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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_8" title="November 8">November 8</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Nanak_Gurpurab" title="Guru Nanak Gurpurab">Guru Nanak Gurpurab</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a>, 2022)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/960" title="960">960</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars" title="Arab–Byzantine wars">Arab–Byzantine wars</a>: Having been the target of many raids by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirate_of_Aleppo" title="Emirate of Aleppo">Emirate of Aleppo</a>, Byzantine forces led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Phokas_the_Younger" title="Leo Phokas the Younger">Leo Phokas the Younger</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Andrassos" title="Battle of Andrassos">ambushed</a></b> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdanid_dynasty" title="Hamdanid dynasty">Hamdanids</a> and annihilated their army.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1291" title="1291">1291</a> – A law was passed that confined most of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_glass" title="Venetian glass">Venice's glassmaking industry</a></b> to nearby <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murano" title="Murano">Murano</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1644" title="1644">1644</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunzhi_Emperor" title="Shunzhi Emperor">Shunzhi Emperor</a></b> <i>(portrait shown)</i>, the third emperor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Qing dynasty</a>, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a> as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: In the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gang_Toi" title="Battle of Gang Toi">Battle of Gang Toi</a></b>, one of the earliest battles between the two sides, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong" title="Viet Cong">Viet Cong</a> forces repelled an Australian attack.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettice_Knollys" title="Lettice Knollys">Lettice Knollys</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1543); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bewick" title="Thomas Bewick">Thomas Bewick</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1828); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Latuharhary" title="Johannes Latuharhary">Johannes Latuharhary</a></b>   (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1959)</p>