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November 6th


- Christian Feast Day:
- Constitution Day (Dominican Republic, 1884)
- Constitution Day (Tajikistan, 1994)
- Constitution Day (Tatarstan, 1992)
- Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, a flag day (Finland)
- Green March (Morocco)
- Gustavus Adolphus Day, death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day (Sweden)

November 6th


- 2005 - The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.
- 2004 - An express train collides with a stationary carriage near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 7 and injuring 150.
- 1999 - Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
- 1986 - Sumburgh disaster – A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
- 1985 - In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the April 19 Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.
- 1985 - The Iran-Contra Affair: The American press reveals that U.S. President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.
- 1977 - The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
- 1975 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
- 1971 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- 1965 - Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By , 250,000 Cubans made use of this program.
- 1963 - Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
- 1962 - Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
- 1947 - Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
- 1944 - Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
- 1943 - World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
- 1942 - World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
- 1941 - World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.
- 1939 - World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
- 1935 - Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
- 1935 - First flight of the Hawker Hurricane.
- 1935 - Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth Magie.
- 1934 - Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1928 - Sweden begins a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.
- 1925 - Secret agent Sidney Reilly is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
- 1918 - The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.
- 1917 - World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
- 1913 - Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
- 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.
- 1865 - American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 vessels.
- 1861 - American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
- 1860 - American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States
- 1856 - Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
- 1844 - The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
- 1789 - Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
- 1632 - Thirty years war: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorius but the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus dies in the battle.
- 1528 - Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.
- 355 - Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.

November 6th


- 2001 - Prince Abdullah bin Al Ghazi, of Jordan
- 1997 - Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor
- 1989 - Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
- 1989 - Shaina Magdayao, Filipina actress
- 1988 - Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
- 1988 - Emma Stone, American actress
- 1987 - Ana Ivanovi?, Serbian tennis player
- 1984 - Ricky Romero, American baseball player
- 1983 - Janette McBride, Australian/Filipino actress
- 1983 - Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore)
- 1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer
- 1982 - Steve Millar, Canadian/American Singer-Songwriter
- 1981 - Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor
- 1981 - Andrew Murray, Canadian hockey player
- 1979 - Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress
- 1979 - Lamar Odom, American basketball player
- 1979 - Brad Stuart, Canadian hockey player
- 1978 - Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
- 1978 - Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
- 1978 - Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host
- 1978 - Taryn Manning, American actress
- 1978 - Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver
- 1977 - Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
- 1976 - Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx)
- 1976 - Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)
- 1976 - Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist; daughter of Joe Clark
- 1975 - Anastasia Blue, American former pornographic actress (d. 2008)
- 1974 - Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
- 1973 - Nell McAndrew, British model
- 1972 - Deivi Cruz, Dominican baseball player
- 1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English footballer
- 1972 - Thandie Newton, English actress
- 1972 - Rebecca Romijn, American actress
- 1971 - Clonie Gowen, American poker player
- 1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor
- 1968 - Alfred Williams, American football player
- 1968 - Jerry Yang, Chinese American entrepreneur (Yahoo!, Inc.)
- 1968 - Kelly Rutherford, American actress
- 1967 - Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
- 1966 - Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer
- 1966 - Peter DeLuise, American actor and director
- 1964 - Kerry Conran, American filmmaker
- 1964 - Arne Duncan, American political figure
- 1964 - Corey Glover, American musician (Living Color)
- 1964 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
- 1963 - Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (d. 1998)
- 1962 - Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian host, actor and singer
- 1961 - Florent Pagny, French songwriter and singer
- 1961 - Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator
- 1961 - Craig Goldy, guitarist for the band (Dio)
- 1960 - Michael Cerveris, American actor
- 1958 - Bruce Holland Rogers, American writer
- 1958 - Trace Beaulieu, American actor
- 1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist
- 1957 - Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress
- 1957 - Lori Singer, American actress
- 1955 - Maria Shriver, American journalist
- 1955 - Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002)
- 1954 - Catherine Crier, American television personality
- 1953 - Frank Hanisch, German footballer
- 1952 - Michael Cunningham, American writer
- 1951 - John Falsey, American television writer and producer
- 1951 - Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney
- 1950 - Amir Aczel, lecturer in mathematics
- 1950 - Chris Glen, Scottish bassist The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- 1949 - Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter
- 1949 - Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat and husband of Valerie Plame
- 1949 - Nigel Havers, English actor
- 1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)
- 1947 - Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter
- 1947 - Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (d. 2007)
- 1947 - George Young, Australian musician (Easybeats)
- 1946 - Sally Field, American actress
- 1946 - Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer
- 1940 - Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and President of the American Jewish World Service
- 1940 - Dieter F. Uchtdorf, LDS apostle
- 1940 - Johnny Giles, Irish footballer,
- 1939 - Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
- 1939 - Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
- 1938 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1938 - Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian-American slavist, journalist
- 1938 - Jim Pike, American singer (The Lettermen)
- 1938 - P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor
- 1938 - Diana E. H. Russell, South African feminist writer and activist
- 1938 - Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter
- 1937 - Joe Warfield, American actor
- 1937 - Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five)
- 1937 - Marco Vassi, American writer (d. 1989)
- 1932 - Stonewall Jackson, American country singer
- 1931 - Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, American film director
- 1930 - Tom Hornbein, American mountaineer
- 1926 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian
- 1924 - Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler, AKA Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (d. 2005)
- 1921 - James Jones, American writer (d. 1977)
- 1916 - Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)
- 1914 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1906 - James D. Norris, sportsman and businessman (Chicago Blackhawks) (d. 1966)
- 1903 - June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)
- 1893 - Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Company (d. 1943)
- 1892 - Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)
- 1892 - George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (d. 1938)
- 1887 - Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946)
- 1882 - Thomas Ince, American movie actor, director, producer. (d. 1924)
- 1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)
- 1880 - Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (d. 1959)
- 1861 - James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)
- 1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and President of Poland (d. 1941)
- 1855 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)
- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)
- 1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)
- 1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915)
- 1841 - Armand Fallières, French president (d. 1931)
- 1835 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. 1909)
- 1833 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)
- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d. 1894)
- 1753 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)
- 1753 - Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823)
- 1692 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)
- 1661 - King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
- 1550 - Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (d. 1612)
- 1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
- 1479 - Joanna I of Castile, queen of Spain (d. 1555)
- 1391 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)