^B{^#!16!8 November^N! Feast day of The Four Crowned Martyrs, St Cuby or Cybi, St Godfrey of Amiens, St Deusdedit, St Willehad, and St Tysilio or Suliau.
^B{1793^B} The Louvre was opened to the public by the Revolutionary government, although only part of the collection could be viewed. ^B{1895^B} William R÷ntgen discovered X-rays during an experiment at the University of Wurzburg. ^B{1923^B} Hitler led his unsuccessful rising in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch. ^B{1942^B} Under Eisenhower's command, British and US forces invaded North Africa, in 'Operation Torch'. ^B{1958^B} ^I{Melody Maker^I} published the first British album charts. ^B{1987^B} An IRA bomb went off in Eniskillen, Co Fermanagh, shortly before a Remembrance Day service, killing 11 people. ^B{1991^B} EC foreign ministers, meeting in Rome, imposed an economic embargo on Yugoslavia in an effort to halt the civil war there.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Edmond Halley, English astronomer, ^B{1656^B}; Bram Stoker, Irish writer, ^B{1847^B}; Herbert Austin, English automobile manufacturer, ^B{1866^B}; Margaret Mitchell, US novelist, ^B{1900^B}; Christiaan Barnard, South African heart transplant pioneer, ^B{1922^B}; Alain Delon, French film actor, ^B{1935^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}John Milton, English poet, ^B{1674^B}; Tom Sayers, English bare-knuckle pugilist, ^B{1865^B}; Fred Archer, English jockey, ^B{1886^B}; Victorien Sardou, French dramatist, ^B{1908^B}; Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin, Russian poet, ^B{1953^B}; Edgard VarΦse, French composer, ^B{1965^B}.
