A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on November 6 throughout history.
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The Congress of Chilpancingo (Spanish: Congreso de Chilpancingo), also known as the Congress of Anáhuac, was the first, independent congress that replaced the Assembly of Zitácuaro, formally...
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
Indian civil rights activist M.K. Gandhi is arrested for leading an Indian miners' march in South Africa
Bolshevik Revolution begins with the bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution [OS Oct 24]
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi places the country under military rule, allowing General Gholām Reza Azhāri to form a government
Meet the Press also known as Meet the Press with Kristen Welker is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC.
First performance by punk band the Sex Pistols at St. Martin's College in London
US government issues a stamp to honor the 100th birthday of James Naismith, the Canadian-born inventor of basketball
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or mononymously as Valentino was an Italian-born...
English Prince Henry weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
Businessman Vidal Sassoon (55) weds dressage champion Jeanette Hartford-Davis
Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
Zealand hit by heavy storm
Cassiopeia () is a constellation and asterism in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty.
Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Bromberg
Battle of Jemappes: French army beats Holy Roman Empire
The president of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Presidente de la República Dominicana) is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic.
1st Hawaiian fire engine
New York-San Francisco direct telegraphic link forms
The Battle of Rogersville was a conflict in and around the town of Rogersville, Tennessee, on the morning of November 6, 1863, between the United States Army 3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division and the...
The Battle of Droop Mountain occurred in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, on November 6, 1863, during the American Civil War. A Union brigade commanded by Brigadier General William W.
CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender in the American Civil War after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise that sinks or captures 38 vessels
In the first US college football game, players use their hands, feet, heads, or sides to advance the ball, but they cannot run with it; Rutgers College beats New Jersey (now Princeton) 6-4
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual Canadian holiday held on the second Monday in October.
NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state or dependent territory that has willingly given up its foreign policy and international identity to another state for defence,...
US mint at Carson City, Nevada, directed to close
Battle at Bothaville: Major General Charles Knox beats Boers
The national flag of Panama was made by María de la Ossa de Amador and was officially adopted by the "ley 48 de 1925".
Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king (or 1909)
Leonid Andreyev's "Dui Nashey Zhizni" premieres in St Petersburg
SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage
Francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico
The British land troops (mostly from the Indian Army) at the head of the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia, and will begin to move westward in an attempt to draw Turkish troops from other fronts
1st military flight in Dutch East Indies (Tandjong Priok)
The Second Polish Republic, officially known at the time as the Republic of Poland, was the Polish state that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939 after being established in the final...
1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast
USSR adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"
59% of Cleveland voters authorize building a stadium with city bonds in the amount of US$2.5 million
Providence Steam Roller become first NFL team to host a game at night under floodlights; lose 16-0 against the Chicago Cardinals at the Cycledrome, Providence, RI
German election - Communist KPD party gains 11 seats in the Reichstag, and the Nazi Socialist NSDAP loses 34
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.
1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft
RCA displays TV for press
The three DiMaggio brothers, Joe, Vince, and Dom, play together for the first time in a charity all-star game in California
WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st commercial TV station, begins service
Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
Indonesian independence movement Empat Serangkai founded by Sukarno, Mohammed Hatta, Ki Hajar Dewantara and Mas Mansur
"Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus)", the second work of Carl Orff's Trionfi cantata trilogy premieres at the Leipzig Opera
House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
The Greek Civil War took place from 1946 to 1949. The conflict, which erupted shortly after the end of World War II, consisted of a Communist-led uprising against the established government of the...
The UN offensive into North Korea was a large-scale offensive in late 1950 by United Nations (UN) forces against North Korean forces during the Korean War. On 27 September near Osan, UN forces coming...
Dmitri Shostakovich's cantata "About our Fatherland" premieres
French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Félix Gaillard of the Radical Party becomes Prime Minister of France
AL announces that KC will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979.
WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curacao, kills 15
James Evan Perry Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1959 to 1975 for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and...
Amchitka Island (Aleut: Amchixtax̂;) is a volcanic, tectonically unstable and uninhabited island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
Abe Beame elected 1st Jewish mayor of NYC
James Bond film "Man With the Golden Gun" starring Roger Moore begins filming
Benjamin Lawson Hooks (January 31, 1925 – April 15, 2010) was an American civil rights leader and government official.
39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California
22nd NASA Space Shuttle Mission (61-A): Challenger 9 lands at Edwards AFB
Just Like the First Time is the second studio album by American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released in November 1986, the album had one of the longest record runs at number one on the U.S.
Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn
Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor and talk show host. He hosted a late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014. He has appeared in Martial...
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St Petersburg
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film and television actor.
Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tajikistan
Johnnie B "Dusty" Baker Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB).
