Events

• 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.

• 1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.

• 1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.

• 1844 – The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.

• 1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.

• 1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.

• 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 vessels.

• 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.

• 1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.

• 1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.

• 1918 – The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.

• 1925 – Secret agent Sidney Reilly is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.

• 1928 – Sweden begins a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.

• 1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.

• 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.

• 1935 – First flight of the Hawker Hurricane.

• 1939 – World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.

• 1941 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.

• 1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.

• 1943 – World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.

• 1944 – Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

• 1947 – Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

• 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.

• 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

• 1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the April 19 Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.

• 1985 – The Iran-Contra Affair: The American press reveals that U.S. President Ronald Reagan had authorized the shipment of arms to Iran.

• 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.

• 1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.

• 2002 – 12 people are killed in a fire on board a train bound for Vienna from Paris.

• 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary carriage near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 7 and injuring 150.

• 2005 – The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.

• 2005 – The military junta of Myanmar begins moving its government ministries from Yangon to Pyinmana.

Births

• 1391 – Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)

• 1479 – Joanna I of Castile, queen of Spain (d. 1555)

• 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)

• 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Queen of Sweden (d. 1612)

• 1661 – King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)

• 1692 – Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)

• 1753 – Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)

• 1753 – Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823)

• 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d. 1894)

• 1833 – Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d. 1908)

• 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915)

• 1841 – Armand Fallières, French president (d. 1931)

• 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)

• 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)

• 1855 – Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)

• 1860 – Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and President of Poland (d. 1941)

• 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)

• 1880 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)

• 1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer and novelist (d. 1959)

• 1882 – Thomas Ince, American movie actor, director, producer. (d. 1924)

• 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946)

• 1892 – Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)

• 1892 – George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (d. 1938)

• 1893 – Edsel Ford, president of Ford Motor Company (d. 1943)

• 1903 – June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)

• 1906 – James D. Norris, sportsman and businessman (Chicago Blackhawks) (d. 1966)

• 1914 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)

• 1916 – Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)

• 1921 – James Jones, American writer (d. 1977)

• 1924 – Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler, AKA Baroness Lips von Lipstrill (d. 2005)

• 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian

• 1930 – Tom Hornbein, American mountaineer

• 1931 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)

• 1931 – Mike Nichols, American film director

• 1932 – Stonewall Jackson, American country singer

• 1937 – Joe Warfield, American actor

• 1937 – Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five)

• 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)

• 1938 – Jim Pike, American singer (The Lettermen)

• 1938 – P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor

• 1938 – Diana E. H. Russell, South African feminist writer and activist

• 1938 – Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter

• 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)

• 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino Supreme Court jurist

• 1940 – Ruth Messinger, Manhattan Borough President and President of the American Jewish World Service

• 1940 – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, LDS apostle

• 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer,

• 1946 – Sally Field, American actress

• 1946 – Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer

• 1947 – Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter

• 1947 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (d. 2007)

• 1947 – George Young, Australian musician (Easybeats)

• 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)

• 1949 – Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)

• 1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter

• 1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat and husband of Valerie Plame

• 1949 – Nigel Havers, English actor

• 1950 – Amir Aczel, lecturer in mathematics

• 1950 – Chris Glen, Scottish bassist The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

• 1951 – Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney

• 1951 – John Falsey, American television writer and producer

• 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American writer

• 1954 – Catherine Crier, American television personality

• 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist

• 1955 – Alton Coleman, American serial killer

• 1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist

• 1957 – Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress

• 1957 – Lori Singer, American actress

• 1958 – Trace Beaulieu, American actor

• 1960 – Michael Cerveris, American actor

• 1961 – Florent Pagny, French songwriter and singer

• 1961 – Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator

• 1961 – Craig Goldy, guitarist for the band (Dio)

• 1962 – Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian host, actor and singer

• 1963 – Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (d. 1998)

• 1964 – Kerry Conran, American filmmaker

• 1964 – Arne Duncan, American political figure

• 1964 – Corey Glover, American musician (Living Color)

• 1964 – Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)

• 1966 – Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer

• 1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor and director

• 1967 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)

• 1968 – Alfred Williams, American football player

• 1968 – Jerry Yang, Chinese American entrepreneur (Yahoo!, Inc.)

