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

• 1528 –
  Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.
• 1789 –
  Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Carlson’s patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
• 1943 –
  World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city’s ancient buildings.
• 1947 –
  Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
• 1962 –
  Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
• 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.
• 2004 –
  An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 7 and injuring 150.
• 2011 –
  Pedro Gonçalves survives an acute type A aortic dissection

Who were born on November 6?

• 1479 –
  Queen Joanna of Castile of Spain (d. 1555)
• 1661 –
  King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
• 1860 –
  Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and statesman (d. 1941)
• 1937 –
  Garry Gross, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 1941 –
  Guy Clark, American country singer-songwriter
• 1947 –
  George Young, Australian musician (Easybeats)
• 1976 –
  Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1979 –
  Brad Stuart, Canadian hockey player
• 1983 –
  Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore)
• 1989 –
  Jozy Altidore, American soccer player

Who died on November 6?

• 1771 –
  John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)
• 1893 –
  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
• 1910 –
  Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838)
• 1929 –
  Prince Maximilian of Baden, German statesman (b. 1867)
• 1965 –
  Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)
• 1998 –
  Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2002 –
  Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)
• 2003 –
  Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
• 2007 –
  Hank Thompson, American singer (b. 1925)
• 2010 –
  Jo Myong-Rok, North Korean military official (b. 1928)