On This Day in History November 28, 2019

Historical Events 1520  Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean 1814  The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer - makes newspapers available to a mass audience 1893  Women vote in a national election for the first time, in the New Zealand general election 1919  US-born Lady Nancy Astor elected as the 1st female member of the British House of Commons 1967  1st radio pulsars detected by British postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnelland her supervisor Antony Hewish at Cambridge University More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Ed Harris 69th Birthday Henry Bacon (1866 - 1924) Jon Stewart 57th Birthday William Blake (1757 - 1827) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths James Naismith (1861 - 1939) Jeffrey Dahmer (1960 - 1994) More Famous Deaths