^B{^#!16!22 November^N! National Day of Lebanon. Feast day of St Cecilia or Cecily, and Saints Philemon and Apphia.
^B{1497^B} Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a route to India. ^B{1938^B} The first coelacanth, a prehistoric fish believed to be extinct, was caught off the South African coast. ^B{1946^B} Biro ball point pens went on sale in Britain, invented by Hungarian journalist Lßszl≤ Biro. ^B{1956^B} The 16th Olympic Games opened in Melbourne. ^B{1963^B} John F Kennedy, 35th US president, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, allegedly by Lee Harvey Oswald. ^B{1975^B} Two days after the death of General Franco, Juan Carlos I was sworn in as King of Spain. ^B{1986^B} Mike Tyson, aged 20, defeated Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas, becoming the youngest-ever heavyweight boxing champion. ^B{1990^B} Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who had led Britain since 1979, announced her resignation.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), English novelist, ^B{1819^B}; Wassily Kandinsky, Russian painter, ^B{1866^B}; AndrΘ Gide, French author, ^B{1869^B}; Charles de Gaulle, French statesman, ^B{1890^B}; Benjamin Britten, English composer, ^B{1913^B}; Billie Jean King, US tennis champion, ^B{1943^B}; Boris Becker, German tennis champion, ^B{1967^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Edward Teach (Blackbeard the pirate), English navigator, ^B{1718^B}; Robert Clive, British general and administrator, ^B{1774^B}; Arthur Sullivan, English composer, ^B{1900^B}; Jack London, US novelist, ^B{1916^B}; Mae West, US film actress, ^B{1980^B}; Sterling Holloway, US film actor, ^B{1992^B}.
