At the moment is Thursday, Nov. 28, the 333rd day of 2024. There are 33 days left within the yr. At the moment is Thanksgiving in the US.
At the moment in historical past:
On Nov. 28, 2001, Enron Corp., as soon as the world’s largest vitality dealer, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion takeover deal. (Enron filed for chapter safety 4 days later.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing by the South American strait that now bears his identify.
In 1942, hearth engulfed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 folks within the deadliest nightclub blaze ever.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet chief Josef Stalin met in Tehran for the primary time to debate Allied cooperation throughout World Conflict II.
In 1961, Ernie Davis of Syracuse College grew to become the primary Black faculty soccer participant to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.
In 1964, the US launched the house probe Mariner 4 on a course towards Mars, which it flew previous in July 1965, sending again footage of the crimson planet.
In 2022, Payton Gendron, a white gunman who massacred 10 Black folks at a Buffalo grocery store, pleaded responsible to homicide and hate-motivated terrorism prices in an settlement that gave him life in jail with out parole.
At the moment’s Birthdays:
Recording government Berry Gordy Jr. is 95.
Soccer Corridor of Famer Paul Warfield is 82.
Former “Late Show” band chief Paul Shaffer is 75.
Actor Ed Harris is 74.
Former NASA astronaut Barbara Morgan is 73.
Actor S. Epatha (eh-PAY’-thah) Merkerson is 72.
Actor Judd Nelson is 65.
Movie director Alfonso Cuarón (kwahr-OHN’) is 63.
Rock drummer Matt Cameron is 62.
Comic and discuss present host Jon Stewart is 62.
Actor Colman Domingo is 55.
Musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is 50.
Actor Mary Elizabeth Winstead is 40.
R&B singer Trey Songz is 40.
Actor Karen Gillan is 37.
Actor-rapper Bryshere Grey is 31.
