^B{^#!16!17 November^N! Feast day of St Hilda, Saints Acisclus and Victoria, St Anianus or Aignan of OrlΘans, Saints Alphaeus and Zachaeus, St Elizabeth of Hungary, St Gregory of Tours, St Gregory the Wonderworker, St Dionysius of Alexandria, The Martyrs of Paraguay, and St Hugh of Lincoln.
^B{1800^B} The US Congress met for the first time, in Washington DC. ^B{1880^B} The first three British women to graduate received their Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of London. ^B{1922^B} The last sultan of Turkey was deposed by Kemal Atatⁿrk. ^B{1922^B} Siberia voted for union with the USSR. ^B{1970^B} The USSR's ^I{Luna 17^I} landed on the Sea of Rains on the moon, and released the first moonwalker vehicle. ^B{1970^B} Stephanie Rahn became the ^I{Sun^I} newspaper's first Page Three girl. ^B{1988^B} Benazir Bhutto was elected prime minister of Pakistan, becoming the first female leader of a Muslim state. ^B{1991^B} The US Congress endorsed NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) between US, Canada and Mexico.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Louis XVIII, King of France, ^B{1755^B}; Bernard Law Montgomery, British field-marshal, ^B{1887^B}; Charles Mackerras, Australian conductor, ^B{1925^B}; Rock Hudson, US film actor, ^B{1925^B}; Peter Cook, English writer and entertainer, ^B{1937^B}; Martin Scorsese, US film director, ^B{1942^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher, ^B{1497^B}; Mary I, Queen of England, ^B{1558^B}; Robert Owen, British socialist, ^B{1856^B}; Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, ^B{1917^B}; Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer, ^B{1959^B}; Gladys Cooper, English actress, ^B{1971^B}.
