Today in History: Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1912

The following are some of the major notable events that occurred on November 28 throughout history:

1520 – Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition emerges from the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific Ocean, completing the first recorded European passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

1582 – William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway secure their marriage licence bond in Stratford-upon-Avon.

1660 – The pivotal meeting at Gresham College takes place after a lecture by Christopher Wren, recognised as the founding moment of the Royal Society.

1912 – Albanian delegates in Vlorë formally adopt the Albanian Declaration of Independence from the Ottoman Empire.

1914 – The New York Stock Exchange reopens for bond trading following its closure at the start of the First World War.

1925 – The WSM Barn Dance, later known as the Grand Ole Opry, broadcasts its first programme.

1942 – The Cocoanut Grove nightclub fire in Boston kills 492 people, becoming the deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history.

1943 – The Tehran Conference opens, bringing together Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin to coordinate Allied strategy in the Second World War.

1964 – NASA launches the Mariner 4 spacecraft, the first mission to perform a successful flyby of Mars and transmit close-up images.

1979 – Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashes into Mount Erebus in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard in one of the most significant disasters in aviation history.