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{{PAGENAME}} is the 310th day of the year (311th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining.
With 88 days between the equinox on
September 23 and the solstice on
21 December, we are considered halfway through the relevant seasons (
Autumn or
Fall (season) Fall in the northern hemisphere;
Spring (season) Spring in the southern hemisphere) on this day.
Events
*
355 -
Roman Emperor Constantius II raises his cousin
Julian the Apostate Julian to the rank of
Caesar (title) Caesar, entrusting him of the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
*
1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador
�lvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on
Texas.
*
1789 -
Pope Pius VI appoints Father
John Carroll (priest) as the first
Catholic Church Catholic bishop in the
United States.
*
1844 - The first
constitution of the
Dominican Republic was adopted.
*
1860 -
U.S. presidential election, 1860:
Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th
President of the United States, the first
United States Republican Party Republican to hold that office.
*
1861 -
American Civil War:
Jefferson Davis is elected president of the
Confederate States of America.
*
1869 - In
New Brunswick, New Jersey,
Rutgers University defeats
Princeton University, 6-4, in the first official
College American football intercollegiate American football game .
*
1873 - The
Halifax RLFC Halifax Rugby League Football Club is formed.
*
1888 -
U.S. presidential election, 1888:
United States Democratic Party Democrat incumbent
Grover Cleveland wins the overall popular vote, but is voted out of office because he loses in the
U.S. Electoral College Electoral College to
United States Republican Party Republican challenger
Benjamin Harrison.
*
1889 - ''
Nintendo'' Koppai (Later ''
Nintendo'' Company, Limited) founded by
Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game
Hanafuda.
*
1900 -
U.S. presidential election, 1900:
United States Republican Party Republican incumbent
William McKinley is re-elected by defeating
United States Democratic Party Democrat challenger
William Jennings Bryan.
*
1913 -
Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of
Indian miners in
South Africa.
*
1917 -
World War I:
Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting,
Canada Canadian forces take
Ypres in
Belgium.
*
1918 - The
Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in
Poland.
*
1928 -
Sweden Swedes start a tradition of eating
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.
* 1928 -
U.S. presidential election, 1928:
United States Republican Party Republican Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over
United States Democratic Party Democrat Alfred E. Smith.
*
1935 - Before the
New York section of the
Institute of Radio Engineers,
Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" (see:
FM radio).
*
1939 -
World War II:
Sonderaktion Krakau
* 1939 - ''The
Hedda Hopper Show'' debuts with
Hollywood gossip
Hedda Hopper as host. The show would run until
1951, making Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite.
*
1941 -
World War II: Soviet leader
Joseph Stalin addresses the
Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in
Germany German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wild exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near.
*
1947 - ''
Meet The Press'' makes its
television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on
September 12,
1948).
*
1956 -
U.S. presidential election, 1956:
United States Republican Party Republican incumbent
Dwight D. Eisenhower is re-elected by defeating
United States Democratic Party Democrat challenger
Adlai E. Stevenson in a rematch of their contest four years earlier.
*
1957 -
Félix Gaillard becomes Prime Minister of
France
*
1962 -
Apartheid: The
United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning
South Africa's
racism racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
*
1963 -
Vietnam War: Following the
November 1 coup and execution of President
Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General
Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of
South Vietnam.
*
1965 -
Freedom Flights begin:
Cuba and the
United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By
1971, 250,000 Cubans will take advantage of this program.
*
1971 - The
United States Atomic Energy Commission AEC tests the largest U.S. underground
hydrogen bomb, code-named
Cannikin, on
Amchitka Island in the
Aleutian Islands Aleutians.
*
1975 -
Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed
Morocco Moroccans converge on the southern city of
Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King
Hassan II of Morocco to cross into
Western Sahara.
* 1975 - The
Sex Pistols play their first concert at
St. Martin's School of Art in
London.
