1528 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca along with 79 others were the first known Europeans to set foot in Texas on November 6, 1528. Only de Vaca, and three others survived the next eight years, during which they wandered through what is now the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico. They eventually reached Mexico City in 1536.
1746 The use of the bagpipes as a military instrument inspired the Highlanders in their fight so much that after the 1746 Battle of Culloden, bagpipes were banned by the English. When a reckless piper broke this law, a court ruled that "no highland regiment ever marched without a piper" and that therefore in the eyes of the law, his bagpipe was an instrument of war. He was executed on November 6, 1746.
1789 When the priests of Maryland petitioned Rome for a bishop for the United States, they were allowed to select the city for a cathedral and on a one-off basis to name the candidate for presentation to the pope. Father John Carroll was selected Bishop of Baltimore by the American clergy and on November 6, 1789, Pope Pius VI approved the election, naming Carroll the first Catholic bishop in the newly independent United States.
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| Portrait of Cabeza de Vaca |
1746 The use of the bagpipes as a military instrument inspired the Highlanders in their fight so much that after the 1746 Battle of Culloden, bagpipes were banned by the English. When a reckless piper broke this law, a court ruled that "no highland regiment ever marched without a piper" and that therefore in the eyes of the law, his bagpipe was an instrument of war. He was executed on November 6, 1746.
1789 When the priests of Maryland petitioned Rome for a bishop for the United States, they were allowed to select the city for a cathedral and on a one-off basis to name the candidate for presentation to the pope. Father John Carroll was selected Bishop of Baltimore by the American clergy and on November 6, 1789, Pope Pius VI approved the election, naming Carroll the first Catholic bishop in the newly independent United States.
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| Portrait of Bishop John Carroll (1735-1815) |
1856 Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the respected scholar Mary Ann Evans under her George Eliot pseudonym was submitted for publication on November 6, 1856. It originally appeared in Blackwood's magazine as three anonymous stories the following year, before being released as a two-volume set by Blackwood and Sons in January 1858.
1860 On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president and first Republican president of the United States, defeating a deeply divided Democratic Party. Lincoln's victory on an anti-slavery ticket was entirely due to the strength of his support in the North and West; he won only two of 996 counties in all the Southern states.
1863 The Dominican Republic flag was adopted on November 6, 1863. The blue on the flag stands for liberty, the white for salvation, and the red for the blood of heroes. In the center is a shield, which contains a Bible with a small cross above it flanked by three spears. The Dominican Republic is the only country to have a Bible on its national flag.
1869 In the first official intercollegiate American football game, Rutgers College defeated the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 6–4, on a Rutgers field in New Brunswick, New Jersey on November 6, 1869. The players from Rutgers wore scarlet-colored turbans and handkerchiefs to distinguish them as a team from the New Jersey players.
1875 John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on November 6, 1854 to João António de Sousa, a trombonist by profession who played with the Marine Band and his German wife Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus. Growing up in Civil War era Washington, John Philip heard, and was influenced by, the sounds of drummers and military bands. Known as the American March King, Sousa is remembered for "The Stars and Stripes Forever," the National March of the United States of America.
1893 Already feeling ill, the Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky knowingly drank a glass of unboiled water at a local restaurant, even though a cholera epidemic was raging through St Petersburg. He lapsed into a dehydrated fever. A week later his kidneys failed and he died at 3.00 on the morning of November 6, 1893.
1893 According to Bram Stoker's novel, the vampire Count Dracula was killed on November 6, 1893. This is explicitly stated in the novel, as Dr. Van Helsing drives a stake through Dracula's heart on that date. The novel's ending is a victory for good over evil, as Dracula is finally defeated and the people of Transylvania are safe from his terror.
1901 Yang Kaihui, Mao Zedong's second wife, was born on November 6, 1901.The daughter of Mao's mentor Professor Yang Chang, they married in 1920 without any wedding ceremony or other celebrations. They had three children together but in August 1927, Mao ended their marriage. Yang was beheaded by Chiang Kai Shek's nationalists during the revolution three years later for her refusal to renounce the Chinese Communist Party and her former husband.
