^B{^#!16!7 November^N! National day of Russia. Feast day of St Herculanus of Perugia, St Engelbert, St Willibrord, and St Florentius of Strasbourg.
^B{1783^B} The last public hanging in England took place when John Austin, a forger, was executed at Tyburn. ^B{1872^B} The ^I{Marie Celeste^I}, the ill-fated brigantine, sailed from New York to be found mysteriously abandoned near the Azores some time later. ^B{1916^B} Jeanette Rankin, of the state of Montana, became the first woman member of US Congress. ^B{1917^B} The Bolshevik Revolution, led by Lenin, overthrew Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky's government. ^B{1972^B} Richard Nixon was re-elected US president. ^B{1988^B} In Las Vegas, 'Sugar' Ray Lewis knocked out Canadian Donny Londe, completing his collection of world titles at five different weights. ^B{1990^B} Mary Robinson became the Irish Republic's first woman president.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Marie Curie, French physicist, ^B{1867^B}; Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist leader, ^B{1879^B}; Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist, ^B{1888^B}; Albert Camus, French writer, ^B{1913^B}; Joan Sutherland, operatic soprano, ^B{1926^B}; Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer, ^B{1943^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Godfrey Kneller, German painter, ^B{1723^B}; Victor McLaglen, English film actor, ^B{1959^B}; Eleanor Roosevelt, US writer and lecturer, ^B{1962^B}; Gene Tunney, US heavyweight boxer, ^B{1978^B}; Steve McQueen, US film actor, ^B{1980^B}; Alexander Dubcek, Czech statesman; Adelaide Hall, US singer, dancer, and actress, ^B{1993^B}.
