This Day in History : [ 06 / Nov ]

2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) is the youngest person ever elected to the US House of representatives at 29 years

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also commonly known by her initials AOC was the youngest woman at 29 ever be elected to the US House of Representatives.

Nov 06 1391

Edmund de Mortimer 5th Earl of March English politician born in New Forest Westmeath Ireland (d. 1425)

Nov 06 1479

Johanna the Insane Queen of Castile (1504-20) born in Toledo Spain (d. 1555)

Nov 06 1550

Karin Mnsdotter Queen of Sweden born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 1612)

Nov 06 1566

Julien Perrichon French composer born in Paris (d. 1600)

Nov 06 1607

Sigmund Theophil Staden German composer born in Kulmbach Germany (d. 1655)

Nov 06 1613

Luis de Garay Spanish composer born in Villa de Veteta (d. 1673)

Nov 06 1659

Theodor Schwartzkopff German composer born in Ulm Germany (d. 1732)

Nov 06 1661

Charles II of Spain last Habsburg king of Spain (reigns 1665-1700) born in Royal Alcazar of Madrid Spain (d. 1700)

Nov 06 1671

Colley Cibber English actor dramatist and Poet Laureate (1730-57) born in London (d. 1757)

Nov 06 1692

Louis Racine French poet (La Religion) born in Paris (d. 1763)

Nov 06 1746

Absalom Jones African-American abolitionist and clergyman born into slavery in Delaware (d. 1818)

Nov 06 1753

Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Breval French cellist and composer born in Paris (d. 1823)

Nov 06 1753

Mikhail Kozlovsky Russian sculptor born in St. Petersburg Russia (d. 1802)

Nov 06 1757

Louis Abel Beffroy de Reigny French dramatist and composer born in Laon Aisne France (d. 1811)

Nov 06 1771

Alois Senefelder German actor and inventor (lithography) born in Prague (d. 1834)

Nov 06 1796

George Back English sea officer and explorer (North Canada) born in Stockport Cheshire (d. 1878)

Nov 06 1800

Eduard Grell German composer born in Berlin Germany (d. 1886)

Nov 06 1814

Adolphe Sax Belgium musician and inventor (saxophone) born in Dinant Belgium (d. 1894)

Nov 06 1818

Pavel Melnikov Russian historian and author (In the Forests) born in Nizhny Novgorod Russian Empire [OSOct 25]

Nov 06 1822

Gordon Granger American Major General (Union Army) born in Wayne County New York (d. 1876)

Nov 06 1833

Jonas Lie Norwegian author (The Family at Gilje A Domestic Story of the Forties) born in Hokksund Eiker Norway (d. 1908)

Nov 06 1836

Francis Ellingwood Abbot American theologian (Scientific Theism) born in Boston Massachusetts (d. 1903)

Nov 06 1838

John Grant Mitchell American lawyer and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Piqua Ohio (d. 1894)

Nov 06 1841

Nelson W. Aldrich U.S. Senator from Rhode Island born in Foster Rhode Island (d. 1915)

Nov 06 1841

Armand Fallires French president (1906-13) born in Mzin France (d. 1931)

Nov 06 1848

Richard Jefferies English naturalist and essayist born in Coate Swindon England (d. 1887)

Nov 06 1851

Charles Dow American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones and 1st editor of Wall St Journal) born in Sterling Connecticut (d. 1902)

Nov 06 1855

Iosif Kotek Russian composer and violinist born in Kamenets-Podolsk Ukraine (d. 1885)

Nov 06 1855

Ezra Seymour Gosney American philanthropist and eugenicist born in Kenton County Kentucky (d. 1942)

Nov 06 1856

Nikola Nikolaevich Grand Duke of Russia born in St. Petersburg Russian Empire (d. 1929)

Nov 06 1867

Marie Bregendahl Danish author (Holger Hauge og hans Hustru) born in Fly Denmark (d. 1940)

Nov 06 1875

Pompeo Aloisi Italian baron diplomat and senator born in Rome Italy (d. 1949)

Nov 06 1878

Ernest Irving English composer born in Godalming Surrey (d. 1953)

Nov 06 1153 Treaty of Wallingford (Oxfordshire) signed between King Stephen and the Empress Maude (aka Matilda)

Nov 06 1528 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador lvar Nez Cabeza de Vaca becomes first known European to set foot in Texas

Nov 06 1572 Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia

This Day in History : [ 06 / Nov ]

2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) is the youngest person ever elected to the US House of representatives at 29 years

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2018 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York) is the youngest person ever elected to the US House of representatives at 29 years

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