*
1977 - The
Kelly Barnes Dam, located above
Toccoa Falls Bible College near
Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
*
1984 -
Ronald Reagan defeats
Walter Mondale to be re-elected in one of the largest electoral landslides in
United States election history.
*
1985 - In
Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the
April 19 Movement seize control of the
Palace of Justice in
Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.
* 1985 - "
Irangate" scandal: The American press reveals that
President of the United States#List of Presidents of the United States US President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to
Iran.
*
1988 -
The Beatles Beatle Ringo Starr checks into an alcohol rehabilitation centre.
*
1989 -
Kitty Dukakis, wife of presidential candidate and
Massachusetts governor
Michael Dukakis, is hospitalised for drinking
rubbing alcohol.
*
1996 - The family of
Eduardo Quihua Maquixtle from
Vicente Guerrero,
Mexico, including his four children, are stabbed by three men accusing them of
witchcraft.
*
1998 -
Hugo Chávez is elected president of
Venezuela
*
1999 -
Australians vote to keep the
British monarch as their
head of state in the
1999 Australian republic referendum Australian republic referendum..
*
2001 - Belgian national airline
Sabena is declared bankrupt.
* 2001 -
Michael Bloomberg is elected mayor of
New York City.
* 2001 -
David Trimble is re-elected
prime minister of
Northern Ireland
*
2002 - 12 people are killed in a fire on board a train headed for
Vienna from
Paris
* 2002 -
Winona Ryder is found guilty of shoplifting after stealing items worth $5,500 from a
New York boutique.
*
2004 - An
Ufton Nervet rail crash express train collides with a stationary car near the village of
Ufton Nervet,
England, killing 6 and injuring 150.
* 2004 - Official
Guided by Voices Day in
Dallas, Texas.
*
2005 -
Manchester United beats
Chelsea FC at a
football game at
Old Trafford,
Manchester to end the defending champion's 40-match unbeaten run in the
English Premier League.
* 2005 - The
Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 22 in
Indiana and
Kentucky.
* 2005 - The military
junta of
Myanmar begins moving its government ministries from
Yangon to
Pyinmana.
Births
*
1391 -
Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d.
1425)
*
1479 -
Joanna of Castile, queen of
Philip I of Castile (d.
1555)
*
1494 -
Suleiman the Magnificent,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1566)
*
1510 -
John Caius, English physician (d.
1573)
*
1661 - King
Charles II of Spain (d.
1700)
*
1692 -
Louis Racine, French poet (d.
1763)
*
1753 -
Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d.
1802)
* 1753 -
Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d.
1823)
*
1814 -
Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d.
1894)
*
1833 -
Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d.
1908)
*
1841 -
Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d.
1915)
* 1841 -
Armand Fallières, French president (d.
1931)
*
1851 -
Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d.
1902)
*
1854 -
John Philip Sousa, American composer (d.
1932)
*
1855 -
E.S. Gosney Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d.
1942)
*
1860 -
Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and
President of Poland (d.
1941)
*
1861 -
James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d.
1939)
*
1880 -
Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d.
1942)
*
1887 -
Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d.
1946)
*
1892 -
Harold Ross, American editor (d.
1951)
*
1914 -
Jonathan Harris, American actor (d.
2002)
*
1916 -
Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d.
2002)
*
1921 -
James Jones (author) James Jones, American writer (d.
1977)
*
1926 -
Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian
*
1931 -
Mike Nichols, American film director
*
1938 -
Mack Jones, American baseball player (d.
2004)
* 1938 -
P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor
*
1939 -
Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d.
1964)
*
1946 -
Sally Field, American actress
*
1948 -
Glenn Frey, American singer (
Eagles)
*
1949 -
Brad Davis (actor) Brad Davis, American actor (d.
