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Through history24 events, 106 births and 57 deaths in Wikipedia's lists for the date

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A hundred years before

The front pages of November 6, 1926

What 39 American newspapers printed that day, as the Library of Congress keeps them.

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The front page of The Washington times, Washington [D.C.], November 6, 1926The Washington timesWashington [D.C.]Read it, zoom in, mark it →
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All 39 front pages at the Library of Congress ↗From Chronicling America. Public domain: in the Library's words, newspapers published in the United States more than 95 years ago are in the public domain in their entirety.

What happened

On November 6

The anniversaries Wikipedia's editors chose for the date, oldest first.

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  1. 1217809 years ago

    King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests. · Henry III of England · Free tenant

    Photo: Anonymous Unknown authorPublic domain
  2. 1794232 years ago

    French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships were intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of HMS Alexander. · Action of 6 November 1794

    Photo: Ruedi33aCC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 1856170 years ago

    The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication.

  4. 1863163 years ago

    American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. · Confederate States of America

    Photo: Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt IvesPublic domain
  5. 1868158 years ago

    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.

    Photo: John Karl HillersPublic domain
  6. 1917109 years ago

    First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele. · World War I

    Photo: Collection DocAnciens/docpix.frPublic domain
  7. 1924102 years ago

    The Spanish anarchist group Los Solidarios unsuccessfully attempted to launch an insurrection against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera.

  8. 193987 years ago

    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. · Intelligenzaktion · Sonderaktion Krakau

    Photo: author on the file pagePublic domain
  9. 194482 years ago

    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. · B Reactor

    Photo: author on the file pagePublic domain
  10. 196363 years ago

    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. · Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

  11. 197749 years ago

    The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.

    Photo: Vernon B. Sauer (member of the Federal Investigative Board that…Public domain
  12. 198838 years ago

    Two earthquakes occurring 12 minutes apart struck Yunnan near the China–Myanmar border, killing more than 730 people. · 1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes

  13. 200422 years ago

    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. · Ufton Nervet rail crash

    Photo: MalcolmGouldCC BY 3.0
  14. 201214 years ago

    Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

    Photo: Sen. Tammy BaldwinPublic domain
  15. 201610 years ago

    Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital. · Raqqa campaign (2016–2017)

    Photo: Voice of America News: Scott Bobb reports from Aleppo, SyriaPublic domain
All 24 events Wikipedia lists for November 6, by year

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Born

On November 6

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1494Suleiman the MagnificentSultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)153 languagesPhoto: Circle of TitianPublic domain
  2. 1988Emma StoneAmerican actress114 languagesPhoto: Harald KrichelCC BY-SA 4.0
  3. 1946Sally FieldAmerican actress91 languagesPhoto: Kevin PaulCC BY 4.0
  1. 1988Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer83
  2. 1661Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700)82
  3. 1932François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2026)76
  4. 1987Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player70
  5. 1990André Schürrle, German footballer69
  6. 1972Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress68
  7. 1814Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)67
  8. 1931Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)61
  9. 1861James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939)59
  10. 1948Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)52
  11. 1854John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932)46
  12. 1952Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter46
  13. 1989Jozy Altidore, American soccer player46
  14. 1968Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!43
  15. 1979Lamar Odom, American basketball player41
  16. 1926Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (died 2012)37
  17. 1955Maria Shriver, American journalist and author37
  18. 1968Kelly Rutherford, American actress37
  19. 1997Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model37
  20. 1949Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician34
  21. 1992Stefan Ortega, German footballer34
Everyone else born on November 6: 82 more, by year

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Died

On November 6

The best-known first, counted by the Wikipedia languages with an article on each.

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  1. 1893Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer (born 1840)192 languagesPhoto: Émile ReutlingerPublic domain
  2. 2025James WatsonAmerican molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928)110 languages
  3. 1406Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)74 languages
  1. 1003Pope John XVII71
  2. 2012Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920)60
  3. 1991Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920)55
  4. 1672Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (born 1585)51
  5. 2015Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)48
  6. 2024Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)44
  7. 2017Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)40
  8. 2023Antoni Martí, Andorran politician, former Prime Minister of Andorra (born 1963)40
  9. 2020King Von, American rapper (born 1994)35
  10. 1492Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (born 1430)33
  11. 2024Dorothy Allison, American writer (born 1949)33
  12. 1816Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1752)30
  13. 1985Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1938)30
  14. 2000L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (born 1907)30
  15. 2003Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (born 1919)29
  16. 1964Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (born 1925)27
  17. 1955Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (born 1882)26
  18. 2006Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (born 1950)25
  19. 2025Rick Hauck, American naval officer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1941)23
  20. 2024Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)21
  21. 2004Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1943)20
Everyone else died on November 6: 33 more, by year

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Observed

On November 6

Holidays, feast days and observances, as Wikipedia lists them for the date.

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Christian feast days

Events, births, deaths and observances are Wikipedia's On this day for November 6, in its editors' words (CC BY-SA 4.0); the counts of languages are Wikidata's (CC0). Dates are the UTC day, as Wikipedia keeps them. Discover brings one of these at a time.