^B{^#!16!1 November^N! National Day of Algeria. Feast day of All Saints, St Benignus of Dijon, Saints Caesarius and Julian, St Austremonius or Stremoine, St Cadfan, St Mary, martyr, St Vigor, St Marcellus of Paris, and Saint Mathurin or Maturinus.
^B{1755^B} An earthquake reduced two-thirds of Lisbon to rubble and resulted, according to accounts, in the death of 60,000 people. ^B{1848^B} The first W H Smith railroad bookstall opened, at Euston Station, London, UK. ^B{1911^B} ^I{Woman's Weekly^I} was first published. ^B{1914^B} The British ships ^I{Good Hope^I} and ^I{Monmouth^I} were sunk by the Germans, at the Battle of Coronel. ^B{1940^B} A prehistoric painting was discovered in a cave in Lascaux in the Dordogne, France. ^B{1950^B} Two Puerto Rican nationalists attempted to assassinate US President Truman. ^B{1959^B} The first stretch of the M1 expressway was opened in Britain. ^B{1972^B} Orissa, India, was struck by a tidal wave which killed 10,000 people and left 5 million homeless. ^B{1992^B} Democrat Bill Clinton was elected as 42nd US president.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and goldsmith, ^B{1500^B}; Antonio Canova, Italian sculptor, ^B{1757^B}; Stephen Crane, US novelist, ^B{1871^B}; L S Lowry, English painter, ^B{1887^B}; Victoria de los Angeles, Spanish soprano, ^B{1923^B}; Gary Player, South African golfer, ^B{1935^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}George Gordon, British Protestant agitator, ^B{1793^B}; Ezra Pound, US poet, ^B{1972^B}; King Vidor, US film director, ^B{1982^B}; Phil Silvers, US comedian and actor, ^B{1985^B}; Louis Johnson, New Zealand poet, ^B{1988^B}.
