November 6
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November 6 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 54 days remaining after November 6 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 1429 – Henry VI becomes King of England.
- 1844 – The first Constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
- 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
- 1861 – Jefferson Davis is chosen as President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1888 – Benjamin Harrison is elected President of the United States.
- 1900 – William McKinley is elected to serve a second term as President of the United States, of which he is only able to serve 6 months, as he is fatally shot by Leon Czolgosz the following September.
- 1913 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested after leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
- 1918 – The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed.
- 1928 – Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States.
- 1944 – The element Plutonium is created.
- 1947 – The American TV show Meet the Press debuts.
- 1956 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected to serve a second term as President of the United States.
- 1962 – The UN General Assembly condemns South Africa's Apartheid policy, encouraging its members to break-off miltary and economic ties with the country.
- 1963 – Duong Vanh Minh takes over the leadership of South Vietnam.
- 1978 – Franz Josef Strauss is lected Minister-President of Bavaria.
- 1982 – Paul Biya becomes President of Cameroon.
- 1984 – Ronald Reagan is elected to serve a second term as President of the United States. His challenger Walter Mondale only managed to win in Minnesota.
- 1985 – Leftist Guerrillas in Colombia seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogota, killing 115 people, including 11 Supreme Court Justices.
- 1985 – Iran-Contra Affair: The American press reports that Ronald Reagan had authorised arms shipments to Iran.
- 1986 – Joaquim Chissano is chosen to succeed Samora Machel, who had been killed in a plane crash, as President of Mozambique.
- 1986 – Alex Ferguson becomes the manager of Manchester United.
- 1991 – Leningrad is renamed St. Petersburg.
- 1991 – The KGB no longer exists from this date.
- 1995 – In Antananarivo, the former residence of sovereign rulers of Madagascar, is destroyed by fire.
- 1999 – Voters in Australia decide to keep Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom as their head of state.
- 2001 – Michael Bloomberg is elected Mayor of New York City.
- 2004 – A train collides with a stationary car at a level crossing near the village of Ufton Nervet in southern England, killing 7 people.
- 2005 – The Evansville Tornado of 2005 kills 25 people in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.
- 2005 – The Burmese military leaders begin moving government ministries from Rangoon to Pyinmana-Naypidaw.
[change] Births
- 15 – Agrippina the Younger, Roman Empress (d. 59)
- 1479 – Queen Joanna of Castile (d. 1555)
- 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566).
- 1661 – King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
- 1692 – Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
- 1771 – Alois Senefelder, Austrian actor, playwright and inventor (d. 1834)
- 1794 – Konstantin Thon, Russian architect (d. 1881)
- 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor of the Saxophone (d. 1894)
- 1825 – Charles Garnier, French architect (d. 1898)
- 1833 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)
- 1841 – Armand Fallieres, President of France (d. 1931)
- 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)
- 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)
- 1880 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)
- 1893 – Edsel Ford, American chief executive of the Ford Motor Company (d. 1943)
- 1916 – Ray Conniff, American musician (d. 2002)
- 1921 – James Jones, American writer (d. 1977)
- 1931 – Mike Nichols, American film director
- 1946 – Sally Field, American actress
- 1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban jazz musician
- 1951 – Nigel Havers, British actor
- 1954 – Karin Fossum, Norwegian author
- 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist, was married to Arnold Schwarzenegger
- 1956 – Marc Dutroux, Belgian serial killer
- 1964 – Arne Duncan, American politician
- 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor
- 1973 – Sandy Robson, Canadian actor
- 1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
- 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
- 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
- 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American footballer
- 1990 – Andre Schuerrle, German footballer
[change] Deaths
- 1231 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
- 1650 – William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)
- 1656 – King John IV of Portugal (b. 1604)
- 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German composer (b. 1585)
- 1822 – Claude-Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b. 1748)
- 1836 – King Charles X of France (b. 1757)
- 1846 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
- 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
- 1925 – Emperor Khai Dinh of Vietnam (b. 1885)
- 1929 – Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1867)
- 1944 – Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne, British politician (b. 1880)
- 1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German chemist (b. 1873)
- 1970 – Agustin Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1897)
- 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1938)
- 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
- 1997 – Anne-Stine Ingstad, Norwegian archaeologist (b. 1918)
- 2003 – Mike Lockwood, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
- 2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
- 2007 – Hank Thompson, American musician (b. 1925)
