November 6

November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 55 days remain until the end of the year.

• 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.
• 1577 – The first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8. Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.

• 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 (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.

• 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 21⁄2 miles 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 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).

• 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)

• 1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)
• 1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (d. 1700)
• 1750 – Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (d. 1798)
• 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)

• 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)
• 1929 – Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (d. 2017)
• 1929 – June Squibb, American actress
• 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)
• 1938 – P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter
• 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)
• 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
• 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)
• 1949 – Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (d. 2024)
• 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 (d. 2000)
• 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 (d. 2023)
• 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 – Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer
• 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 (d. 2009)
• 1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004)
• 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 (d. 2017)
• 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

• 1003 – Pope John XVII
• 1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)
• 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)
• 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)

• 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)
• 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)
• 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
• 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
• 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1752)
• 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)

• 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1955 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (b. 1882)
• 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1968 – Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (b. 1884)
• 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
• 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
• 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
• 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
• 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
• 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
• 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)
• 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
• 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)
• 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)
• 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)
• 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)
• 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)
• 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)
• 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)
• 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)
• 2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)
• 2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)
• 2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1937)
• 2020 – Ken Spears, American writer (b. 1938)
• 2020 – King Von, American rapper (b. 1994)
• 2024 – John Nott, British politician (b. 1932)
• 2024 – Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (b. 1924)
• 2024 – Tony Todd, American actor (b. 1954)

• Christian feast days:
  • Barlaam of Khutyn
  • Demetrian
  • Illtud
  • Leonard of Noblac
  • Melaine of Rennes
  • Winnoc
  • November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
• Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland)
• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
• Obama Day (in Kenya)

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day
• "Historical Events on November 6". OnThisDay.com.