Events That Happened on November 6

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).

Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.

Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.

Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.

Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.

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.

Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.

The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India’s Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.

The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

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.

Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.

World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.

Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.

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.

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.

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.

Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.

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.

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.

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.

A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.

Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player

Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player

Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model

Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player

Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player

Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player

Josh Wakefield, English footballer

Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player

Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player

Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player

Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress

Stefan Ortega, German footballer

Pierson Fodé, American actor and model

Doron Lamb, American basketball player

André Schürrle, German footballer

Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler

Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer

Jozy Altidore, American soccer player

Aaron Hernandez, American football player (died 2017)

John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player

Erik Lund, Swedish footballer

James Paxton, Canadian baseball player

Emma Stone, American actress

Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer

Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player

Katie Leclerc, American actress

Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician

Conor Sammon, Irish footballer

Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player

Patina Miller, American actress and singer

Ricky Romero, American baseball player

Sebastian Schachten, German footballer

Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier

Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer

Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach

Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

Adam LaRoche, American baseball player

Lamar Odom, American basketball player

Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player

Erik Cole, American ice hockey player

Taryn Manning, American actress and singer

Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver

Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (died 2004)

Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor

Zoe McLellan, American actress

Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (died 2009)

David Giffin, Australian rugby player

Thandiwe Newton, English actress

Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress

Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician

Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director

Colson Whitehead, American author

Kelly Rutherford, American actress

Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!

Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster

Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer

Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent

Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player

Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (died 1998)

Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut

Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023)

Lori Singer, American actress and musician

Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer

Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player

Maria Shriver, American journalist and author

Frank Hanisch, German footballer

Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player

Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter

Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician

Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (died 2000)

Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (died 2024)

Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician

Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician

Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)

Sally Field, American actress

George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)

Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)

Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1999)

Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager

Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2019)

Michael Schwerner, American activist (died 1964)

Mack Jones, American baseball player (died 2004)

P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter

Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (died 2012)

Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (died 2019)

François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)

Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (died 2011)

Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (died 2017)

June Squibb, American actress

Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (died 2012)

Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (died 2012)

Harry Threadgold, English footballer (died 1996)

Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)

Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (died 1951)

Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (died 1959)

Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (died 1941)

Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (died 1977)

Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (died 1946)

Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1935)

May Brahe, Australian composer (died 1956)

Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (died 1967)

James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939)

John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932)

Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (died 1902)

Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (died 1915)

Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)

Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (died 1798)

Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700)

George Ent, English scientist (died 1689)

Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (died 1612)

Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)

Philip I, Margrave of Baden (died 1533)

Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)

John Nott, British politician (born 1932)

Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)

Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)

Ken Spears, American writer (born 1938)

King Von, American rapper (born 1994)

Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)

Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)

Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (born 1937)

Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)

Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (born 1956)

Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (born 1920)

Rick Rosas, American bass player (born 1949)

Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (born 1936)

Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (born 1912)

Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (born 1973)

Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920)

Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (born 1930)

Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)

Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)

Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (born 1932)

Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (born 1929)

George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (born 1939)

Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (born 1950)

Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1962)

Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (born 1957)

Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (born 1921)

Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1943)

Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (born 1944)

Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (born 1919)

L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (born 1907)

Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (born 1928)

Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920)

Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (born 1955)

Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1938)

Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (born 1929)

Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (born 1899)

Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (born 1884)

Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1898)

Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (born 1925)

Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (born 1882)

Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (born 1884)

Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1899)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840)

Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1752)

Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (born 1685)

Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (born 1619)

Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (born 1585)

Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (born 1583)

Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (born 1430)

Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)

Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (born 1242)

Pope John XVII

Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn

Christian feast days: Demetrian

Christian feast days: Illtud

Christian feast days: Leonard of Noblac

Christian feast days: Melaine of Rennes

Christian feast days: Winnoc

Christian feast days: 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)