November 6
Events
Pre-1600
- 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.
1601–1900
- 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, 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.
1901–present
- 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 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 city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
Births
Pre-1600
- 1391 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician
- 1479 - Philip I, Margrave of Baden
- 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- 1550 - Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen
1601–1900
- 1604 - George Ent, English scientist
- 1661 - Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire
- 1750 - Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral
- 1755 - Zina Hitchcock, New York politician
- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone
- 1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician
- 1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist and economist
- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader
- 1861 - James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball
- 1880 - Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company
- 1884 - May Brahe, Australian composer
- 1885 - Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient
- 1887 - Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager
- 1897 - Jack O'Connor, English cricketer
- 1900 - Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting
1901–present
- 1908 - Tony Canzoneri, American boxer
- 1913 - Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet
- 1921 - Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer
- 1924 - Harry Threadgold, English footballer
- 1926 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor
- 1926 - Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author
- 1929 - Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator.
- 1929 - June Squibb, American actress
- 1930 - Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1932 - François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 - Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist
- 1937 - Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor
- 1938 - Mack Jones, American baseball player
- 1938 - P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter
- 1939 - Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist
- 1939 - Michael Schwerner, American activist
- 1940 - Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
- 1941 - Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1941 - Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1946 - Sally Field, American actress
- 1946 - George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1949 - Elwood Edwards, American voice actor
- 1949 - Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician
- 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician
- 1950 - Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
- 1950 - Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician
- 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
- 1957 - Lori Singer, American actress and musician
- 1960 - Lance Kerwin, American actor
- 1962 - Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
- 1963 - Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist
- 1964 - Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
- 1966 - Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer
- 1966 - Paul Gilbert, American guitarist
- 1966 - Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent
- 1967 - Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster
- 1968 - Kelly Rutherford, American actress
- 1968 - Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
- 1969 - Colson Whitehead, American author
- 1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director
- 1971 - Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician
- 1972 - Thandiwe Newton, English actress
- 1972 - Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress
- 1973 - David Giffin, Australian rugby player
- 1974 - Zoe McLellan, American actress
- 1974 - Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist
- 1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier
- 1976 - Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor
- 1978 - Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
- 1978 - Taryn Manning, American actress and singer
- 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 - Patina Miller, American actress and singer
- 1984 - Ricky Romero, American baseball player
- 1984 - Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
- 1985 - Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player
- 1986 - Katie Leclerc, American actress
- 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
- 1990 - André Schürrle, German footballer
- 1990 - Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler
- 1990 - Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
- 1991 - Pierson Fodé, American actor and model
- 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