1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death.
1543 - French troops invade Luxembourg.
1834 - In New York City, four nights of rioting against abolitionists began.
1941 - World War II: Beirut is occupied by Free France and British troops.
1958 - U.S President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
1985 - Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17
2005 - A series of four explosions occurs on London's transport system killing 56 people including four alleged suicide bombers and injuring over 700 others.
2011 - The world's first artificial organ transplant was achieved. It was an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells.
Famous Birthdays:
1053 - Emperor Shirakawa, of Japan
1207 - Princess Elisabeth of Hungary, Catholic saint - Feast day November 17th
1528 - Archduchess Anna of Austria, daughter of Ferdinand I
1913 - Pinetop Perkins, musician
1930 - His Eminence Theodore Edgar McCarrick, cardinal
1941 - Bill Oddie, English comedian and ornithologist
1959 - Billy Campbell, Actor
1980 - Michelle Kwan, Figure skater
1988 - Jack Whitehall, British comedian
2000 - HRH Princess Purnika of Nepal, daughter Paras, former Crown Prince of Nepal and former Crown Princess Himani, she is a granddaughter of former King Gyanendra.
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