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November 6

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[edit]

Pre-1600[edit]

• 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 BasilicainRome. 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, LondonbyKing 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[edit]

• 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.^[4]
• 1860 – Abraham Lincolniselected 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 McKinleyisre-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[edit]

• 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from MadridtoValencia, 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 JusticeinBogotá.^[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 borderinYunnan Province.^[16]
• 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland BrownstoBaltimore.^[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[edit]

Pre-1600[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

Pre-1600[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Christian feast days:
  • Barlaam of Khutyn^[173]
  • Demetrian^[174]
  • Illtud^[175]
  • Leonard of Noblac^[176]
  • Melaine of Rennes^[177]
  • Winnoc^[178]
  • November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• 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[edit]

^  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Tout, T. (1894), "Mortimer, Edmund (IV) de, Earl of March and Ulster (1391–1425)", in Lee, Sidney (ed.), Dictionary of National Biography, vol. 39, London: Smith, Elder & Co, pp. 123–5