History for November 28 - On-This-Day.com
John Bunyan 1628, Berry Gordy, Jr. 1929 - Founder of Mowtown Records, Gary Hart (Hartpence) 1936
Randy Newman 1943 - Singer, songwriter, Judd Nelson 1959 - Actor ("The Breakfast Club," "St. Elmo's Fire," "Making the Grade"), Anna Nicole Smith 1967 - Model, actress
1520 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait. The strait was named after him. He was the first European to sail the Pacific from the east.
1963 - U.S. President Johnson announced that Cape Canaveral would be renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of his assassinated predecessor. The name was changed back to Cape Canaveral in 1973 by a vote of residents.
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