1520

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

1925

The Grand Ole Opry (known then as the WSM Barn Dance) debuted on radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee; it continues today as the longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history.

1943

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran for the first time to discuss Allied cooperation during World War II.

1961

Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first Black college football player to be named winner of the Heisman Trophy.

1964

The United States launched the space probe Mariner 4 on a course toward Mars, which it flew past in July 1965, sending back pictures of the red planet.

Birthdays

Recording executive Berry Gordy Jr. is 95. Football Hall of Famer Paul Warfield is 82. Actor Ed Harris is 74. Former NASA astronaut Barbara Morgan is 73. Actor S. Epatha Merkerson is 72. Actor Judd Nelson is 65. Rock drummer Matt Cameron is 62. Comedian and talk show host Jon Stewart is 62. Actor Colman Domingo is 55.