November 6: On This Day
Events, births, deaths, holidays and observances for November 6.
Events 24
- 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 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.
- 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
- 1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.
- 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on 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 deposed and 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 Aleutians.
- 1976 – Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
- 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 in Bogotá.
- 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
- 1988 – Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 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 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
- 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.
- 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
- 2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.
- 2025 - Canadian ostrich cull: The Government of Canada kills 314 ostriches after H5N8 is detected in an ostrich farm in Edgewood, BC.
Births 106
- 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)
- 1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (died 1533)
- 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)
- 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (died 1612)
- 1604 – George Ent, English scientist (died 1689)
- 1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700)
- 1750 – Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (died 1798)
- 1755 – Zina Hitchcock, New York politician (died 1832)
- 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)
- 1832 – Joseph Smith III, American religious leader (died 1914)
- 1839 – Elvire Serrouin, French anarchist and protagonist of the Clichy affair (died ?)
- 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (died 1915)
- 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (died 1902)
- 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932)
- 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939)
- 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (died 1967)
- 1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (died 1956)
- 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1935)
- 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (died 1946)
- 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (died 1977)
- 1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (died 1941)
- 1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (died 1959)
- 1913 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (died 1951)
- 1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)
- 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (died 1996)
- 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (died 2012)
- 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (died 2012)
- 1929 – Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (died 2017)
- 1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (died 2011)
- 1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
- 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)
- 1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (died 2019)
- 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (died 2012)
- 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (died 2004)
- 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2019)
- 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (died 1964)
- 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
- 1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)
- 1941 – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1999)
- 1946 – Sally Field, American actress
- 1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)
- 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)
- 1949 – Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (died 2024)
- 1949 – Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician
- 1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
- 1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (died 2000)
- 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter
- 1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer
- 1953 – Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
- 1955 – Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player
- 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
- 1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer
- 1960 – Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023)
- 1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
- 1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (died 1998)
- 1964 – Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
- 1966 – Paul Gilbert, American guitarist
- 1966 – Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent
- 1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress and model (died 1989)
- 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
- 1968 – 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, Belgian cyclist (died 2009)
- 1976 – Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor
- 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 – Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach
- 1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 – Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
- 1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player
- 1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
- 1985 – Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player
- 1986 – Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician
- 1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
- 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1988 – John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player
- 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
- 1988 – James Paxton, Canadian baseball player
- 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
- 1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
- 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
- 1989 – Aaron Hernandez, American football player (died 2017)
- 1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer
- 1990 – Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1990 – Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
- 1991 – Doron Lamb, American basketball player
- 1992 – Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player
- 1992 – Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player
- 1992 – Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player
- 1992 – Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress
- 1992 – Stefan Ortega, German footballer
- 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer
- 1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
- 1995 – Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1997 – Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
- 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model
- 1997 – Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player
- 2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player
Deaths 57
- 1003 – Pope John XVII
- 1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (born 1242)
- 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)
- 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (born 1430)
- 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (born 1583)
- 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (born 1585)
- 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (born 1619)
- 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (born 1685)
- 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1752)
- 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840)
- 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1899)
- 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (born 1884)
- 1955 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (born 1882)
- 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (born 1925)
- 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1898)
- 1968 – Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (born 1884)
- 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (born 1899)
- 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (born 1929)
- 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1938)
- 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (born 1955)
- 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920)
- 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (born 1928)
- 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (born 1907)
- 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (born 1944)
- 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (born 1919)
- 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1943)
- 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (born 1957)
- 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (born 1921)
- 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (born 1950)
- 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1962)
- 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (born 1929)
- 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (born 1939)
- 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)
- 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (born 1932)
- 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)
- 2011 – Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)
- 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (born 1973)
- 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920)
- 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (born 1930)
- 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (born 1936)
- 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (born 1912)
- 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (born 1956)
- 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (born 1920)
- 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (born 1949)
- 2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
- 2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)
- 2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)
- 2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)
- 2020 – Ken Spears, American writer (born 1938)
- 2020 – King Von, American rapper (born 1994)
- 2023 – Antoni Martí, Andorran politician, former Prime Minister of Andorra (born 1963)
- 2024 – Dorothy Allison, American writer (born 1949)
- 2024 – John Nott, British politician (born 1932)
- 2024 – Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)
- 2024 – Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)
- 2025 – Rick Hauck, American naval officer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1941)
- 2025 – James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928)
Holidays and observances 12
- Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn Demetrian Illtud Leonard of Noblac Melaine of Rennes Winnoc November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Barlaam of Khutyn
- Demetrian
- Illtud
- Leonard of Noblac
- 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
- Obama Day (in Kenya)