1913 It was in South Africa that Mahatma Gandhi first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. On November 6, 1913 he was arrested there while leading a march of Indian miners. In 1915 Gandhi returned from South Africa to his country of origin, India, a hero, and begun the struggle for Indian independence by non-violent co-operation.
1918 Major Charles Young was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in September 1916, becoming the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the US Army. However, there was widespread resistance among white officers, who did not want to be outranked by an African American, so Young was forcibly retired. On November 6, 1918, Young traveled by horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington DC to disprove rumors of his poor health after which he was reinstated on active duty as a colonel.
1919 The silent movie star Rudolph Valentino impulsively married actress, Jean Acker on November 6, 1919. A closet lesbian, she locked him out of her bedroom on their wedding night. The union was never consummated and the pair divorced two years later.
1935 The Hawker Hurricane, the aircraft responsible for 60% of the Royal Air Force (RAF)'s air victories in the Battle of Britain in 1940, made its first flight on November 6, 1935. The single-seat fighter aircraft was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the RAF. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain, Canada, Belgium and Yugoslavia.
1935 The board game Monopoly was invented in 1934 by Charles Darrow, a Pennsylvania heating engineer who had been reduced to selling stoves. Darrow adapted Monopoly from a similar game, The Landlord's Game, devised in 1903 by Elizabeth Magie of Virginia. Parker Brothers acquired the forerunner patents for Monopoly from Elizabeth Magie on November 6, 1935.
1901 Yang Kaihui, Mao Zedong's second wife, was born on November 6, 1901.The daughter of Mao's mentor Professor Yang Chang, they married in 1920 without any wedding ceremony or other celebrations. They had three children together but in August 1927, Mao ended their marriage. Yang was beheaded by Chiang Kai Shek's nationalists during the revolution three years later for her refusal to renounce the Chinese Communist Party and her former husband.
1913 It was in South Africa that Mahatma Gandhi first employed nonviolent resistance in a campaign for civil rights. On November 6, 1913 he was arrested there while leading a march of Indian miners. In 1915 Gandhi returned from South Africa to his country of origin, India, a hero, and begun the struggle for Indian independence by non-violent co-operation.
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| Gandhi photographed in South Africa (1909) |
1918 Major Charles Young was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in September 1916, becoming the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the US Army. However, there was widespread resistance among white officers, who did not want to be outranked by an African American, so Young was forcibly retired. On November 6, 1918, Young traveled by horseback from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington DC to disprove rumors of his poor health after which he was reinstated on active duty as a colonel.
1919 The silent movie star Rudolph Valentino impulsively married actress, Jean Acker on November 6, 1919. A closet lesbian, she locked him out of her bedroom on their wedding night. The union was never consummated and the pair divorced two years later.
1935 The Hawker Hurricane, the aircraft responsible for 60% of the Royal Air Force (RAF)'s air victories in the Battle of Britain in 1940, made its first flight on November 6, 1935. The single-seat fighter aircraft was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the RAF. By the end of production in July 1944, 14,487 Hurricanes had been completed in Britain, Canada, Belgium and Yugoslavia.
1935 The board game Monopoly was invented in 1934 by Charles Darrow, a Pennsylvania heating engineer who had been reduced to selling stoves. Darrow adapted Monopoly from a similar game, The Landlord's Game, devised in 1903 by Elizabeth Magie of Virginia. Parker Brothers acquired the forerunner patents for Monopoly from Elizabeth Magie on November 6, 1935.
1935 During the early 20th century, Billy Sunday was America's most famous evangelist with his colloquial sermons and frenetic delivery. Though the crowds declined during the last 15 years of his life, Sunday continued accepting preaching invitations. In early 1935, he had a mild heart attack, and he died on November 6, 1935 a week after preaching his last sermon on the text "What must I do to be saved?"
1942 Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered in New York City on November 6, 1942. Contrary to common belief, Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) never said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca. Bergman did not consider Casablanca to be one of her favorite performances. "I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.”
1944 The Hanford Atomic Facility in the U.S. state of Washington was the first plutonium-production reactor. It produced its first plutonium on November 6, 1944 and would go on to create more for almost the entire American nuclear arsenal. The newly created element was named after Pluto. This was in keeping with the tradition of naming elements after newly discovered planets, following uranium, which was named after Uranus, and neptunium, which was named after Neptune.
