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November 28
What happened on this day
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Magellan reaches the Pacific
506 years ago
Ferdinand Magellan's expedition emerges from the strait that bears his name into a calm new ocean in 1520.
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Royal Society founded
366 years ago
Twelve natural philosophers meet at Gresham College in 1660 to found a college for experimental learning, still the oldest scientific academy going.
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East Timor declares independence
51 years ago
Fretilin proclaims a republic in 1975; Indonesia invades nine days later, and real independence takes another twenty-seven years.
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