This day in history

November 28, 2011

► Today is Monday, Nov. 28, the 332d day of 2011. There are 33 days left in the year.

► Today’s birthdays: Recording executive Berry Gordy Jr. is 82. Former Senator Gary Hart (D-Colo.) is 75. Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel is 71. Singer Randy Newman is 68. CBS News correspondent Susan Spencer is 65. Movie director Joe Dante is 64. “Late Show’’ orchestra leader Paul Shaffer is 62. Actor Ed Harris is 61. Former NASA teacher in space Barbara Morgan is 60. Actress S. Epatha Merkerson is 59. Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is 58. Actor Judd Nelson is 52. Movie director Alfonso Cuaron is 50. Actress Jane Sibbett is 49. Comedian Jon Stewart is 49. Actress Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (is 45. Rhythm & blues singer Dawn Robinson is 43. Hip-hop musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is 37. Actress Aimee Garcia is 33. Rapper Chamillionaire is 32. Actor Daniel Henney is 32. Rock musician Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend) is 28. Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead is 27.

► In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.

► In 1861, the Confederate Congress admitted Missouri as the 12th state of the Confederacy after Missouri’s disputed secession from the Union.

► In 1942, nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston.

► In 1961, Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first African-American football player to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.

► In 1964, the United States launched the space probe Mariner 4 on a course to Mars.

► In 2001, Enron Corp., once the world’s largest energy trader, collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4 billion deal to take it over.

► In 2006, At the opening of a NATO summit in Latvia, President George W. Bush rejected suggestions Iraq had fallen into civil war and vowed not to pull US troops out “until the mission is complete.’’ The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to extend for a year the mandate of the 160,000-strong multinational force in Iraq.

► In 2010, European Union nations meeting in Brussels agreed to give 67.5 billion euros ($89.4 billion) in bailout loans to Ireland to help it weather the cost of its massive banking crisis.