Today in History
6 November
104 births · 57 deaths · 23 events recorded
Notable Births
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Day'Ron Sharpe
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Aliona Bolsova
b. 1997
Spanish-Moldovan tennis player (born 1997)
Hero Fiennes Tiffin
b. 1997
British actor and producer (born 1997)
Elena-Gabriela Ruse
b. 1997
Romanian tennis player (born 1997)
Addin Fonua-Blake
b. 1995
New Zealand and Tonga international rugby league footballer
Sam Reinhart
b. 1995
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1995)
Isaah Yeo
b. 1994
Australia international rugby league footballer
Rebecca Allen (basketball)
b. 1992
Australian basketball player (born 1992)
Notable Deaths
All 57 ›
Frederick Hauck
d. 2025
American naval captain and astronaut (1941–2025)
James Watson
d. 2025
American biologist (1928–2025)
Tony Todd
d. 2024
American actor (1954–2024)
Dorothy Allison
d. 2024
American writer (1949–2024)
John Nott
d. 2024
British politician (1932–2024)
Madeleine Riffaud
d. 2024
French poet, journalist and Resistance member (1924–2024)
Antoni Martí
d. 2023
Andorran politician (1963–2023)
Ken Spears
d. 2020
American animator (1938–2020)
On This Day in History
All 23 ›
2016
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.
Syrian civil war
2012
Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
Tammy Baldwin
2004
An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.
Ufton Nervet rail crash
2002
Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Jiang Lijun
2002
A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
Fokker 50
1995
Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
Cleveland Browns relocation controversy
1988
Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.
1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes
1986
Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
1986 British International Helicopters Chinook crash