On this day: November 6

Events on November 6

• 963 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. Wikipedia
• 1217 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. Wikipedia
• 1217 King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests. Wikipedia
• 1856 The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication. Wikipedia
• 1860 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. Wikipedia
• 1863 American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Wikipedia
• 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. Wikipedia
• 1900 President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Wikipedia
• 1917 First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele. Wikipedia
• 1936 Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead. Wikipedia
• 1939 As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of the Jagiellonian University (location pictured) in Kraków. Wikipedia
• 1943 World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation. Wikipedia
• 1944 The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal. Wikipedia
• 1947 Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television. Wikipedia
• 1963 Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was appointed by the junta of General Dương Văn Minh to head the South Vietnamese government, five days after Minh deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm. Wikipedia
• 1963 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. Wikipedia
• 1971 The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. Wikipedia
• 1976 Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. Wikipedia
• 1985 Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá. Wikipedia
• 1988 Two earthquakes occurring 12 minutes apart struck Yunnan near the China–Myanmar border, killing more than 730 people. Wikipedia
• 1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province. Wikipedia
• 1995 Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. Wikipedia
• 2012 Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. Wikipedia
• 2012 Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. Wikipedia
• 2016 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital. Wikipedia
• 2016 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa. Wikipedia

Born on November 6

• 1494 Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566) Wikipedia
• 1661 Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700) Wikipedia
• 1814 Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894) Wikipedia
• 1854 John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932) Wikipedia
• 1861 James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939) Wikipedia
• 1880 Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (died 1967) Wikipedia
• 1885 Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1935) Wikipedia
• 1931 Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014) Wikipedia
• 1932 François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026) Wikipedia
• 1946 Sally Field, American actress Wikipedia
• 1948 Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016) Wikipedia
• 1952 Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1962 Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut Wikipedia
• 1968 Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo! Wikipedia
• 1972 Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress Wikipedia
• 1979 Lamar Odom, American basketball player Wikipedia
• 1987 Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player Wikipedia
• 1988 Emma Stone, American actress Wikipedia
• 1988 Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer Wikipedia
• 1989 Jozy Altidore, American soccer player Wikipedia
• 1990 André Schürrle, German footballer Wikipedia
• 1997 Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model Wikipedia

Died on November 6

• 1003 Pope John XVII Wikipedia
• 1406 Pope Innocent VII (born 1339) Wikipedia
• 1672 Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (born 1585) Wikipedia
• 1893 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840) Wikipedia
• 1918 Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1899) Wikipedia
• 1991 Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920) Wikipedia
• 2005 Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (born 1921) Wikipedia
• 2011 Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924) Wikipedia
• 2012 Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920) Wikipedia
• 2015 Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921) Wikipedia
• 2017 Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929) Wikipedia
• 2023 Antoni Martí, Andorran politician, former Prime Minister of Andorra (born 1963) Wikipedia
• 2024 Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954) Wikipedia
• 2025 James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn Wikipedia
• Christian feast days: Demetrian Wikipedia
• Christian feast days: Illtud Wikipedia
• Christian feast days: Leonard of Noblac Wikipedia
• Christian feast days: Melaine of Rennes Wikipedia
• Christian feast days: Winnoc Wikipedia
• Christian feast days: November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia) Wikipedia
• Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland) Wikipedia
• International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict Wikipedia
• Obama Day (in Kenya) Wikipedia

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “November 6” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-09 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. We picked the 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths with the widest coverage across Wikipedia's language editions (counted from Wikidata) and sorted them by year; the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures.