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This day in history: 6 November

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Key facts

187 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 6 November.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2025: Canadian ostrich cull: The Government of Canada kills 314 ostriches after H5N8 is detected in an ostrich farm in Edgewood, BC.

Holidays and observances

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: November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast days: Winnoc

Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland)

Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)

International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

Obama Day (in Kenya)

Events

2025Canadian ostrich cull: The Government of Canada kills 314 ostriches after H5N8 is detected in an ostrich farm in Edgewood, BC.

2016Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.

2012Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

2004An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.

2002A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.

2002Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.

1995Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.

1988Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.

1986Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

1985Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.

1977The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

1976Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.

1971The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

1963Nguyễn 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.

1947Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.

1943World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.

1936Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.

1900President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.

1869In 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.

1860Abraham 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.

1792Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.

1217The 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 er

963Synod 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.

447A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.

Born on this day

2001Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player

1997Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player

1997Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player

1997Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model

1995Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

1995Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player

1994Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player

1993Josh Wakefield, English footballer

1992Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress

1992Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player

1992Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player

1992Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player

1992Stefan Ortega, German footballer

1991Doron Lamb, American basketball player

1990Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler

1990André Schürrle, German footballer

1990Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer

1989Aaron Hernandez, American football player (died 2017)

1989Jozy Altidore, American soccer player

1988Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer

1988Emma Stone, American actress

1988Erik Lund, Swedish footballer

1988James Paxton, Canadian baseball player

1988John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player

1987Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player

1986Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician

1986Conor Sammon, Irish footballer

1985Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player

1984Ricky Romero, American baseball player

1984Sebastian Schachten, German footballer

1983Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier

1981Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player

1981Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer

1981Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach

1979Adam LaRoche, American baseball player

1979Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player

1979Lamar Odom, American basketball player

1978Erik Cole, American ice hockey player

1978Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver

1976Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor

Died on this day

2025James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928)

2025Rick Hauck, American naval officer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1941)

2024Dorothy Allison, American writer (born 1949)

2024John Nott, British politician (born 1932)

2024Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)

2024Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)

2023Antoni Martí, Andorran politician, former Prime Minister of Andorra (born 1963)

2020Ken Spears, American writer (born 1938)

2020King Von, American rapper (born 1994)

2018Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)

2017Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)

2015Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (born 1937)

2015Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)

2014Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (born 1956)

2014Rick Rosas, American bass player (born 1949)

2014Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (born 1920)

2013Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (born 1912)

2013Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (born 1936)

2012Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920)

2012Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (born 1930)

2012Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (born 1973)

2011Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)

2010Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)

2009Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (born 1932)

2007George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (born 1939)

2007Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

2007Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (born 1929)

2006Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1962)

2006Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (born 1950)

2005Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (born 1921)

Quote of the day

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

Marcus Aurelius

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