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 311^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 55 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 24, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,730,851,200 seconds 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 ‘trihectadecahenagon’ 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 84 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 4,338 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 6 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1934 –
  Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
• 1935 –
  Edwin Armstrong presents his paper “A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation” to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
• 1935 –
  Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth Magie.
• 1942 –
  World War II: Carlson’s patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
• 1971 –
  The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
• 1975 –
  Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
• 1977 –
  The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
• 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.

Who were born on November 6?

• 1661 –
  King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)
• 1841 –
  Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (d. 1915)
• 1892 –
  Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)
• 1893 –
  Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
• 1937 –
  Marco Vassi, American writer (d. 1989)
• 1947 –
  E. Lee Spence, pioneer underwater archaeologist
• 1947 –
  George Young, Australian musician (Easybeats)
• 1979 –
  Lamar Odom, American basketball player
• 1981 –
  Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor
• 1988 –
  Erik Lund, Swedish footballer

Who died on November 6?

• 1650 –
  William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)
• 1816 –
  Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b. 1752)
• 1836 –
  King Charles X of France (b. 1757)
• 1937 –
  Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter (b. 1856)
• 1965 –
  Edgard Varèse, French composer (b. 1883)
• 1991 –
  Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
• 2000 –
  David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)
• 2003 –
  Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
• 2003 –
  Just Betzer, Danish film producer (b. 1944)
• 2010 –
  Robert Lipshutz, American attorney and counsel to the Carter Administration (b. 1921)