4th Rugby World Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: Wallabies fullback Matt Burke lands 7 penalties and 2 conversions as Australia beats France, 35-12
Crude oil for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) falls to a two-year low after OPEC members warn that a downward price spiral could occur if major non-OPEC oil exporters do not reduce oil production
Vienna ( vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria.
An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 6 and injuring 150.
11.77" (29.89 cm) of rainfall, 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Nehalem, Oregon (breaking state record set in 1915)
Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa, designed by Peter Rich, wins World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona
5 people are shot at a poultry processing plant in Fresno, California
15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Indian government declares levels of air pollution in Delhi an emergency situation, closing schools and construction sites
British actor Idris Elba named "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive
17 people die in attack on a checkpoint by Islamic State militants on Tajikistan's border with Uzbekistan
Plane crashes into Tanzania's Lake Victoria killing 19 people on board, with 24 survivors [1]
Jury in Washington, D.C. finds Sean Dunn not guilty of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal officer with a sandwich [1]
Thomas Kyd is born
Gordon Granger military officer, known for american military officer, was born on 1822-11-06. Gordon Granger (November 6, 1821 – January 10, 1876) was a career U.S.
Robert Musil, Austrian philosophical writer, known for austrian philosophical writer, was born on 1880-11-06. Robert Musil was an Austrian philosophical writer.
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen, American physiologist, known for american physiologist, was born on 1918-11-06.
Colley Cibber is born
Mike Nichols, American film and theatre director, known for american film and theatre director, was born on 1931-11-06.
Sally Field, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1947-11-06. Sally Margaret Field is an American actress.
Emma Stone, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1989-11-06. Emily Jean "Emma" Stone is an American actress and film producer.
Doug Sahm, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1941-11-06.
James Naismith, American athlete, known for inventor of basketball, was born on 1861-11-06.
Walter Johnson, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1887-11-06.
Ana Ivanović, Serbian athlete, known for serbian former tennis player, was born on 1988-11-06. Ana Schweinsteiger is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition.
Zealand hit by heavy storm
Thomas Kyd is born
Cassiopeia () is a constellation and asterism in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty.
Brandenburg and Poland sign the Treaty of Bromberg
Colley Cibber is born
Battle of Jemappes: French army beats Holy Roman Empire
The Congress of Chilpancingo (Spanish: Congreso de Chilpancingo), also known as the Congress of Anáhuac, was the first, independent congress that replaced the Assembly of Zitácuaro, formally...
Gordon Granger military officer, known for american military officer, was born on 1822-11-06. Gordon Granger (November 6, 1821 – January 10, 1876) was a career U.S.
The president of the Dominican Republic (Spanish: Presidente de la República Dominicana) is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic.
1st Hawaiian fire engine
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.
James Naismith, American athlete, known for inventor of basketball, was born on 1861-11-06.
New York-San Francisco direct telegraphic link forms
The Battle of Rogersville was a conflict in and around the town of Rogersville, Tennessee, on the morning of November 6, 1863, between the United States Army 3rd Brigade, 4th Cavalry Division and the...
The Battle of Droop Mountain occurred in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, on November 6, 1863, during the American Civil War. A Union brigade commanded by Brigadier General William W.
CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender in the American Civil War after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise that sinks or captures 38 vessels
In the first US college football game, players use their hands, feet, heads, or sides to advance the ball, but they cannot run with it; Rutgers College beats New Jersey (now Princeton) 6-4
Thanksgiving or Thanksgiving Day, is an annual Canadian holiday held on the second Monday in October.
Robert Musil, Austrian philosophical writer, known for austrian philosophical writer, was born on 1880-11-06. Robert Musil was an Austrian philosophical writer.
NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
A protectorate, in the context of international relations, is a state or dependent territory that has willingly given up its foreign policy and international identity to another state for defence,...
US mint at Carson City, Nevada, directed to close
Walter Johnson, American athlete, known for american baseball player and manager, was born on 1887-11-06.
Battle at Bothaville: Major General Charles Knox beats Boers
The national flag of Panama was made by María de la Ossa de Amador and was officially adopted by the "ley 48 de 1925".
Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king (or 1909)
Leonid Andreyev's "Dui Nashey Zhizni" premieres in St Petersburg
SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage
Francisco Madeiro inaugurated President of Mexico
Indian civil rights activist M.K. Gandhi is arrested for leading an Indian miners' march in South Africa
The British land troops (mostly from the Indian Army) at the head of the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia, and will begin to move westward in an attempt to draw Turkish troops from other fronts
1st military flight in Dutch East Indies (Tandjong Priok)
Bolshevik Revolution begins with the bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during the Russian October Revolution [OS Oct 24]
The Second Polish Republic, officially known at the time as the Republic of Poland, was the Polish state that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939 after being established in the final...
Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen, American physiologist, known for american physiologist, was born on 1918-11-06.