1991)
*
1949 -
Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter
*
1952 -
Michael Cunningham , American writer
*
1955 -
Maria Shriver, American journalist
*
1957 -
Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist
* 1957 -
Lori Singer, American actress
*
1965 -
Greg Graffin, American singer (
Bad Religion)
*
1966 -
Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer
* 1966 -
Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (
Rammstein)
*
1967 -
Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d.
1989)
*
1970 -
Ethan Hawke, American actor
*
1972 -
Garry Flitcroft, English footballer
* 1972 -
Thandie Newton, Zambian actress
* 1972 -
Rebecca Romijn, American actress
*
1973 -
Nell McAndrew, British model
*
1976 -
Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (
MxPx)
* 1976 -
Pat Tillman, American football player (d.
2004)
* 1976 -
Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist (also daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister
Joe Clark)
*
1977 -
Dominik Ziegler, Swiss scientist and musician
*
1978 -
Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian supermodel
*
1979 -
Lamar Odom, American basketball player
*
1987 -
Ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player
Deaths
*
1231 -
Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b.
1196)
*
1406 -
Pope Innocent VII
*
1492 -
Antoine Busnois, French composer
*
1550 -
Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b.
1487)
*
1632 - King
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (killed in battle) (b.
1594)
*
1656 - King
John IV of Portugal (b.
1603)
*
1692 -
Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b.
1619)
*
1752 -
Ralph Erskine (preacher) Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b.
1685)
*
1771 -
John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b.
1695)
*
1790 -
James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b.
1726)
*
1796 -
Catherine II of Russia (b.
1729)
*
1816 -
Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b.
1752)
*
1822 -
Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b.
1748)
*
1836 - King
Charles X of France (b.
1757)
*
1846 -
Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b.
1800)
*
1893 -
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b.
1840)
*
1910 -
Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b.
1838)
*
1925 -
Khai Dinh,
Emperor of Vietnam
*
1936 -
Henry Bourne Joy, American
automobile executive (b.
1864)
*
1964 -
Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1863)
*
1965 -
Edgard Varèse, French composer (b.
1883)
* 1965 -
Clarence Williams, American musician (b.
1898)
*
1968 -
Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b.
1891)
*
1978 -
Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b.
1915)
*
1984 -
Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b.
1929)
*
1985 -
Joel Crothers, Soap Opera Actor (b.
1941)
*
1986 -
Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b.
1911)
*
1989 -
Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b.
1949)
*
1991 -
Gene Tierney, American actress (b.
1920)
*
2000 -
David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b.
1912)
* 2000 -
L. Sprague De Camp, American writer (b.
1907)
*
2001 -
Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b.
1926)
*
2002 -
Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b.
1920)
*
2003 -
Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b.
1971)
* 2003 -
Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b.
1919)
* 2003 -
Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b.
1962)
*
2004 -
Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b.
1938)
* 2004 -
Johnny Warren, Australian footballer (b.
1943)
*
2005 -
Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b.
1967)
Holidays and Observances
*
Calendar of Saints Catholic Saints - '''November 6th''' is the
feast day of the following
Catholic Church Catholic Saints:
**
St. Atticus
**
St. Barlaam
**
St. Christine of Stommeln
**
St. Demetrian
**
St. Edwen
**
St. Efflam
**
St. Emil
**
St. Felix of Fondi
**
St. Felix of Thynissa
**
St. Illtud
**
St. Joseph Khang
**
St. Leonard
**
St. Leonard of Noblac
**
St. Leonard of Reresby
**
St. Leonianus
**
St. Pinnock
**
St. Winoc
*Also see
November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*
Dominican Republic -
Constitution Day (
1844)
*
Finland - Day of the Swedish Identity an
Flag days in Finland official flag day
*
Morocco -
Anniversary of the Green March
*
Sweden - Death of King
Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and
Flag days in Sweden official flag day
*
Public holidays in Tajikistan Tajikistan -
Constitution Day (
1994)
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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November 5 -
November 7 -
October 6 -
December 6 - more
historical anniversaries
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