was elected in a by-election. | unreferenced section |
1925 – The country music radio program Grand Ole Opry was first broadcast on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee. | unreferenced section |
1942 – A fire in Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub killed over 490 people and injured hundreds of others. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
1943 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin met at the Tehran Conference to discuss war strategy against the Axis powers. | Tagged with {{ Refimprove}} {{ OR}} |
1990 – After being elected as leader of the British Conservative Party one day earlier, John Major officially succeeded Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. | Tagged with {{ external links}} |
1998 – The current Constitution of Albania, sanctioning a parliamentary republic, people's sovereignty, fundamental rights of the citizens, and other important points, was ratified via a voter-approved referendum. | Tagged with {{ refimprove}} |
2000 – Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma was publicly accused of being involved in the abduction of journalist Georgiy Gongadze. | Kuchma: outdated, refimprove; Cassette Scandal: outdated, refimprove: Gongadze: outdated |
November 28: Independence Day in Albania ( 1912) and Mauritania ( 1960); Navy Day in Iran ( 1980)