1. 1520: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name, the Strait of Magellan.
2. 1895: The first American automobile race took place from Chicago to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea won the race in his motorized vehicle.
3. 1920: Irish War of Independence: The Kilmichael Ambush took place in County Cork, Ireland, where the Irish Republican Army (IRA) ambushed a convoy of British Auxiliaries, resulting in the deaths of 17 Auxiliaries.
4. 1942: The Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston caught fire, leading to 492 deaths. It remains one of the deadliest nightclub fires in U.S. history.
5. 1960: Mauritania gained independence from France.=
6. 1979: Air New Zealand Flight 901, a sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashed into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board. It remains New Zealand's deadliest disaster.
7. 1987: South Korea's first direct presidential elections were held. Roh Tae-woo won and became the first civilian president in 26 years.
8. 2008: Gunmen attacked multiple locations in the Indian city of Mumbai, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, resulting in more than 160 deaths.
These are just a few examples, and there may be other significant events that occurred on November 28 in different years.
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