Historical Events on November 6, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on November 6th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 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). |
| 2012 | Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. |
| 2004 | An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150. |
| 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. |
| 1995 | Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. |
| 1988 | Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 938 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province. |
| 1986 | Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:abso |
| 1985 | Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá. |
| 1977 | The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. |
| 1971 | The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. |
| 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. |
| 1947 | Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television. |
| 1943 | World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation. |
| 1936 | Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead. |
| 1900 | President William McKinley is 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 Senate and the House of Representatives. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 1792 | Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 447 | A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. |
Famous People Born on November 6
Here is a random list who born on November 6. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1851 | Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902) |
| 1979 | Adam LaRoche, American baseball player |
| 1968 | Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo! |
| 1997 | Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player |
| 1921 | Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006) |
| 1814 | Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894) |
| 1956 | Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer |
| 1950 | Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000) |
| 1946 | Sally Field, American actress |
| 1992 | Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player |
Famous People Deaths On November 6
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on November 6. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1978 | Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899) |
| 1984 | Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929) |
| 1752 | Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685) |
| 2010 | Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921) |
| 2012 | Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973) |
| 1985 | Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938) |
| 2005 | Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957) |
| 1964 | Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925) |
| 2004 | Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943) |
| 2013 | Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936) |
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