November 6

Events

Pre-1600

• 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book pp. 300–01.</ref>
• 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.<ref name="times">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes Template:Convert east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.<ref>Template:Cite anss</ref>
• 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2002 – A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 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).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)<ref>Template:DNB</ref>
• 1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (died 1533)<ref>Template:NDB</ref>
• 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (died 1612)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1604 – George Ent, English scientist (died 1689)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700)
• 1750 – Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (died 1798)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1755 – Zina Hitchcock, New York politician (died 1832)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (died 1915)<ref>Template:Biographical Directory of Congress</ref>
• 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (died 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939)<ref>Template:Basketballhof</ref>
• 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (died 1967)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (died 1956)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1935)<ref>Template:Cite Australian Dictionary of Biography</ref>
• 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (died 1946)<ref>Template:Baseball-reference manager</ref>
• 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (died 1977)<ref>Template:ESPNcricinfo</ref>
• 1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (died 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (died 1959)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (died 1951)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)<ref>Template:Cricinfo</ref>
• 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (died 1996)<ref>Template:Hugman</ref>
• 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – June Squibb, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (died 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)<ref name="facssf1">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (died 2012)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (died 2004)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter<ref name="AP" />
• 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (died 1964)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1941 – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1999)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Sally Field, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician<ref name=":4">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician<ref name="AP" />
• 1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (died 2000)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer<ref>Template:Fussballdaten</ref>
• 1953 – Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player<ref>*Template:All Blacks</ref>
• 1955 – Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author<ref>Shriver known for her political bloodlines (October 9, 2003) Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved February 5, 2008.</ref>
• 1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer<ref>Template:Cricinfo</ref>
• 1957 – Lori Singer, American actress and musician<ref name="AP" />
• 1960 – Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (died 1998)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1964 – Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer<ref name="AP" />
• 1966 – Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress<ref name=tvg>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
• 1969 – Colson Whitehead, American author<ref name="UPI">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Thandiwe Newton, English actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress<ref>Rebecca Romijn Profile in the FMD-database. Retrieved December 3, 2019.</ref>
• 1973 – David Giffin, Australian rugby player<ref>David Giffin rugby profile Scrum.com</ref>
• 1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress<ref name="AP" />
• 1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (died 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (died 2004)<ref name="UPI" />
• 1976 – Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor<ref>Template:Cite tweet</ref>
• 1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Taryn Manning, American actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
• 1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player<ref>Template:Baseballstats</ref>
• 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Patina Miller, American actress and singer<ref name="AP" />
• 1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress<ref name="UPI" />
• 1986 – Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – James Paxton, Canadian baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Aaron Hernandez, American football player (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1990 – Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Pierson Fodé, American actor and model<ref name="UPI" />
• 1991 – Doron Lamb, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – Stefan Ortega, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 1003 – Pope John XVII<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (born 1242)<ref>Template:Cite CE1913</ref>
• 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)<ref>Template:Cite CE1913</ref>
• 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (born 1430)<ref>Template:Britannica</ref>

1601–1900

• 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (born 1583)<ref>Template:MacTutor Biography</ref>
• 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (born 1585)<ref>Joshua Rifkin, et al. "Schütz, Heinrich." Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, accessed October 8, 2013. Online: [1].</ref>
• 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (born 1619)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (born 1685)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
• 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1752)<ref name="Adams2008">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1899)<ref>Template:Cite DCB</ref>
• 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (born 1884)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1955 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (born 1882)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (born 1925)<ref>Cyclisme : la fiche coureur de Hugo Albert Koblett . Lequipe.fr (23 July 2014). Retrieved on 2015-08-05.</ref>
• 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1898)<ref name=aar>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (born 1884)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (born 1899)<ref>Template:Cycling Archives</ref>
• 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (born 1955)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (born 1907)<ref name="obit">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (born 1944)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (born 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (born 1957)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (born 1950)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
• 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1962)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (born 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2011 – Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (born 1973)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (born 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (born 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (born 1956)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (born 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (born 1937)<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Ken Spears, American writer (born 1938)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – King Von, American rapper (born 1994)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Dorothy Allison, American writer (born 1949)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – John Nott, British politician (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2024 – Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2025 – Rick Hauck, American naval officer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast days:
  • Barlaam of Khutyn<ref>St. Barlaam Catholic Online</ref>
  • Demetrian<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Illtud<ref>National Calendar for Wales, accessed 6 February 2012</ref>
  • Leonard of Noblac<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Melaine of Rennes<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Winnoc<ref>Winnoc at the Catholic Encyclopedia</ref>
  • November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Gustavus Adolphus Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
• Finnish Swedish Heritage Day<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (in Finland)
• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Obama Day (in Kenya)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

External links

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