On This Day in History – November 6

Major Events

1. 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected as the 16th President of the United States.
2. 1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested for leading Indian miners in a protest march in South Africa.
3. 1917 – The Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia.
4. 1928 – Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States.
5. 1956 – Soviet troops enter Budapest to crush the Hungarian Revolution.
6. 1962 – The United Nations General Assembly condemns South Africa’s apartheid policies.
7. 1984 – Ronald Reagan is re-elected President of the United States in a landslide.
8. 1995 – Art Modell announces the Cleveland Browns football team will relocate to Baltimore.
9. 2012 – Barack Obama is re-elected President of the United States.

Famous Birthdays

1. John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) – American composer and conductor known for military marches.
2. James Naismith (1861–1939) – Canadian-American inventor of basketball.
3. Adolphe Sax (1814–1894) – Belgian inventor of the saxophone.
4. Sally Field (born 1946) – American actress.
5. Maria Shriver (born 1955) – American journalist and author.
6. Emma Stone (born 1988) – American actress.
7. Pat Tillman (1976–2004) – American football player and soldier.

Notable Deaths

1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893) – Russian composer.
2. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) – French philosopher and writer.
3. Ed Bradley (1941–2006) – American journalist.
4. Clarence Birdseye (1886–1956) – American inventor and founder of the frozen food industry.

Holidays

• Constitution Day (Dominican Republic)
• Green March Day (Morocco) – Commemorates Morocco’s peaceful march into Western Sahara in 1975.
• National Nachos Day (USA)

Fun Facts

1. Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860 directly preceded the secession of Southern states.
2. The saxophone’s inventor, Adolphe Sax, was born on this day in 1814.
3. The UN first condemned apartheid on November 6, 1962.