November 6

Events

Pre-1600

* 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
* 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.
*1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by Henry III of England, King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free tenant, free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.

1601–1900

*1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.
*1860 – Abraham Lincoln is 1860 United States presidential election, elected the 16th President of the United States, president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell (Tennessee politician), John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
*1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the 1869 college football season#First football game ever played, first official intercollegiate American College football, football game.
*1900 – President William McKinley is 1900 United States presidential election, 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 1900 and 1901 United States Senate elections, Senate and the 1900 United States House of Representatives elections, House of Representatives.

1901–present

*1936 – Spanish Civil War: The Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), republican government flees from Siege of Madrid, Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
*1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front Battle of Kiev (1943), liberates Kyiv from Reichskommissariat Ukraine, German occupation.
*1947 – ''Meet the Press'', the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC, NBC Television.
*1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter 1963 South Vietnamese coup, deposed and Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
*1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands, Aleutians.
*1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
*1985 – Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice siege, Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
*1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
*1988 – 1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes, Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 938 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.
*1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
*2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
* 2002 – A Fokker 50 Luxair Flight 9642, crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
*2004 – An Ufton Nervet rail crash, express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
*2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be United States Senate election in Wisconsin, 2012, elected to the United States Senate.
*2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an Raqqa campaign (2016–2017), offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Births

Pre-1600

*1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
*1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1533)
*1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
*1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (d. 1612)

1601–1900

*1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)
*1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (d. 1700)
*1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)
*1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)
*1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)
*1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (d. 1932)
*1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)
*1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)
*1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (d. 1956)
*1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)
*1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
*1897 – Jack O'Connor (English cricketer), Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)
*1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941)

1901–present

*1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)
*1913 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (d. 1951)
*1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)
*1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)
*1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)
* 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)
*1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011)
*1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
*1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
*1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (d. 2019)
*1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)
*1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
*1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
* 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)
*1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
*1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)
* 1941 – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)
*1946 – Sally Field, American actress
* 1946 – George Young (rock musician), George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
*1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016)
*1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)
* 1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
*1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter
*1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer
* 1953 – Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
*1955 – Mark Donaldson (rugby player), Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player
* 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
*1956 – Graeme Wood (cricketer), Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer
*1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
*1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (d. 1998)
*1964 – Mike Brewer (rugby union), Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
*1966 – Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent
*1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster
*1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
* 1968 – Jerry Yang (entrepreneur), Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
*1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician
*1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress
*1973 – David Giffin, Australian rugby player
*1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist), Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
*1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
* 1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
*1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
* 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player
* 1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
*1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
* 1981 – Andrew Murray (ice hockey), Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
*1983 – Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
*1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player
* 1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
*1986 – Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician
* 1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
*1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
* 1987 – Naoki Miyata, Japanese footballer
*1988 – Erik Lund (footballer), Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
* 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
* 1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
*1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
* 1989 – Aaron Hernandez, American football player (d. 2017)
*1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer
* 1990 – Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler
* 1990 – Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
* 1992 – Rebecca Allen (basketball), Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player
* 1992 – Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player
*1992 – Paula Kania-Choduń, Paula Kania, Polish tennis player
* 1992 – Yura (South Korean singer), Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress
*1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer
*1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
*1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
*1997 – Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
* 1997 – Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player
* 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model
*2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

*1003 – Pope John XVII
*1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)
*1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)
*1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)

1601–1900

*1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin (mathematician), Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)
*1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)
*1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
*1752 – Ralph Erskine (preacher), Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
*1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1752)
*1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian Composer (b. 1840)

1901–present

*1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
*1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
*1955 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (b. 1882)
*1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
*1965 – Clarence Williams (musician), Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
*1968 – Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (b. 1884)
*1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
*1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
*1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
*1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
*1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
*1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
*2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
*2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
* 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
*2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)
*2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
* 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)
*2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)
* 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
*2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)
* 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)
* 2007 – Hank Thompson (musician), Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
*2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)
*2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)
*2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)
* 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)
* 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
*2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)
* 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)
*2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)
* 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)
* 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)
*2015 – Bobby Campbell (English footballer), Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)
* 2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)
*2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)
*2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1937)
*2020 – Ken Spears, American writer (b. 1938)

Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day:
**Barlaam of Khutyn
**Demetrian
**Illtud
**Leonard of Noblac
**Melaine, Melaine of Rennes
**Winnoc
**November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
*Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland)
*International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

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