November 6 in History
November 6 is the birthday of Elliot Anderson (2002) and the anniversary of the death of Frederick Hauck (2025). Below are famous birthdays, deaths, events for November 6, plus editor's picks and genealogy records.
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Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician was born in 1391, while Pope John XVII died in 1003.
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Famous people born on November 6
Famous people who died on November 6
2024
Madeleine Riffaud (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
French poet, journalist and Resistance member (1924–2024)
2017
Richard F. Gordon Jr. (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
American astronaut and lunar explorer (1929–2017)
2007
Hank Thompson (musician) (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
American country music singer-songwriter (1925–2007)
2004
Johnny Warren (Wikipedia, opens in a new tab)
Australian soccer player, coach, administrator, writer and broadcaster (1943–2004)
What happened on November 6
- 2025
Canadian ostrich cull: The Government of Canada kills 314 ostriches after H5N8 is detected in an ostrich farm in Edgewood, BC.
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Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.
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Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
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An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.
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Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
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A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
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Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
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Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.
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Sumburgh 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.
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Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
Wikipedia source (opens in a new tab) - 1977
The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
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Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
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The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
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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.
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Following pressure by US president Eisenhower, Great Britain announces a ceasefire in the Suez crisis, one day after it landed paratroopers together with France at key locations.
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Editor's picks
Born on November 6
- 1391 — Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)
- 1479 — Philip I, Margrave of Baden (died 1533)
- 1494 — Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)
Died on November 6
- 1003 — Pope John XVII
- 1312 — Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (born 1242)
- 1406 — Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)
Source: Wikipedia historical listings for November 6
Quick answers
Who was born on November 6? Elliot Anderson (2002), Day'Ron Sharpe (2001), Aliona Bolsova (1997).
Who died on November 6? Frederick Hauck (2025), James Watson (2025), Dorothy Allison (2024).
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