Today is Thursday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2002. There are 33 days left in the year. This is

Today is Thursday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2002. There are 33 days left in the year. This is Thanksgiving Day. On this date in 1942, nearly 500 people die in a fire that destroys the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.
In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name. In 1919, American-born Lady Astor is elected the first female member of the British Parliament. In 1922, Capt. Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force gives the first public skywriting exhibition, spelling out, "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200" over New York's Times Square; about 47,000 calls in less than three hours result. In 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville's famed home of country music, makes its radio debut on station WSM. In 1943, President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin meet in Tehran during World War II. In 1944, the MGM movie musical "Meet Me in St. Louis," starring Judy Garland, opens in New York. In 1958, the African nation of Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community. In 1964, the United States launches the space probe Mariner 4 on a course to Mars. In 1975, President Ford nominates federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas. In 1990, Margaret Thatcher resigns as prime minister of Britain during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who confers the premiership on John Major.
November 28, 1977: At least two deaths are attributed to the season's first major snowfall in the Youngstown district, including one traffic fatality and one to snow-shoveling.
Attorneys in Ohio will be allowed to advertise both in the print media and on radio and television under a new set of "interim rules" established by the Ohio Supreme Court.
Ohio State's defensive aces Aaron Brown and Kelton Dansler, both of Warren, are named to the Associated Press All-Big Ten football team. Brown played his high school football at Warren Western Reserve; Dansler at Warren Harding.
November 28, 1962: The office of Attorney General Robert Kennedy in Washington, D.C., receives many letters and telegrams from the Mahoning Valley since the bombing death of "Cadillac Charlie" Cavallaro and his son, Tommy, 11, asking that he "please send help" to Youngstown.
The need for a long-range program in Youngstown to study the causes of community ills and to strengthen the community is emphasized by representatives of four major faiths who meet to discuss the city's latest bombing tragedy.
Nancy Davis, a sophomore at Pasadena City College, is named queen of Pasadena's 1963 Tournament of Roses parade and the Rose Bowl football game.
November 28, 1952: James Arthur Ewing of 7240 Market St., partner in the Youngstown Steel & amp; Alloy Co., Canfield, is named governor of American Samoa in the South Pacific. At 36, Ewing will be the youngest governor of any of the U.S. territories.
The Rev. Laten Carter of Kent accepts a call to become pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Salem.
The University of Cincinnati Bearcats smash Miami University, 34-09, in a Thanksgiving Day game. Gene Rossi, the sensational quarterback from Youngstown, got loose for a 74-yard touchdown run, and "Deets" DelBene of Girard scores twice.
November 28, 1927: Two New Castle girls, Helen and Christine Grummell, discover the body of an unidentified Italian, clad only in underwear and a silk shirt, with necktie drawn about his neck and throat cut from ear to ear. The body is found in a field on the New Castle-New Bedford Road.
A mysterious explosion wrecks the store operated by Sam Grippe at 434 N. Garland Ave., causing $10,000 in damage.
A gray lynx, 46 inches in length, is shot by C.O. George while hunting coons on a farm near Zanesville. The lynx was thought to have escaped from a circus.
The Rev. J. Selby Jacobs Jr. is ordained into the ministry of the Disciple Church during impressive services at Central Christian Church, Youngstown.