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What happend on 6. November in History
In our data base we found 284 events happened on 6. November:
• 355: Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls. [category: Events]
• 1231: Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196) [category: Deaths]
• 1391: Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425) [category: Births]
• 1406: Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339) [category: Deaths]
• 1479: Joanna of Castile (d. 1555) [category: Births]
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• 1479: James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, Scottish politician and scholar (b. 1415) [category: Deaths]
• 1492: Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430) [category: Deaths]
• 1494: Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman sultan (d. 1566) [category: Births]
• 1528: Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas. [category: Events]
• 1550: Karin Månsdotter, Swedish wife of Eric XIV of Sweden (d. 1612) [category: Births]
• 1550: Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487) [category: Deaths]
• 1607: Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (d. 1655) [category: Births]
• 1632: Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594) [category: Deaths]
• 1632: Thirty years war: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus dies in the battle. [category: Events]
• 1650: William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583) [category: Deaths]
• 1656: John IV of Portugal (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
• 1661: Charles II of Spain (d. 1700) [category: Births]
• 1672: Heinrich Schütz, German organist and compser (b. 1585) [category: Deaths]
• 1692: Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763) [category: Births]
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• 1692: Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author (b. 1619) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685) [category: Deaths]
• 1753: Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823) [category: Births]
• 1753: Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802) [category: Births]
• 1771: John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695) [category: Deaths]
• 1789: Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1790: James Bowdoin, American politician, 2nd Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1726) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: Catherine the Great, Russian wife of Peter III of Russia (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Adolphe Sax, Belgian musician, invented the saxophone (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1816: Gouverneur Morris, American politician (b. 1752) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b. 1748) [category: Deaths]
• 1833: Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1835: Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1836: Charles X of France (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1841: Armand Fallières, French politician, President of France (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1841: Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1844: The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted. [category: Events]
• 1846: Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1846: Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1854: John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1855: E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1856: Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication. [category: Events]
• 1860: Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1861: James Naismith, Canadian-American inventor of basketball (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America. [category: Events]
• 1865: American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1880: Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American author (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1880: George Poage, American hurdler (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1880: Robert Musil, Austrian author (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1882: Thomas H. Ince, American actor, director, and producer (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1884: Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Iranian poet, journalist, historian and professor of literature (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1887: Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1892: Harold Ross, American journalist, co-founded The New Yorker (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1893: Edsel Ford, American businessman (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1893: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1906: James D. Norris, American businessman (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1910: Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and author (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa. [category: Events]
• 1914: Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1916: Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1917: World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1918: Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian soldier (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland. [category: Events]
• 1921: Eric Day, English footballer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: James Jones, American author (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1922: Frank J. Lynch, American judge and politician (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jeanette Schmid, Austrian whistler (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Michel Bouquet, French actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Khai Dinh, Vietnamese emperor (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Frank Carson, Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Bengali-Indian actor (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1926: Zig Ziglar, American author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Prince Maximilian of Baden, German politician, 8th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: Tom Hornbein, American mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1931: Mike Nichols, German-American director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1931: Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1932: Stonewall Jackson, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1934: Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority. [category: Events]
• 1935: Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers. [category: Events]
• 1935: First flight of the Hawker Hurricane. [category: Events]
• 1935: Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth Magie. [category: Events]
• 1936: Henry Bourne Joy, American businessman (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five) [category: Births]
• 1937: Garry Gross, American photographer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1937: Joe Warfield, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1937: Leo Goeke, American tenor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Marco Vassi, American author (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1937: Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian journalist and scholar [category: Births]
• 1938: Diana E. H. Russell, South African activist and author [category: Births]
• 1938: Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1938: P.J. Proby, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino jurist [category: Births]
• 1939: Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1939: World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place. [category: Events]
• 1940: Dieter F. Uchtdorf, American pilot and religious leader [category: Births]
• 1940: Johnny Giles, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1940: Ruth Messinger, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer [category: Births]
• 1941: Maurice Leblanc, French author (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings. [category: Events]
• 1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. [category: Events]
• 1946: Fred Penner, Canadian singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1946: Sally Field, American actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Edward Yang, Taiwanese director (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1947: George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Easybeats and Flash and the Pan) [category: Births]
• 1947: Jim Rosenthal, English sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1947: Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948). [category: Events]
• 1948: Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Eagles) [category: Births]
• 1948: Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1948: Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army General Su Yu launched a massive offensive toward Xuzhou, defended by seven different armies under the Suppression General Headquarter of Xuzhou Garrison, the Huaihai Campaign. [category: Events]
• 1949: Arturo Sandoval, Cuban trumpet player, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1949: Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1949: Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat [category: Births]
• 1949: Nigel Havers, English actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Amir Aczel, Israeli historian [category: Births]
• 1950: Chris Glen, Scottish bass player (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band and Michael Schenker Group) [category: Births]
• 1951: John Falsey, American scriptwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1951: Peter Althin, Swedish lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1951: Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Michael Cunningham, American author [category: Births]
• 1952: Arthur Rosenkampff, American gymnast (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1953: Frank Hanisch, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Catherine Crier, American judge, journalist, and author [category: Births]
