What are the important events that happened on November 6? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 6: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 6 is the 310th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 55 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 24, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 489,552 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 103 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,703 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 6 Historical Events
- 1844 –The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
- 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.
- 1934 –Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1935 –Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth Magie.
- 1942 –World War II: Carlson’s patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
- 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, the largest operational campaign of the Chinese Civil War begins.
- 1995 –The Rova of Antananarivo, home of the sovereigns of Madagascar from the 16th to 19th centuries, is destroyed by fire.
- 2011 –Pedro Gonçalves survives an acute type A aortic dissection
Who were born on November 6?
- 1841 –Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (d. 1915)
- 1938 –P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor
- 1954 –Catherine Crier, American television personality
- 1970 –Ethan Hawke, American actor
- 1972 –Thandie Newton, English actress
- 1974 –Zoe McLellan, American actress
- 1979 –Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
- 1979 –Lamar Odom, American basketball player
- 1983 –Janette McBride, Australian-born Filipino actress
- 1989 –Shaina Magdayao, Filipina actress
Who died on November 6?
- 1656 –King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
- 1960 –Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b. 1876)
- 1965 –Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)
- 1968 –Charles B. McVay III, Ex-U.S. Navy Captain (b. 1898)
- 1984 –Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)
- 1989 –Dickie Goodman, American entertainer (b. 1934)
- 1989 –Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
- 2003 –Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
- 2004 –Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player (b. 1943)
- 2007 –George Osmond, American patriarch of the Osmond family (b. 1917)
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