Historical Events

06 Nov 1153
Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda)
06 Nov 1528
Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador lvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas
06 Nov 1572
Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia
06 Nov 1632
Battle at Lutzen SwedishSaxon army beats imperial armies
06 Nov 1789
Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
06 Nov 1792
Battle of Jemappes French army beats Holy Roman Empire
06 Nov 1813
Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
06 Nov 1850
Yerba Buena & Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) reserved for military use
06 Nov 1864
Battle of Droop Mountain West Virginia (Averells Raid)
06 Nov 1865
American Civil War CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on its cruise that sank or captured 37 vessels
06 Nov 1869
1st US college football game players used their hands or feet Rutgers 6 Princeton 4
06 Nov 1871
Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa
06 Nov 1878
Henrik Ibsens Samfundets Stotter premieres in Oslo
06 Nov 1883
NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
06 Nov 1884
British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea
06 Nov 1884
Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0 in 1st CRFU Championship game
06 Nov 1885
US mint at Carson City Nevada directed to close
06 Nov 1900
Battle at Bothaville Major General Charles Knox beats Boers
06 Nov 1906
Chinese Government ministries are reorganized as part of the movement towards constitutional government but in fact the Manchu princes retain control and there is little gain for the Chinese people
06 Nov 1908
Leonid Andreyevs Dui Nashey Zhizni premieres in St Petersburg
06 Nov 1910
SDAPNVV initiate campaign for general malesfemale suffrage
06 Nov 1911
Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico
06 Nov 1914
The British land troops (mostly from the Indian Army) at the head of the Persian Gulf in Mesopotamia and will begin to move westward in an attempt to draw Turkish troops from other fronts
06 Nov 1915
1st military flight in Dutch East Indies (Tandjong Priok)
06 Nov 1917
New York State adopts a constitutional amendment giving women the right to vote in state elections
06 Nov 1918
Supreme commander of the army Gen Cutters resigns
06 Nov 1918
WWI On the Western Front Germany is now retreating as French and American troops cross the Meuse and move to take Sedan
06 Nov 1919
1st Dutch radio program Soire Musicale with Turf in you(r) ransel
06 Nov 1923
USSR adopts experimental calendar with 5-day weeks
06 Nov 1925
British secret agent Sidney Reilly (Ace of Spies) is executed by the OGPU the secret police of the Soviet Union.
06 Nov 1928
Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
06 Nov 1928
Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor
06 Nov 1928
Swedes start a tradition of eating Gustavus Adolphus pastries to commemorate the king.
06 Nov 1929
Providence Steam Roller become first NFL team to host a game at night under floodlights lose 16-0 against the Chicago Cardinals at the Cycledrome Providence RI
06 Nov 1934
NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0
06 Nov 1935
1st test flight of Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft
06 Nov 1936
Terence Rattigans French Without Tears premieres in London
06 Nov 1938
3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time charity all star game
06 Nov 1939
WGY-TV (Schenectady NY) 1st commercial TV station begins service
06 Nov 1939
WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy NY (CBS) 1st broadcast
06 Nov 1939
World War II Sonderaktion Krakau - a Nazi operation against academics with 184 professors arrested in Krakow and deported
06 Nov 1941
Einsatz Gruppe kills 15000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
06 Nov 1945
House Committee on Un-American Activities begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
06 Nov 1945
The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down
06 Nov 1947
NBCs Meet the Press debuts - USs longest running TV show
06 Nov 1949
Greek civil war ends after 3 years with defeat of communist factions
06 Nov 1950
Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VPGM of Pittsburgh Pirates
06 Nov 1950
Chinese offensive halts at Chongchon River North Korea
06 Nov 1953
French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
06 Nov 1955
Ryder Cup Golf Thunderbird Ranch & CC US wins 8-4 Chick Harbert captains Americans to 7th consecutive event victory
06 Nov 1956
Netherlands and Spain withdraw from Olympics in protest against Soviet actions in the Hungarian Revolution
06 Nov 1956
Suez Crisis British Royal Marines storm Port Said in Egypt amid growing domestic and international opposition to the Anglo-French-Israeli military operation
06 Nov 1957
Rumple opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 45 performances
06 Nov 1958
AL announces that KC will play AL record 52 night games in 1959
06 Nov 1958
Wilber Snyder beats V Gagne in Omaha to become NWA wrestling champ
06 Nov 1961
