November 6Birthdays & History

On this day: November 6 in history

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1. 447A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.Middle East
2. 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.Europe
3. 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 eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.Europe
4. 1792Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.Europe
5. 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.North America
6. 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.North America
7. 1900President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.North America
8. 1936Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.Europe
9. 1943World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.Europe
10. 1947Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.North America
11. 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.Asia
12. 1971The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.North America
13. 1976Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.Asia
14. 1977The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.North America
15. 1985Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.Latin America
16. 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.Europe
17. 1988Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.Asia
18. 1995Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.North America
19. 2002A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.Europe
20. 2002Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.AsiaNorth America
21. 2004An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.Europe
22. 2012Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.North America
23. 2016Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.Middle East
24. 2025Canadian ostrich cull: The Government of Canada kills 314 ostriches after H5N8 is detected in an ostrich farm in Edgewood, BC.North America

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