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November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 55 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.[1]
- 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.[2]
- 1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.[3]
1601–1900
- 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.[4]
- 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.[5]
- 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.[6]
- 1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.[7]
1901–present
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.[8]
- 1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.[9]
- 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.[10]
- 1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.[11]
- 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.[12]
- 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.[13]
- 1985 – Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.[14]
- 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 21⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.[15]
- 1988 – Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 938 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.[16]
- 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.[17]
- 2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[18]
- 2002 – A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.[19]
- 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.[20]
- 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.[21]
- 2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).[22]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)[23]
- 1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1533)[24]
- 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)[25]
- 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (d. 1612)[26]
1601–1900
- 1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)[27]
- 1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (d. 1700)
- 1750 – Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (d. 1798)[28]
- 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)[29]
- 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)[30]
- 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)[31]
- 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (d. 1932)[32]
- 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)[33]
- 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)[34]
- 1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (d. 1956)[35]
- 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)[36]
- 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)[37]
- 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)[38]
- 1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941)[39]
1901–present
- 1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)[40]
- 1913 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (d. 1951)[41]
- 1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)[42]
- 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)[43]
- 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)[44]
- 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)[45]
- 1929 – Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (d. 2017)[46]
- 1929 – June Squibb, American actress[47]
- 1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011)[48]
- 1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)[49]
- 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[50]
- 1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (d. 2019)[51]
- 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)[52]
- 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)[53]
- 1938 – P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter[47]
- 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)[54]
- 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)[55]
- 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager[56]
- 1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)[57]
- 1941 – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)[58]
- 1946 – Sally Field, American actress[59]
- 1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)[60]
- 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016)[61]
- 1949 – Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician[62]
- 1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician[47]
- 1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician[63]
- 1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)[64]
- 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter[65]
- 1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer[66]
- 1953 – Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player[67]
- 1955 – Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player[68]
- 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author[69]
- 1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer[70]
- 1957 – Lori Singer, American actress and musician[47]
- 1960 – Lance Kerwin, American actor (d. 2023)[71]
- 1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut[72]
- 1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (d. 1998)[73]
- 1964 – Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player[74]
- 1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer[47]
- 1966 – Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent[75][76]
- 1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster[77]
- 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress[78]
- 1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo![79]
- 1969 – Colson Whitehead, American author[80]
- 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director[47]
- 1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician[81]
- 1972 – Thandiwe Newton, English actress[47]
- 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress[82]
- 1973 – David Giffin, Australian rugby player[83]
- 1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress[47]
- 1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)[84]
- 1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004)[80]
- 1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player[85]
- 1978 – Taryn Manning, American actress and singer[47]
- 1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver[86]
- 1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player[87]
- 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player[88]
- 1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player[89]
- 1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer[90]
- 1981 – Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach[91]
- 1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player[92]
- 1983 – Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier[93]
- 1984 – Patina Miller, American actress and singer[47]
- 1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player[94]
- 1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer[95]
- 1985 – Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player[96]
- 1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress[80]
- 1986 – Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician[97]
- 1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer[98]
- 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player[99]
- 1987 – Naoki Miyata, Japanese footballer[100]
- 1988 – John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player[101]
- 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer[102]
- 1988 – James Paxton, Canadian baseball player[103]
- 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress[104]
- 1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer[105]
- 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player[106]
- 1989 – Aaron Hernandez, American football player (d. 2017)[107]
- 1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer[108]
- 1990 – Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler[109]
- 1990 – Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer[110]
- 1991 – Pierson Fodé, American actor and model[80]
- 1991 – Doron Lamb, American basketball player[111]
- 1992 – Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player[112]
- 1992 – Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player[113]
- 1992 – Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player[114]
- 1992 – Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress[115]
- 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer[116]
- 1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player[117]
- 1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player[118]
- 1995 – Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player[119]
- 1997 – Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player[120]
- 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model[121]
- 1997 – Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player[122]
- 2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player[123]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 1003 – Pope John XVII[124]
- 1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)[125]
- 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)[126]
- 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)[127]
1601–1900
- 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)[128]
- 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)[129]
- 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)[130]
- 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)[131]
- 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1752)[132]
- 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)[133]
1901–present
- 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)[134]
- 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)[135]
- 1955 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (b. 1882)[136]
- 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)[137]
- 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)[138]
- 1968 – Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (b. 1884)[139]
- 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)[140]
- 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)[141]
- 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)[142]
- 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)[143]
- 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)[144]
- 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)[145]
- 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)[146]
- 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)[147]
- 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)[148]
- 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)[149]
- 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)[150]
- 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)[151]
- 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)[152]
- 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)[153]
- 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)[154]
- 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)[155]
- 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)[156]
- 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)[157]
- 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)[158]
- 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)[159]
- 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)[160]
- 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)[161]
- 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)[162]
- 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)[163]
- 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)[164]
- 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)[165]
- 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)[166]
- 2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)[167]
- 2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)[168]
- 2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)[169]
- 2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1937)[170]
- 2020 – Ken Spears, American writer (b. 1938)[171]
- 2020 – King Von, American rapper (b. 1994)[172]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast days:
- Gustavus Adolphus Day[179] (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
- Finnish Swedish Heritage Day[180][181] (in Finland)
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict[182]
- Obama Day (in Kenya)[183]
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to November 6.
- "On This Day". BBC.
- The New York Times: On This Day
- "Historical Events on November 6". OnThisDay.com.
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