US government issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith (invented game of basketball - actually Canadian)
06 Nov 1962
Statue of Joseph Stalin in Prague is removed as part of de-Stalinzation efforts
06 Nov 1962
BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
06 Nov 1962
UN General Assembly adopts resolution condemning South Africa
06 Nov 1964
WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
06 Nov 1967
Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad Curacao kills 15
06 Nov 1967
US launches Surveyor 6 makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9
06 Nov 1968
Nixon elected 37th President of US defeating Hubert Humphrey
06 Nov 1968
Students of San Francisco State Counsel go on strike
06 Nov 1969
1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar Balt & Denny McLain Det)
06 Nov 1971
Great Harp closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 7 performances
06 Nov 1974
Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
06 Nov 1975
Hello Dolly opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 51 performances
06 Nov 1976
Benjamin Hooks succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
06 Nov 1976
Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team joining the Red Sox for 1 million over 4 years
06 Nov 1977
Hair closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 43 performances
06 Nov 1977
39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College Ga
06 Nov 1981
Fernando Valenzuela is 1st rookie to win a Cy Young Award
06 Nov 1982
Joe Altobelli succeeds Earl Weaver as Oriole manager
06 Nov 1983
Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB California
06 Nov 1983
Tampa Bay Buccaneer James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings
06 Nov 1983
Turkey Turgut zals Moederland party wins elections
06 Nov 1985
22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB
06 Nov 1985
M-19 guerrillas occupy Palace of Justice Bogota Colombia
06 Nov 1985
Space shuttle Challenger lands at Edwards Air Force Base California
06 Nov 1985
Exploratory well in Ranger Texas blows out spilling 150000 bbl (24000 m3) of crude oil
06 Nov 1986
President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
06 Nov 1986
Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern
06 Nov 1986
Just Like the First Time 2nd studio album by Freddie Jackson is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1987)
06 Nov 1988
Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
06 Nov 1988
Steve Jones wins 19th NYC mens marathon (20820) Grete Waitz wins record 9th womens title
06 Nov 1989
US marshals & FCC seize pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn
06 Nov 1990
Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywoods Walk of Fame
06 Nov 1990
Fire destroys some of Universal Studios stages
06 Nov 1990
Guam Republican governor Joseph Ada re-elected
06 Nov 1990
Irans oil-producing region suffers a serious earthquake
06 Nov 1991
Moscow Circus Cirk Valentin opens at Gershwin NYC for 32 performances
06 Nov 1991
Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St Petersburg
06 Nov 1991
Keck II biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii
06 Nov 1993
Actor Howard Rollins arrested for drunk driving
06 Nov 1993
Breeders Cup Horse Racing Santa Anita Racetrack winners Arcangues Brocco Cardmania Hollywood Wildcat Kotashaan Lure Phone Chatter
06 Nov 1994
24th NYC Womens Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 22737
06 Nov 1994
25th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 21121
06 Nov 1994
Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tadzjikistan
06 Nov 1995
Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt
06 Nov 1996
LA Dodger Todd Hollandsworth wins NL Rookie of Year
06 Nov 1997
Proposals opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 76 performances
06 Nov 1997
SF Giants manager Dusty Baker named NL Manager of the Year
06 Nov 1999
Australians vote to keep the British monarch as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
06 Nov 1999
4th Rugby World Cup Final Millennium Stadium Cardiff Wallabies fullback Matt Burke lands 7 penalties and 2 conversions as Australia beats France 35-12
06 Nov 1999
Breeders Cup Horse Racing Gulfstream Park winners Cat Thief Anees Beautiful Pleasure Daylami Silic Soaring Softly Cash Run Artax
06 Nov 2001
Crude oil for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) falls to a two-year low after OPEC members warn that a downward price spiral could occur if major non-OPEC oil exporters do not reduce oil production
06 Nov 2001
TV drama series 24 starring Kiefer Sutherland premieres on Fox
06 Nov 2002
12 people are killed in a fire on board a train headed for Vienna from Paris.
06 Nov 2002
36th Country Music Association Award Alan Jackson & Martina McBride wins
06 Nov 2004
An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet England killing 6 and injuring 150.
06 Nov 2005
The Evansville Tornado of November kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.
06 Nov 2005
The military junta of Myanmar (Burma) begins moving its government ministries from Yangon to Pyinmana.
