^B{^#!16!13 November^N! Feast day of At Arcadius, St Didacus or Diego of Seville, St Abbo of Fleury, St Eugenius of Toledo, St Brice or Britius, St Homobonus, St Nicholas, pope, St Francis Xavia Cabrini, St Stanislaus Kostka, and St Maxellendis.
^B{1002^B} The Massacre of the Danes in the southern counties of England took place by order of Ethelred II. ^B{1851^B} The telegraph service between London and Paris began operating. ^B{1907^B} The first helicopter rose 2 m/6.5 ft above ground in Normandy. ^B{1914^B} US heiress Mary Phelps Jacob patented a new female undergarment, known as the 'backless brassiere'. ^B{1916^B} In World War I, the Battle of Somme ended, having caused the deaths of some 60,000 allied soldiers. ^B{1970^B} A cyclone and tidal waves struck East Pakistan, killing over 500,000 people. ^B{1985^B} The Columbian volcano Nevado del Ruiz, dormant since 1845, erupted, killing over 20,000 people. ^B{1987^B} With a view to encouraging 'safe sex', or AIDS prevention, the BBC screened Britain's first condom commercial (without a brand name).
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}John Moore, British general, ^B{1761^B}; Charles Frederick Worth, English couturier, ^B{1825^B}; Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer, ^B{1850^B}; Eugene Ionesco, French author and dramatist, ^B{1912^B}; Adrienne Corri, British actress, ^B{1931^B}; George Carey, archbishop of Canterbury, ^B{1935^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer, ^B{1868^B}; Camille Pissarro, French painter, ^B{1903^B}; Elsa Schiaparelli, Italian couturiΦre, ^B{1973^B}; Vittorio de Sica, Italian film director, ^B{1974^B}; Chesney Allen, British comedian, ^B{1982^B}.
