
November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. From September 23, there are 88 days in a fall (season) (autumn) season. We are considered halfway through fall (autumn) on November 6. == Events == * 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas. * 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Roman Catholic Church bishop in the United States. * 1844 - The Dominican Republic gains its independence from Haiti. * 1860 - U.S. presidential election, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first United States Republican Party 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 game . * 1873 - The Halifax, England Rugby League Club is formed. * 1888 - U.S. presidential election, 1888: United States Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the overall popular vote, but is voted out of office because he loses in the U.S. Electoral College to United States Republican Party challenger Benjamin Harrison. * 1900 - U.S. presidential election, 1900: United States Republican Party incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating United States Democratic Party 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 forces take Ypres in Belgium. * 1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland. * 1928 - Sweden start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden pastries to commemorate the king. * 1928 - U.S. presidential election, 1928: United States Republican Party Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over United States Democratic Party 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. Tthe show would until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite. * 1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Josef 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 attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wildly false lie) 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 incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected by defeating United States Democratic Party 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 apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation. * 1962 - Richard Nixon loses the election for governor of California, proclaiming bitterly to the press that "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more." * 1963 - Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and murder 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 tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands. * 1975 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Morocco converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara. 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. * 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 Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran. * 1985 - The Playboy Club in New York admits topless male "bunnies" for the first time. * 1988 - The Beatles Ringo Starr checks into an alcohol rehabilitation centre. * 1989 - The wife of presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, Kitty 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 queen as their head of state. * 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 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. == Births == * 15 or 16 - Agrippina the younger, Roman empress (d. 59) * 1479 - Joanna of Castile, mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1555) * 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) * 1814 - Adolphe Sax, saxophone inventor (d.1894) * 1833 - Jonas Lie, Norway author (d.1908) * 1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915) * 1851 - Charles Dow, journalist, economist (d.1902) * 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932) * 1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician (d.1941) * 1861 - James Naismith, inventor of basketball (d. 1939) * 1880 - Robert Musil, German novelist (d. 1942) * 1887 - Walter Johnson, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1946) * 1892 - Harold Ross, editor (The New Yorker) (d.1951) * 1910 - Erik Ode, film director and actor (d. 1983) * 1914 - Jonathan Harris, actor (d. 2002) * 1916 - Ray Conniff, composer, conductor (d.2002) * 1921 - Julius Hackethal, physician (d. 1991) * 1921 - James Jones (author), writer (d. 1977) * 1928 - Peter Matz, composer (d. 2002) * 1931 - Mike Nichols, director * 1938 - Mack Jones, Major League Baseball player (d. 2004) * 1946 - Sally Field, American actress * 1948 - Glenn Frey, singer (The Eagles) * 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter * 1955 - Maria Shriver, journalist and First Lady of California * 1957 - Lori Singer, actress * 1965 - Greg Graffin, singer and founder of Bad Religion * 1966 - Christian Lorenz, keyboardist for Rammstein * 1970 - Ethan Hawke, actor * 1972 - Thandie Newton, actress * 1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004) * 1979 - Lamar Odom, basketball player == Deaths == *1003 - Pope John XVII *1406 - Pope Innocent VII *1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden *1672 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer *1796 - Catherine II of Russia of Russia *1816 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat *1836 - King Charles X of France *1846 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b. 1800) *1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer *1910 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838) *1925 - Khai Dinh, Emperor of Vietnam *1964 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863) *1965 - Edgar Varèse, French composer (b. 1883) * 1965 - Clarence Williams, jazz musician (b. 1893) *1968 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891) *1978 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915) *1986 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911) *1991 - Gene Tierney, actress *2000 - L. Sprague De Camp, science fiction writer * 2000 - David R. Brower, environmentalist *2001 - Anthony Shaffer, filmwriter *2002 - Sid Sackson, board game designer *2003 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor * 2003 - Crash Holly, professional wrestler * 2003 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer *2004 - Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack * 2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian footballer == Holidays and Observances == * Dominican Republic - Constitution Day * Morocco - Anniversary of the Green March * Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden an Flag days in Sweden * Finland - Day of the Swedish Identity an Flag days in Finland == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6 BBC: On This Day] ---- November 5 - November 7 - October 6 - December 6 - more historical anniversaries la:6 Novembris
