November 28th, 2009

Today in History

1987:
In Wappingers Falls, New York, Tawana Brawley is found wrapped in garbage bags, with feces smeared all over her body and a racial slur on her body.

1964:
Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that US President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

1944:
Albania is liberated by the Albanian partisans. German Nazi troops recede from Albania.

1912:
Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

1520:
After navigating through the South American strait, three ships under the command of Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan reach the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first Europeans to sail from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.