November 4

The Teatro di San Carlo opened in Naples. It became the oldest continuously active opera venue in the world, ahead of La Scala and La Fenice. Bob Dylan met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, and an old stage is still active.

Howard Carter's team found the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings. It was the only known near-intact royal burial from ancient Egypt. A meteor shower promised rare fireballs tonight; some finds come to those who keep looking up, or digging.

At Gombe in Tanzania, Jane Goodall watched chimpanzees creating tools. It was the first such observation in non-human animals. Goodall also made her name by seeing what others had missed.

During the oil crisis, the Netherlands held its first car-free Sunday. Highways were left to cyclists and roller skaters. Oil prices slid after the US vote, a reminder of how fast fuel can shape a weekend.

She invented Barbie in 1959 and co-founded Mattel with her husband.

Known as the Human Computer, she did the sums in her head.

He co-founded Aardman Animations, the studio behind Oscar-winning clay films.