Today is the 332nd day of 2009. There are 33 days left in the year.

On this date

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

•In 1919, American-born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament.

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

•In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began conferring in Tehran, Iran.

•In 1979, an Air New Zealand DC-10 en route to the South Pole crashed into a mountain in Antarctica, killing all 257 people aboard.

•In 2001, Enron Corp. collapsed after would-be rescuer Dynegy Inc. backed out of an $8.4-billion deal to take it over.

Today’s birthdays

•Recording executive Berry Gordy Jr. is 80.

•Singer Randy Newman is 66.

•“Late Show” orchestra leader Paul Shaffer is 60.

•Actor Ed Harris is 59.

•Actress S. Epatha Merkerson is 57.

•Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is 56.

•Actor Judd Nelson is 50.

•Comedian/talk show host Jon Stewart is 47.

•Hip-hop musician apl.de.ap (Black Eyed Peas) is 35.