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November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. From September 23, there are 88 days in a fall (season) (autumn) season. We are considered halfway through fall (autumn) on November 6. == Events == * 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot on Texas. * 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Roman Catholic Church bishop in the United States. * 1844 - The Dominican Republic gains its independence from Haiti. * 1860 - U.S. presidential election, 1860: Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States, the first United States Republican Party 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 game . * 1873 - The Halifax, England Rugby League Club is formed. * 1888 - U.S. presidential election, 1888: United States Democratic Party incumbent Grover Cleveland wins the overall popular vote, but is voted out of office because he loses in the U.S. Electoral College to United States Republican Party challenger Benjamin Harrison. * 1900 - U.S. presidential election, 1900: United States Republican Party incumbent William McKinley is reelected by defeating United States Democratic Party 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 forces take Ypres in Belgium. * 1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland. * 1928 - Sweden start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden pastries to commemorate the king. * 1928 - U.S. presidential election, 1928: United States Republican Party Herbert Hoover wins by a wide margin over United States Democratic Party 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. Tthe show would until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite. * 1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Josef 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 attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wildly false lie) 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 incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower is reelected by defeating United States Democratic Party 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 apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation. * 1962 - Richard Nixon loses the election for governor of California, proclaiming bitterly to the press that "You won't have Nixon to kick around any more." * 1963 - Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and murder 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 tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands. * 1975 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Morocco converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara. 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. * 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 Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran. * 1985 - The Playboy Club in New York admits topless male "bunnies" for the first time. * 1988 - The Beatles Ringo Starr checks into an alcohol rehabilitation centre. * 1989 - The wife of presidential candidate and Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, Kitty 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 queen as their head of state. * 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 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. == Births == * 15 or 16 - Agrippina the younger, Roman empress (d. 59) * 1479 - Joanna of Castile, mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1555) * 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566) * 1814 - Adolphe Sax, saxophone inventor (d.1894) * 1833 - Jonas Lie, Norway author (d.1908) * 1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915) * 1851 - Charles Dow, journalist, economist (d.1902) * 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932) * 1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician (d.1941) * 1861 - James Naismith, inventor of basketball (d. 1939) * 1880 - Robert Musil, German novelist (d. 1942) * 1887 - Walter Johnson, Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1946) * 1892 - Harold Ross, editor (The New Yorker) (d.1951) * 1910 - Erik Ode, film director and actor (d. 1983) * 1914 - Jonathan Harris, actor (d. 2002) * 1916 - Ray Conniff, composer, conductor (d.2002) * 1921 - Julius Hackethal, physician (d. 1991) * 1921 - James Jones (author), writer (d. 1977) * 1928 - Peter Matz, composer (d. 2002) * 1931 - Mike Nichols, director * 1938 - Mack Jones, Major League Baseball player (d. 2004) * 1946 - Sally Field, American actress * 1948 - Glenn Frey, singer (The Eagles) * 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, trumpeter * 1955 - Maria Shriver, journalist and First Lady of California * 1957 - Lori Singer, actress * 1965 - Greg Graffin, singer and founder of Bad Religion * 1966 - Christian Lorenz, keyboardist for Rammstein * 1970 - Ethan Hawke, actor * 1972 - Thandie Newton, actress * 1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004) * 1979 - Lamar Odom, basketball player == Deaths == *1003 - Pope John XVII *1406 - Pope Innocent VII *1632 - King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden *1672 - Heinrich Schütz, German composer *1796 - Catherine II of Russia of Russia *1816 - Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat *1836 - King Charles X of France *1846 - Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and social activist (b. 1800) *1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer *1910 - Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838) *1925 - Khai Dinh, Emperor of Vietnam *1964 - Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863) *1965 - Edgar Varèse, French composer (b. 1883) * 1965 - Clarence Williams, jazz musician (b. 1893) *1968 - Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891) *1978 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915) *1986 - Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911) *1991 - Gene Tierney, actress *2000 - L. Sprague De Camp, science fiction writer * 2000 - David R. Brower, environmentalist *2001 - Anthony Shaffer, filmwriter *2002 - Sid Sackson, board game designer *2003 - Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor * 2003 - Crash Holly, professional wrestler * 2003 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer *2004 - Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack * 2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian footballer == Holidays and Observances == * Dominican Republic - Constitution Day * Morocco - Anniversary of the Green March * Sweden - Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden an Flag days in Sweden * Finland - Day of the Swedish Identity an Flag days in Finland == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/6 BBC: On This Day] ---- November 5 - November 7 - October 6 - December 6 - more historical anniversaries la:6 Novembris
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