• 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress

• 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor

• 1972 – Garry Flitcroft, English footballer

• 1972 – Thandie Newton, English actress

• 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American actress

• 1972 – Deivi Cruz, American baseball player

• 1973 – Nell McAndrew, British model

• 1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)

• 1975 – Anastasia Blue, American former pornographic actress (d. 2008)

• 1976 – Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx)

• 1976 – Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter

• 1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)

• 1976 – Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist; daughter of Joe Clark

• 1977 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress

• 1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress

• 1978 – Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host

• 1978 – Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host

• 1978 – Taryn Manning, American actress

• 1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver

• 1979 – Myolie Wu , Hong Kong famous star

• 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player

• 1981 – Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor

• 1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian Ice Hockey Player

• 1982 – Sowelu, Japanese pop singer

• 1982 – Steve Millar, Candian/American Singer-Songwriter

• 1983 – Janette McBride, Australian/Filipino actress

• 1983 – Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore)

• 1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player

• 1987 – Ana Ivanović, Serbian tennis player

• 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer

• 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress

• 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American footballer

• 1989 – Shaina Magdayao, Filipina actress

Deaths

• 1231 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)

• 1406 – Pope Innocent VII

• 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer

• 1550 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)

• 1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)

• 1650 – William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)

• 1656 – King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)

• 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)

• 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)

• 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)

• 1771 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)

• 1790 – James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726)

• 1796 – Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)

• 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b. 1752)

• 1822 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b. 1748)

• 1836 – King Charles X of France (b. 1757)

• 1846 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)

• 1846 – Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general (b. 1786)

• 1893 – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)

• 1903 – Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b.1895)

• 1910 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838)

• 1925 – Khải Định, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1885)

• 1929 – Prince Maximilian of Baden, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1867)

• 1936 – Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (b. 1864)

• 1937 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American Impressionist painter (b. 1856)

• 1941 – Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)

• 1960 – Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b. 1876)

• 1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)

• 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)

• 1965 – Edgard Varèse, French composer (b. 1883)

• 1965 – Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)

• 1968 – Charles Munch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891)

• 1968 – Charles B. McVay III, Ex-U.S. Navy Captain (b. 1898)

• 1970 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1900)

• 1978 – Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)

• 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)

• 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)

• 1985 – Joel Crothers, Soap Opera Actor (b. 1941)

• 1986 – Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)

• 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)

• 1989 – Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)

• 1989 – Dickie Goodman, creator of "break-in" records (b. 1934)

• 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)

• 1994 – Jacob Kurtzberg, American comic book artist, writer, and editor (b. 1917)

• 1995 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)

• 1998 – Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)

• 2000 – David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)

• 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907)

• 2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b. 1926)

• 2002 – Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)

• 2003 – Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)

• 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)

• 2003 – Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)

• 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish film producer (b. 1944)

• 2004 – Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b. 1938)

• 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player (b. 1943)

• 2005 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967)

• 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand Politician, Green Party Co-leader (b. 1957)

• 2005 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor, composer and singer (b. 1915)

• 2006 – Federico (Fico) López, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)

• 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (b. 1950)

• 2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)

• 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress (b. 1929)

• 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian sports broadcaster (b. c. 1939)

• 2007 – Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. c. 1962)

• 2007 – George Osmond, Osmond family patriarch (b. 1917)

• 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer (b. 1925)

Holidays and observances

• Catholic Saints – November 6 is the feast day of the following Catholic Saints:

• *St. Leonard of Noblac

• *St. Winnoc

• Dominican Republic – Constitution Day (1844)

• Finland – Swedishness Day, a flag day

• Sweden – Death of King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and official flag day

• Tajikistan – Constitution Day (1994)

• Tatarstan – Constitution Day (1992)