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From today's featured article The Master System is a third-generation home video game console from Sega, released in the late 1980s. The original models took game cartridges as well as credit-card-sized Sega Cards; accessories included a light gun and 3D glasses. The system's hardware was superior to that of the competing Nintendo Entertainment System, and it boasted several well-received game titles, but Nintendo's licensing practices prevented Sega from acquiring many of the more popular titles. Sega failed to gain a significant market share in Japan and North America, but was more successful in Europe and Brazil. Sales of the console reached an estimated 10 to 13 million units before the arrival of its successor, the Sega Genesis, compared to 62 million Nintendo Entertainment System units sold. The Master System has been sold for 26 years, longer than any other game console, due to its continuing popularity in Brazil. (Full article...) Part of the Sega video game consoles series, one of Wikipedia's featured topics. Recently featured: Mackensen-class battlecruiser Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria United States presidential election, 1880 Did you know... Betty Grable posing ... that press agent Harry Brand had 20th Century Fox insure Betty Grable's legs (pictured) for $1 million? ... that some sushi machines can automatically produce sushi rolls from start to finish? ... that Silvana Imam and her girlfriend Beatrice Eli performed together in 2015 under the stage name Vierge Moderne? ... that ATR-16 syndrome causes very similar symptoms to ATR-X syndrome, despite being on different chromosomes? ... that police struggled to investigate double murderer Stephen Farrow, because of his nomadic lifestyle? ... that by 1975, the year Marcy Cottrell Houle's book Wings for My Flight documents, only 324 pairs of peregrine falcons resided in the United States? ... that before becoming a provincial governor, Sun Zhigang was the chief of China's Office of Health Care Reform? ... that the University of Southern California sports anthem "Tribute to Troy" has been called one of the "top 10 most annoying college football fight songs"?

In the news Victor Ponta At least 41 people are killed when an Antonov An-12 cargo plane crashes near Juba, South Sudan. Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta (pictured) resigns over the fatal Colectiv nightclub fire. Cyclone Chapala becomes the first hurricane-force storm on record to strike mainland Yemen. In horse racing, Michelle Payne becomes the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup, riding Prince of Penzance. In baseball, the Kansas City Royals defeat the New York Mets to win the World Series. Ongoing events: European migrant crisis Recent deaths: Tom Graveney Ahmed Chalabi Günter Schabowski On this day... November 6: Constitution Day in the Dominican Republic (1844); Gustavus Adolphus Day in Estonia, Finland and Sweden (1632); Finnish Swedish Heritage Day in Finland Rova of Antananarivo 1789 – Pope Pius VI appointed Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States. 1865 – Months after the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse effectively ended the American Civil War, the CSS Shenandoah became the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 38 vessels. 1935 – The Hawker Hurricane, the aircraft responsible for 60% of the Royal Air Force's air victories in the Battle of Britain, made its first flight. 1939 – As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of Jagiellonian University in Kraków. 1995 – Madagascar's Rova of Antananarivo (pictured), which served as the royal palace from the 17th to 19th centuries, was destroyed by fire. More anniversaries: November 5 November 6 November 7

From today's featured list Seats in the Parliament of Norway by party after the 2005 election Between 19 October 2005 and 30 September 2009, the Parliament of Norway consisted of 169 members from 7 parties and 19 constituencies, elected during the Norwegian parliamentary election on 11 and 12 September 2005. The Red-Green Coalition, consisting of the Labour Party (61 members), the Socialist Left Party (15 members) and the Centre Party (11 members) gained a majority and created Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet. The majority cabinet lasted the entire session and was reelected in the 2009 election. The opposition consisted of four parties: the Progress Party (38 members), the Conservative Party (23 members), the Christian Democratic Party (11 members) and the Liberal Party (10 members). Members of the Parliament of Norway are elected based on party-list proportional representation in plural member constituencies. This means that representatives from different political parties are elected from 19 constituencies, which are identical to the 19 counties. The electorate does not vote for individuals but rather for party lists, with a ranked list of candidates nominated by the party. (Full list...) Recently featured: Kanye West discography World Series champions Works by W. Somerset Maugham

Today's featured picture Bastei is a jagged rock formation, formed by water erosion, towering 194 metres (636 ft) above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. It has been a tourist attraction for over 200 years. In 1824, a wooden bridge was constructed to link several rocks for visitors. This bridge was replaced in 1851 by the present Bastei Bridge (pictured here). The rock formations and vistas have inspired several artists, among them Caspar David Friedrich. Photograph: Thomas Wolf Recently featured: The Kid Red squirrel Maddison Elliott

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