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Today I have another episode of this day in World history for November 28 on November 28, 1520, portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the south american strait that now bears his name.
On November 28, 1660, at Gresham College in London, scientist and architect Christopher Wren delivered the first formal astronomy lecture.
On November 28, 1893, women in the us state of Colorado were granted the right to vote.
On November 28, 1922, Captain Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gave the first public skywriting exhibition in the United States at the New York Times building in New York City on November 28, 1943.
During World War two, the Tehran Conference began.
It was a meeting between US President Franklin D.
Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and soviet premier Joseph Stalin to discuss war strategy and post war Europe.
On November 28, 1960, Mauritania became independent from France.
On November 28, 1971, the United Arab Emirates was established.
On November 28, 1987, south korean opposition leader Kim Daejeong was sentenced to death for his role in organizing pro democracy protests.
The sentence was later commuted.
On November 28, 2002, NATO invited seven former communist Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to become members.
On November 28, 2012, an 8.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggering a tsunami warning across the Indian Ocean.
And these are just a few examples of major events that have occurred on November 28 throughout history.
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