Tukuk-OS📅 November 6
15 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 6? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2016 — Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital.
Syrian civil warSyrian Democratic ForcesRaqqa campaign (2016–2017)
- 2012 — Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
- 2004 — A man committing suicide parked his car on the railway tracks in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England, causing a derailment that also killed six people on the train.
- 1988 — Two earthquakes occurring 12 minutes apart struck Yunnan near the China–Myanmar border, killing more than 730 people.
- 1977 — The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1924 — The Spanish anarchist group Los Solidarios unsuccessfully attempted to launch an insurrection against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.
- 1917 — First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- 1868 — Red Cloud (pictured), a Native American leader of the Oglala Lakota tribe, signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending Red Cloud's War and establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.
- 1863 — American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
American Civil WarUnion (American Civil War)Confederate States of America
- 1856 — The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication.
- 1794 — French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships were intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of HMS Alexander.
French Revolutionary WarsAction of 6 November 1794HMS Alexander (1778)
- 1217 — King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests.
Births
- 2001 — Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player
- 1997 — Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
- 1997 — Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model
- 1997 — Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player
- 1995 — Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
- 1995 — Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994 — Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
- 1993 — Josh Wakefield, English footballer
- 1992 — Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player
- 1992 — Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player
- 1992 — Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player
- 1992 — Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress
Deaths
- 2025 — Rick Hauck, American naval officer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1941)
- 2025 — James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928)
- 2024 — Dorothy Allison, American writer (born 1949)
- 2024 — John Nott, British politician (born 1932)
- 2024 — Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)
- 2024 — Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)
- 2023 — Antoni Martí, Andorran politician, former Prime Minister of Andorra (born 1963)
- 2020 — Ken Spears, American writer (born 1938)
- 2020 — King Von, American rapper (born 1994)
- 2018 — Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)
- 2017 — Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)
- 2015 — Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn
- Christian feast days: Demetrian
- Christian feast days: Illtud
- Christian feast days: Leonard of Noblac
- Christian feast days: Melaine of Rennes
- Christian feast days: Winnoc
- Christian feast days: November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
- Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland)
- International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
- Obama Day (in Kenya)
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