• 1955: Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1955: Maria Shriver, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1957: Cam Clarke, American voice actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1957: Klaus Kleinfeld, German businessman [category: Births]
• 1957: Lori Singer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Siobhán McCarthy, Irish actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1958: Trace Beaulieu, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Michael Cerveris, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Erich Raeder, German admiral (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Craig Goldy, American guitarist (Dio, Giuffria, and Rough Cutt) [category: Births]
• 1961: Florent Pagny, French singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese video game designer [category: Births]
• 1961: Harry DeBaecke, American rower (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1962: Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation. [category: Events]
• 1963: Rozz Williams, American singer-songwriter (Christian Death, Shadow Project, and Premature Ejaculation) (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1963: Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1964: Arkie Whiteley, Australian actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1964: Arne Duncan, American educator, 9th United States Secretary of Education [category: Births]
• 1964: Corey Glover, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Living Color and Galactic) [category: Births]
• 1964: Greg Graffin, American singer-songwriter, producer, and author (Bad Religion) [category: Births]
• 1964: Kerry Conran, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1964: Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: René Unglaube, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Edgard Varèse, French composer (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans made use of this program. [category: Events]
• 1966: Elizabeth Price, English artist [category: Births]
• 1966: Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer (Mr. Big, Racer X, and Yellow Matter Custard) [category: Births]
• 1966: Peter DeLuise, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1967: Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1968: Alfred Williams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1968: Caesar Meadows, American cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1968: Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American businessman, co-founded Yahoo! [category: Births]
• 1968: Kelly Rutherford, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Charles B. McVay III, American navy officer (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Charles Münch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Clonie Gowen, American poker player [category: Births]
• 1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. [category: Events]
• 1972: Adonis Georgiades, Greek politician and author [category: Births]
• 1972: Deivi Cruz, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Garry Flitcroft, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Rebecca Romijn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Thandie Newton, English actress [category: Births]
• 1973: Nell McAndrew, English model [category: Births]
• 1974: Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1974: Zoe McLellan, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara. [category: Events]
• 1976: Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist [category: Births]
• 1976: Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1976: Mike Herrera, American singer-songwriter and bass player (MxPx and Mike Herrera's Tumbledown) [category: Births]
• 1976: Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1977: Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress [category: Births]
• 1977: The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. [category: Events]
• 1978: Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host [category: Births]
• 1978: Jolina Magdangal, Filipino singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Taryn Manning, American singer-songwriter and actress (Boomkat) [category: Births]
• 1978: Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1978: Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor and designer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Adam LaRoche, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Lamar Odom, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1981: Cassie Bernall, American student, victim of the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1981: Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Lee Dong-wook, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Sowelu, Japanese singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Steve Millar, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1983: Janette McBride, Filipino-Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Jon Hume, Australian singer-songwriter and producer (Evermore) [category: Births]
• 1984: Ricky Romero, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Sebastian Schachten, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Ettore Marchi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Joel Crothers, American actor (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices. [category: Events]
• 1986: Conor Sammon, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Katie Leclerc, American actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Sumburgh disaster – A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record. [category: Events]
• 1987: Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1987: Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Emma Stone, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Erik Lund, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jozy Altidore, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1989: Shaina Magdayao, Filipino actress, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1989: Dickie Goodman, American songwriter and producer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: André Schürrle, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: The last burning Kuwaiti oil field was extinguished. [category: Events]
• 1992: Paula Kania, Polish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1995: Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens, the first time the city had a football team since 1983 when they were the Baltimore Colts. [category: Events]
• 1995: The Rova of Antananarivo, home of the sovereigns of Madagascar from the 16th to 19th centuries, is destroyed by fire. [category: Events]
• 1996: Toni Schmücker, German businessman (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor [category: Births]
• 1997: Epic Soundtracks, English singer-songwriter and musician (Swell Maps, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls) (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum. [category: Events]
• 2000: David Brower, American environmentalist, founded the Sierra Club Foundation (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: L. Sprague de Camp, American author (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Anthony Shaffer, English author and playwright (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Sid Sackson, American game designer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Just Betzer, Danish film producer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mike Lockwood, American wrestler (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Fred Dibnah, English engineer (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Johnny Warren, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 7 and injuring 150. [category: Events]
• 2005: Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Rod Donald, New Zealand politician (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Federico López, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: George Grljusich, Australian sportscaster (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: George Osmond, American manager (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Hilda Braid, English actress (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Jo Myong-rok, North Korean military officer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Robert Lipshutz, American lawyer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bohdan Tsap, Ukrainian footballer and coach (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Charles Delporte, Belgian painter and sculptor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank J. Prial, American journalist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joel Connable, American journalist (b. 1973) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Maxim of Bulgaria (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Panbanisha, American chimpanzee (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Samuel Guo Chuan-zhen, Chinese bishop (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Theodore T. Jones, American judge (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vladimír Jiránek, Czech illustrator and director (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Barack Obama is re-elected President of the United States. Maine, Maryland, and Washington become the first three U.S. states to legalize same-sex marriage through popular vote. Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay U.S. Senator. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Dominican Republic (1884), Tajikistan (1994), Tatarstan (1992)) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Finnish Swedish Heritage Day, a flag day (Finland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Green March (Morocco) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gustavus Adolphus Day, death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day (Sweden) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Illtud [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Leonard of Noblac [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Winnoc [category: Holidays and observances]