November 28th, 2009

Today in History

1995:
US President Bill Clinton signs a highway bill that ends the federal 55 mph speed limit.

1994:
In Portage, Wisconsin, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is clubbed to death by a deranged inmate in the Columbia Correctional Institute gymnasium.

1785:
Treaty of Hopewell was signed

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.

1443:
Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja, then capital of Albania and raise Flag of Albania, which is still the same besides some minor changes.