1947 Meet the Press debuted on NBC on November 6, 1947. The program was originally presented as a 30-minute press conference with one guest and a panel of questioners. Its first guest was James Farley, the Postmaster General, Democratic National Committee chairman and campaign manager under the first two administrations of President Franklin Roosevelt. Meet The Press is network television's longest running show, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode .
1942 Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premiered in New York City on November 6, 1942. Contrary to common belief, Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) never said "Play it again, Sam" in Casablanca. Bergman did not consider Casablanca to be one of her favorite performances. "I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.”
1944 The Hanford Atomic Facility in the U.S. state of Washington was the first plutonium-production reactor. It produced its first plutonium on November 6, 1944 and would go on to create more for almost the entire American nuclear arsenal. The newly created element was named after Pluto. This was in keeping with the tradition of naming elements after newly discovered planets, following uranium, which was named after Uranus, and neptunium, which was named after Neptune.
1947 Meet the Press debuted on NBC on November 6, 1947. The program was originally presented as a 30-minute press conference with one guest and a panel of questioners. Its first guest was James Farley, the Postmaster General, Democratic National Committee chairman and campaign manager under the first two administrations of President Franklin Roosevelt. Meet The Press is network television's longest running show, though the current format bears little resemblance to the debut episode .
1959 The country of Chad obtained independence from France under the leadership of François Tombalbaye in 1960. The blue, gold and red flag was adopted on November 6, 1959 for the autonomous republic and retained on Chad's independence, and in the constitution of 1962.
1962 The term ‘apartheid’ was first coined in the late 1930s by the South African Bureau for Racial Affairs (SABRA), which called for a policy of ‘separate development’ of the races. The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution on November 6, 1962, condemning South Africa's apartheid policies and calling for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
1970 A little known horse called Red Rum won his first steeplechase, a novice event at Doncaster, at odds of 100/7 on November 6, 1970. He later galloped into history as the only three time winner of the famous horse race, the Grand National.
1986 A Boeing 234LR Chinook crashed two-and-a-half miles east of Sumburgh Airport, the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland on November 6, 1986. 45 people were killed, making it the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
1993 The heavyweight boxing fight between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe on November 6, 1993 was interrupted for 21 minutes when James Miller, aka Fan Man, para-glided into the ring at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
1995 The capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, was founded in 1625 by King Andrianjaka on the site of a village occupied by Vazimba, the island's earliest inhabitants. The Rova of Antananarivo, which served as Madagascar's royal palace from the 17th to 19th centuries, was destroyed by fire on November 6, 1995.
1970 A little known horse called Red Rum won his first steeplechase, a novice event at Doncaster, at odds of 100/7 on November 6, 1970. He later galloped into history as the only three time winner of the famous horse race, the Grand National.
1986 A Boeing 234LR Chinook crashed two-and-a-half miles east of Sumburgh Airport, the main airport serving Shetland in Scotland on November 6, 1986. 45 people were killed, making it the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
1993 The heavyweight boxing fight between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe on November 6, 1993 was interrupted for 21 minutes when James Miller, aka Fan Man, para-glided into the ring at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
1995 The capital of Madagascar, Antananarivo, was founded in 1625 by King Andrianjaka on the site of a village occupied by Vazimba, the island's earliest inhabitants. The Rova of Antananarivo, which served as Madagascar's royal palace from the 17th to 19th centuries, was destroyed by fire on November 6, 1995.
2005 The BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham temple was consecrated on November 6, 2005 by Pramukh Swami Maharaj in New Delhi. Measuring 356 ft long, 316 ft wide and 141 ft high, it was named the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records.
2016 Emily and Seth Peterson, who live in West Barnstable, Massachusetts, welcomed their twin baby boys in the early hours of November 6, 2016. Samuel was born first, at 1:39 am, followed by his brother Ronan who entered this world 31 minutes later just as daylight saving time had ended. So even though Ronan was born 31 minutes after Samuel, he officially was born at 1:10 am — 29 minutes before his older brother.
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