YEARS AGO FOR NOV. 28

Today is Wednesday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2018. There are 33 days left in the year.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

On this date in:

1520: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.

1861: The Confederate Congress admits Missouri as the 12th state of the Confederacy after Missouri’s disputed secession from the Union.

1942: Fire engulfs the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston, killing 492 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze in history.

1961: Ernie Davis of Syracuse University becomes the first African-American to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.

1990: Margaret Thatcher resigns as British prime minister during an audience with Queen Elizabeth II, who then conferred the premiership on John Major.

2017: A Libyan militant is convicted in federal court in Washington of terrorism charges stemming from the 2012 Benghazi attacks that killed the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.

VINDICATOR FILES

1993: The Youngstown State University Penguins turn in the best offensive performance in their Division I-AA playoff history, beating Central Florida, 56-30, earning a second-round home game.

Youngstown Atty. Stuart Banks seeks to have the city’s boom-box ordinance overturned as unconstitutional because its criteria is subjective, and it encourages possible abuse by police.

Agricultural-dependent businesses in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties hurt by drought conditions between May 1 and Sept. 24, can apply for federal disaster loans through the Small Business Administration.

1978: William J. DeLancey, CEO of Republic Steel Corp., speaking at a dinner introducing Lawrence Weeks as manager of Republic’s Mahoning Valley District, says President Carter will not be successful in combatting inflation unless he cuts federal spending, borrowing and regulation.

Dr. Mary J. Beaubein, chairwoman of home economics at Youngstown State University, says a letter to the editor was incorrect when it alleged that “erythorbate” found among the ingredients on a package of bacon is earthworms. Sodium erytorbate is a preservative that helps keep the fat in bacon from becoming rancid.

Hubbard Board of Education veteran member Thomas Popa says the newest board member, William Kinnick, should resign after removing the board’s loose-leaf policy book from the superintendent’s office so that he could read it at home “without the superintendent looking over my shoulder.”

1968: An agreement is reached providing 55-cent-an hour pay raises over four years, ending a two-month-old General Fireproofing Co. strike.

The Youngstown Area Community Action Program is funded for another year when City Council appropriates $15,000 from the general fund for the anti-poverty program.

Municipal Judge Joseph Donofrio rules a mistrial in the case of three young men charged with assault and battery of Patrolman John Scavina.

1943:Dr. Robert Galbreath, president of Westminster College, will be the guest speaker at a luncheon meeting of the international relations groups of AAUW at the YMCA.

Among coming holiday festivities is a dinner party at which junior presidents will entertain officers of the Federation of Women’s Clubs at the Women’s City Club. There will be a gift exchange.

Under a congressional resolution signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, an American flag will be presented to the next of kin of any man or woman who dies in the armed forces.