Today is Friday, November 28, the 333rd day of 2008. There are 33 days left in the year
1520 _ Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing Pacific Ocean
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
1960 _ Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)
1963 _ First million copy record prior to release ``I Want to Hold Your Hand"
1966 _ Coup in Burundi overthrows monarchy; a republic is declared
1986 _ Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for first time
1988 _ Picasso's ``Acrobat & Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million