November 28th, 1520:

Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.

The Portuguese navigator crosses the Pacific - and is killed in the Philippines - in the following year.

But Magellan's crew continues - and ultimately completes the first circumnavigation of the globe.

1990:

In London, Margaret Thatcher - Britain's first woman prime minister - resigns, after more than a decade in power.

John Major succeeds Thatcher as prime minister and Conservative Party leader.

1994:

In Wisconsin, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death in prison by a fellow inmate while serving a series of life sentences.

Dahmer had admitted to murdering 17 young men and boys - some of whom he mutilated and cannibalized.

1925:

The Grand Ole Opry - Nashville's famed home of country music - makes its radio debut on station WSM. And,

1962:

Comedian Jon Stewart - host of the news parody "The Daily Show" - is born in Trenton, New Jersey.

Today in History, November 28th --- ___ ___, The Associated Press.