November 6
Events
- 1869 - In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University, 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
- 1943 - The 1st Ukrainian Front, led by general Nikolai Vatutin, liberates Kyiv from fascist occupation.
- 1947 - Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
- 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 - In Colombia, 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 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
- 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 Communist Party of China.
- 2004 - An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
- 2012 - Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States
- 2012 - Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
- 2013 - Several small bombs explode outside a provincial office of the Communist Party of China.
Births
- 1391 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician
- 1479 - Philip I, Margrave of Baden
- 1550 - Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen
- 1604 - George Ent, English scientist
- 1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone
- 1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician
- 1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist and economist
- 1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader
- 1861 - James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball
- 1880 - Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company
- 1884 - May Brahe, Australian composer
- 1885 - Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient
- 1887 - Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager
- 1897 - Jack O'Connor, English cricketer
- 1900 - Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting
- 1908 - Tony Canzoneri, American boxer
- 1921 - Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer
- 1924 - Harry Threadgold, English footballer
- 1926 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor
- 1926 - Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author
- 1930 - Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1932 - François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1933 - Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist
- 1937 - Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor
- 1938 - Mack Jones, American baseball player
- 1939 - Michael Schwerner, American activist
- 1939 - Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist
- 1940 - Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
- 1941 - Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1941 - Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician
- 1946 - Sally Field, American actress
- 1946 - George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer
- 1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
- 1950 - Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician
- 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
- 1964 - Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
- 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, Australian rugby player
- 1974 - Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist
- 1978 - Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
- 1978 - Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
- 1979 - Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
- 1979 - Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor
- 1979 - Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
- 1981 - Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1983 - Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
- 1984 - Ricky Romero, American baseball player
- 1984 - Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
- 1986 - Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician
- 1986 - Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
- 1987 - Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
- 1987 - Naoki Miyata, Japanese footballer
- 1988 - Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
- 1988 - Emma Stone, American actress
- 1988 - Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
- 1989 - Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
- 1989 - Aaron Hernandez, American football player
- 1990 - André Schürrle, German footballer
- 1992 - Paula Kania, Polish tennis player
- 1992 - Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player
- 1993 - Josh Wakefield, English footballer
- 1994 - Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
- 1995 - Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
- 1997 - Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model
Deaths
- 1003 - Pope John XVII
- 1312 - Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic
- 1406 - Pope Innocent VII
- 1492 - Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet
- 1656 - Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer
- 1672 - Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer
- 1692 - Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet
- 1752 - Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister
- 1816 - Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death
- 1918 - Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient
- 1942 - Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic
- 1964 - Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist
- 1965 - Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
- 1978 - Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist
- 1984 - Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright
- 1985 - Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor
- 1991 - Gene Tierney, American actress
- 1998 - Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler
- 2000 - L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author
- 2003 - Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer
- 2003 - Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach
- 2004 - Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster
- 2005 - Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician
- 2005 - Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer
- 2006 - Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier
- 2006 - Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player
- 2007 - Hilda Braid, English actress and singer
- 2007 - George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster
- 2007 - Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 2009 - Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright
- 2010 - Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel
- 2012 - Joel Connable, American journalist and actor
- 2012 - Clive Dunn, English actor
- 2012 - Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author
- 2013 - Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author
- 2013 - Burl Noggle, American historian, author, and academic
- 2013 - Ace Parker, American football and baseball player
- 2014 - Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player
- 2014 - Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman
- 2014 - Rick Rosas, American bass player
- 2015 - Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager
- 2015 - Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel
- 2017 - Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut
- 2018 - Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- *Barlaam of Khutyn
- *Demetrian
- *Illtud
- *Leonard of Noblac
- *Melaine of Rennes
- *Winnoc
- *November 6
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