06 Nov 2009
Breeders Cup Horse Racing Santa Anita Racetrack Day 1 winners Man of Iron Tapitsfly She Be Wild Midday Informed Decision Life Is Sweet
06 Nov 2010
Breeders Cup Horse Racing Churchill Downs Day 2 winners Pluck Big Drama Chamberlain Bridge Uncle Mo Goldikova Dakota Phone Dangerous Midge Blame
06 Nov 2011
Federation Cup Womens Tennis Moscow Russia Czech pair Lucie Hradeck & Kvta Peschke beats Maria Kirilenko & Elena Vesnina of Russia to clinch a 3-2 win for the visitors in the final
06 Nov 2012
5 people are shot at a poultry processing plant in Fresno California
06 Nov 2012
Green Moon wins the Melbourne Cup race at Flemington
06 Nov 2012
Tammy Duckworth becomes the first disabled woman and first person born in Thailand to be elected to US Congress
06 Nov 2013
8 people are killed and 50 are injured by a suicide bombing in Damascus Syria
06 Nov 2013
15 people are killed after a suicide bombing in Baghdad Iraq
06 Nov 2016
Indian government declares levels of air pollution in Delhi an emergency situation closing schools and construction sites
06 Nov 2016
New York City Marathon Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea wins mens race in 20751 defending womens champion Mary Keitany wins her 3rd NYC crown in 22426
06 Nov 2018
More than 200 mass graves containing thousands of victims of ISIS discovered in former ISIS held areas according to UN report
06 Nov 2018
In US Midterm elections Democrats retake control of the House of Representatives after eight years the Senate is held by Republicans
06 Nov 2018
Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan) are the first Muslim women to be elected to the US House of Representaives
06 Nov 2018
Sharice Davids (Kansas) and Debra Haaland (New Mexico) are the first Native American women to be elected to the US House of Representatives
06 Nov 2018
Colorado votes to abolish slavery as a form of punishment in state constitution
06 Nov 2018
Colorado elects Jared Polis the countrys first openly male gay governor
06 Nov 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) is the youngest person ever elected to the US House of representatives at 29 years
06 Nov 2018
Human longevity less than 10% dependant on genetics according to study published in journal Genetics based on 400 million people from Ancestry
06 Nov 1862
New York-San Francisco direct telegraphic link forms
06 Nov 1863
Battle of Rogersville Tennessee Confederates recapture Rogersville
06 Nov 1918
Supreme commander of the army General Cutters resigns
06 Nov 1936
Terence Rattigans play French Without Tears premieres in London
06 Nov 1938
3 DiMaggio brothers play together for 1st time in a charity all-star game
06 Nov 1962
Edward M. Kennedy 1st elected as Democratic Senator for Massachusetts
06 Nov 1968
Republican Richard Nixon elected 37th President of United States defeating Democrat Hubert Humphrey
06 Nov 1969
1st Cy Young Award is a tie between Mike Cuellar and Denny McLain
06 Nov 1973
James Bond film Man With the Golden Gun starring Roger Moore begins filming
06 Nov 2018
Ilhan Omar (Minnesota) and Rashida Tlaib (Michigan) are the first Muslim women to be elected to the US House of Representatives
06 Nov 2018
Record 19 black female judicial candidates all elected in Harris County Texas after campaigning together under Black Girl Magic
06 Nov 1968
The film Head starring the Monkees opens in New York.
06 Nov 1986
Just Like the First Time second studio album by Freddie Jackson is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1987)
06 Nov 2004
Russian owned Liberian flagged tanker Tropical Brilliance gets stuck in the Suez Canal for 3 days blocking all traffic
06 Nov 2012
Tammy Duckworth becomes the first disabled woman and first person born in Thailand to be elected to US Congress representing Illinois
06 Nov 2018
Sharice Davids (Kansas) and Deb Haaland (New Mexico) are the first Native American women to be elected to the US House of Representatives
06 Nov 2019
17 people die in attack on a checkpoint by Islamic State militants on Tajikistans border with Uzbekistan
06 Nov 1282
Battle of Menai Straits (Moel-y-don) forces of Edward I defeated as they try to cross a pontoon bridge during their reconquor of Wales
06 Nov 1943
Catulli Carmina (Songs of Catullus) the second work of Carl Orffs Trionfi cantata trilogy premieres at the Leipzig Opera
06 Nov 1976
Benjamin Hooks elected to succeed Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
06 Nov 1985
22nd NASA Space Shuttle Mission (61-A) Challenger 9 lands at Edwards AFB
06 Nov 1995
Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Baltimore Maryland
06 Nov 2009
Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa designed by Peter Rich wins World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona
06 Nov 2018
Human longevity less than 10% dependent on genetics according to study published in journal Genetics based on 400 million people from Ancestry.com
06 Nov 1942
Indonesian independence movement Empat Serangkai founded by Sukarno Mohammed Hatta Ki Hajar Dewantara and Mas Mansur
06 Nov 1957
Ernest G. Schweikert and Frank Reardos musical Rumple starring Eddie Foy Jr opens at Alvin Theater NYC runs for 45 performances
06 Nov 1957
Felix Gaillard becomes Prime Minister of France
06 Nov 1962
Edward W. Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts
06 Nov 1968
Psychedelic feature film Head starring the Monkees premieres in New York City
06 Nov 1975
Revival of Hello Dolly opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 51 performances
06 Nov 1977
Revival of Galt MacDermot Gerome Ragni and James Rados hippie musical Hair closes at Biltmore Theater NYC after 43 performances
06 Nov 1983
Turkish General Election won by Turgut zals Moederland Party wins in first elections since 1980 coup [1]
06 Nov 2006
40th Country Music Association Award Kenny Chesney Carrie Underwood & Keith Urban win
06 Nov 1919
1st Dutch radio program Soire Musicale with Turf in you(r) ransel is broadcast
06 Nov 1939
World War II Sonderaktion Krakau - a Nazi operation against academics with 184 professors arrested in Krakw and deported
06 Nov 1994
Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tajikistan
06 Nov 2006
11.77 (29.89 cm) of rainfall 10.17 (25.83 cm) of rainfall Nehalem Oregon (breaking state record set in 1915)
06 Nov 2022
Plane crashes into Tanzanias Lake Victoria killing 19 people on board with 24 survivors [1]
06 Nov 2022
US Powerball jackpot rises to a world record of 1.9bn after no winners for more than three months [1]