Today is Monday, November 28, the 332nd day of 2011. There are 33 days left in the year.

1520 ― Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean

1795 ― U.S. pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis

1871 ― Ku Klux Klan trials began in Federal District Court in S.C.

1929 ― Adm. Richard E. Byrd makes first South Pole flight

1942 ― Nearly 500 die in a fire that destroyed Coconut Grove nightclub in Boston, Mass.

1943 ― FDR, Churchill and Stalin met at Tehran to map out strategy

1963 ― First million copy record prior to release ``I Want to Hold Your Hand"

1986 ― Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for first time

1988 ― Picasso's ``Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million

1989 ― Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract