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 defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 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. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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.
* 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 2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
*1988 – Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 938 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 150.
*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 (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Births

Pre-1600

* 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
*1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1533)
*1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
* 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (d. 1612)

1601–1900

* 1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)
* 1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (d. 1700)
* 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)
* 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)
* 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)
*1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (d. 1932)
*1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)
* 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)
* 1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (d. 1956)
* 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)
* 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
* 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)
*1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941)

1901–present

* 1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)
*1913 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (d. 1951)
* 1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)
* 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)
* 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)
* 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)
*1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011)
*1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
* 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
* 1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (d. 2019)
* 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)
*1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
*1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
* 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)
* 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
*1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)
* 1941 – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)
*1946 – Sally Field, American actress
* 1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
* 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016)
* 1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)
* 1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani 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
* 1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
*1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (d. 1998)
* 1964 – Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
* 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!
*1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician
*1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress
* 1973 – David Giffin