Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for November 28
1995	US president Bill Clinton signs a bill to end the 55 miles per hour federal speed limit.
1994	Convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is murdered in a Wisconsin prison.
1990	British prime minister Margaret Thatcher gives her resignation to Queen Elizabeth II; John Major is named as Thatcher's replacement.
1987	A South African Airways jumbo jet crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 passengers aboard.
1979	An Air New Zealand jetliner crashes into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 passengers aboard.
1964	The US launches the Mariner Four space probe to Mars.
1958	The African nation of Chad becomes a French republic.
1953	A photoengravers strike in New York City starts today, shutting down newspaper production for 11 days.
1942	Wartime coffee rationing begins in the US during WWII.
1942	Nearly 500 people die when fire destroys the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
1919	US-born Lady Astor is elected as Britain's first female member of Parliament.
1895	The first US auto race took place, as six drivers zoomed from Chicago to Waukegan, IL.
1520	Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean via the South American strait that now bears his name.

Born today: 1967  Anna Nicole Smith - actress, model 1965  Jon Stewart - comedian 1962  Matt Cameron - drummer (Soundgarden) 1959  Judd Nelson - actor 1950  Ed Harris - actor 1949  Alexander Godunov - ballet dancer, actor 1949  Paul Shaffer - bandleader (David Letterman show) 1948  Beeb Birtles - guitarist (Little River Band) 1946  Joe Dante - producer, writer, director 1943  Randy Newman - singer, songwriter 1939  Gary Troxel - singer (The Fleetwoods) 1933  Hope Lange - actress 1929  Berry Gordy, Jr. - Motown record label founder 1929  Gloria Grahame - actress 1757  William Blake - poet

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