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino or mononymously as Valentino was an Italian-born...
1st Dutch radio program: Soirée Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel" is broadcast
USSR adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"
59% of Cleveland voters authorize building a stadium with city bonds in the amount of US$2.5 million
Arnold Rothstein, American crime boss, known for american crime boss, died on 1928-11-06.
Providence Steam Roller become first NFL team to host a game at night under floodlights; lose 16-0 against the Chicago Cardinals at the Cycledrome, Providence, RI
Mike Nichols, American film and theatre director, known for american film and theatre director, was born on 1931-11-06.
German election - Communist KPD party gains 11 seats in the Reichstag, and the Nazi Socialist NSDAP loses 34
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia.
English Prince Henry weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft
RCA displays TV for press
The three DiMaggio brothers, Joe, Vince, and Dom, play together for the first time in a charity all-star game in California
WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st commercial TV station, begins service
Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
Doug Sahm, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1941-11-06.
Indonesian independence movement Empat Serangkai founded by Sukarno, Mohammed Hatta, Ki Hajar Dewantara and Mas Mansur
"Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus)", the second work of Carl Orff's Trionfi cantata trilogy premieres at the Leipzig Opera
House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
Meet the Press also known as Meet the Press with Kristen Welker is a weekly American television Sunday morning talk show broadcast on NBC.
Sally Field, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1947-11-06. Sally Margaret Field is an American actress.
The Greek Civil War took place from 1946 to 1949. The conflict, which erupted shortly after the end of World War II, consisted of a Communist-led uprising against the established government of the...
The UN offensive into North Korea was a large-scale offensive in late 1950 by United Nations (UN) forces against North Korean forces during the Korean War. On 27 September near Osan, UN forces coming...
Dmitri Shostakovich's cantata "About our Fatherland" premieres
French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Félix Gaillard of the Radical Party becomes Prime Minister of France
AL announces that KC will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
US government issues a stamp to honor the 100th birthday of James Naismith, the Canadian-born inventor of basketball
BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
Edward William Brooke III (October 26, 1919 – January 3, 2015) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1967 to 1979.
WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curacao, kills 15
James Evan Perry Jr. is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1959 to 1975 for the Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, and...
Amchitka Island (Aleut: Amchixtax̂;) is a volcanic, tectonically unstable and uninhabited island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska.
Abe Beame elected 1st Jewish mayor of NYC
James Bond film "Man With the Golden Gun" starring Roger Moore begins filming
First performance by punk band the Sex Pistols at St. Martin's College in London
Benjamin Lawson Hooks (January 31, 1925 – April 15, 2010) was an American civil rights leader and government official.
39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi places the country under military rule, allowing General Gholām Reza Azhāri to form a government
Businessman Vidal Sassoon (55) weds dressage champion Jeanette Hartford-Davis
Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California
22nd NASA Space Shuttle Mission (61-A): Challenger 9 lands at Edwards AFB
Just Like the First Time is the second studio album by American R&B/Soul singer Freddie Jackson. Released in November 1986, the album had one of the longest record runs at number one on the U.S.
Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
Ana Ivanović, Serbian athlete, known for serbian former tennis player, was born on 1988-11-06. Ana Schweinsteiger is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn
Emma Stone, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1989-11-06. Emily Jean "Emma" Stone is an American actress and film producer.
Arsenio Hall is an American comedian, actor and talk show host. He hosted a late-night talk show, The Arsenio Hall Show, from 1989 until 1994, and again from 2013 to 2014. He has appeared in Martial...
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St Petersburg
Howard Ellsworth Rollins Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American stage, film and television actor.
Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tajikistan
Johnnie B "Dusty" Baker Jr. is an American former professional baseball outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB).
4th Rugby World Cup Final, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: Wallabies fullback Matt Burke lands 7 penalties and 2 conversions as Australia beats France, 35-12
Crude oil for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) falls to a two-year low after OPEC members warn that a downward price spiral could occur if major non-OPEC oil exporters do not reduce oil production
Vienna ( vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria.
An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 6 and injuring 150.
11.77" (29.89 cm) of rainfall, 10.17" (25.83 cm) of rainfall, Nehalem, Oregon (breaking state record set in 1915)
Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa, designed by Peter Rich, wins World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona
5 people are shot at a poultry processing plant in Fresno, California
15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq
Indian government declares levels of air pollution in Delhi an emergency situation, closing schools and construction sites
British actor Idris Elba named "People" magazine's Sexiest Man Alive
17 people die in attack on a checkpoint by Islamic State militants on Tajikistan's border with Uzbekistan
Plane crashes into Tanzania's Lake Victoria killing 19 people on board, with 24 survivors [1]
Jury in Washington, D.C. finds Sean Dunn not guilty of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting a federal officer with a sandwich [1]