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 310^th 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.

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.

November 6 Historical 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.
• 1844 –
  The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
• 1861 –
  American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
• 1917 –
  World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
• 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.
• 1947 –
  Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
• 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.
• 1971 –
  The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
• 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.
• 2005 –
  The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.

Who were born on November 6?

• 1893 –
  Edsel Ford, American automotive executive (d. 1943)
• 1949 –
  Nigel Havers, English actor
• 1954 –
  Catherine Crier, American television personality
• 1968 –
  Kelly Rutherford, American actress
• 1971 –
  Clonie Gowen, American poker player
• 1976 –
  Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx)
• 1976 –
  Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)
• 1983 –
  Janette McBride, Australian-born Filipino actress
• 1989 –
  Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
• 1997 –
  Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor

Who died on November 6?

• 1656 –
  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)
• 1656 –
  King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
• 1937 –
  Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter (b. 1856)
• 1960 –
  Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b. 1876)
• 1987 –
  Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
• 2003 –
  Just Betzer, Danish film producer (b. 1944)
• 2005 –
  Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor, composer and singer (b. 1915)
• 2007 –
  Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
• 2007 –
  George Osmond, American patriarch of the Osmond family (b. 1917)
• 2010 –
  Jo Myong-Rok, North Korean military official (b. 1928)