Today is Sunday, Nov. 28, the 333rd day of 2004. There are 33 days left in the year. On this date in 1942, nearly 500 people die in a fire that destroys the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.

Today is Sunday, Nov. 28, the 333rd day of 2004. There are 33 days left in the year. 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 1925, the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville's famed home of country music, makes its radio debut on station WSM. In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin meet in Tehran during World War II. In 1958, the African nation of Chad becomes an autonomous republic within the French community. In 1975, President Ford nominates federal Judge John Paul Stevens to the U.S. Supreme Court seat vacated by William O. Douglas. In 1979, an Air New Zealand DC-10 en route to the South Pole crashes into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard. 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, 1979: The Youngstown district is reeling from the latest economic blow, the impending permanent closing of U.S. Steel's Ohio Works and McDonald Mills.
United Steelworkers District 26 Director Frank Leseganich says there is only one thing for the U.S. government to do to counteract the loss of 13,000 U.S. Steel jobs, restrict foreign steel and tax those who would import it high enough to make U.S. steel a bargain.
Proposed building and renovation projects at Youngstown State University are spared major cuts as the Senate Finance Committee slices the state's next capital improvements budget by some $200 million.
November 28, 1964: The Secret Service will add to its machinery for protecting the president, adding 75 agents at a cost of about $650,000. The exact number of agents now employed by the Treasury Department is a secret, but is believed to be about 400.
The Ohio State Bar Association recommends that drivers who cause the death of another through intoxication, reckless driving or drag racing face up to 20 year in prison on conviction of homicide by vehicle, first degree.
November 28, 1954: A three-man committee from the Salem Manufacturers Association voices its support for a plan to raise $775,000 to finance the city's proposed sewage plant expansion program through the issuance of mortgage revenue bonds.
More than 140 off-duty Youngstown district firemen and hundreds of other volunteers begin their March for Muscular Dystrophy, visiting more than 50,000 homes asking for donations.
A wet, heavy snow splatters the Youngstown district, coating highways with slush and resulting in one accident in which five persons were injured.
The Ohio Turnpike Commission's lawsuit filed in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court seeking removal of a large billboard erected outside the right-of-way of the Ohio Turnpike could be a test case for other such advertising along the 241-mile-long turnpike.
November 28, 1929: Every boy in Youngstown is invited to participate in the Grand Turkey Hunt being staged by the YMCA in Mill Creek Park. Five large turkeys will be released in the park and the boys will be given the opportunity to hunt them as did the Pilgrims of old.
The 13th annual roll call of the Mahoning Chapter of the American Red Cross shows that 23,842 have been enrolled.
Chaney defeats Rayen 7-0 in the annual Thanksgiving Day football game, winning the city championship on a snow-covered South High field.
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