November 6
November 6 is the 311th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 55 days remain until the year's end. It falls in autumn (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Scorpio.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On November 6 the Sun's declination is approximately -17.1°. At this latitude the Sun is south of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere shorter days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a November 6.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn
- Christian feast days: Demetrian
- Christian feast days: Illtud
- Christian feast days: Leonard of Noblac
- Christian feast days: Melaine of Rennes
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
2016 — Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa. ↗(10 years ago)more
The Syrian Civil War was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring.
2012 — Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. ↗(14 years ago)more
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin. A member of the Democratic Party, she has also served as the secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017.
2004 — An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120. ↗(22 years ago)more
The Ufton Nervet rail crash occurred on 6 November 2004 when a passenger train collided with a stationary car on a level crossing on the Reading–Taunton line near Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England. The collision derailed the train, and seven people—including the drivers of the train and the car—were killed.
- 2002 — Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. ↗(24 years ago)
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Jiang Lijun is a Chinese freelance writer. He has been detained by the Chinese government since November 2002 for posting articles on the Internet which the government considered subversive. He is a native of Tieling in Liaoning.
2002 — A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three. ↗(24 years ago)more
The Fokker 50 is a turboprop-powered airliner manufactured and supported by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It was designed as an improved version of the successful Fokker F27 Friendship. The Fokker 60 is a stretched freighter version of the Fokker 50.
- 1995 — Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. ↗(31 years ago)
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The Cleveland Browns relocation controversy—colloquially called "The Move" by fans—followed the announcement by Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell that his National Football League (NFL) team would move from its longtime home of Cleveland to Baltimore for the 1996 NFL season.
- 1988 — Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province. ↗(38 years ago)
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On 6 November 1988, two earthquakes struck Lancang and Gengma counties, Yunnan, near the China–Myanmar border. These earthquakes measured moment magnitude (Mw ) 7.0 and 6.9, respectively, spaced 12 minutes apart. These earthquakes were assigned a maximum China seismic intensity of IX and X, respectively.
1986 — Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record. ↗(40 years ago)more
On 6 November 1986, a Boeing-Vertol Model 234LR Chinook helicopter returning workers from the Brent oilfield crashed on approach to land at Sumburgh Airport in the Shetland Islands. At 2.5 mi (4.0 km) from the runway the helicopter had a catastrophic forward transmission failure which caused the tandem rotor blades to collide.
1985 — Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá. ↗(41 years ago)more
The Colombian conflict began on May 27, 1964, and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the government of Colombia, far-right paramilitary groups, crime syndicates and far-left guerrilla groups fighting each other to increase their influence in Colombian territory.
1977 — The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. ↗(49 years ago)more
Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam on Toccoa Creek in Stephens County, Georgia, United States, just outside the city of Toccoa. Heavy rainfall caused it to collapse on November 6, 1977, and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt.
- 1976 — Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. ↗(50 years ago)
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The Uttawar forced sterilisations were mass vasectomy drives on November 6, 1976, imposed on the male population of Uttawar, a Meo Muslim-majority village in Palwal district, Haryana, during India’s Emergency (1975–1977) imposed by then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Villagers woke up to the sound of police loudspeakers at 03:00.
1971 — The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. ↗(55 years ago)more
The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by the U.S. Congress to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology. President Harry S.
Notable births
2001 — Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player ↗(25 years ago)more
Day'Ron Yusha Sharpe is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
1997 — Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player ↗(29 years ago)more
Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova is a Spanish-Moldovan former professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of world No. 88 in singles and No. 54 in doubles. She has won five doubles titles on the WTA 125 Tour along with nine singles and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
1997 — Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model ↗(29 years ago)more
Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin is an English actor and film producer. He is most known for his starring roles in the After film series (2019–2023), for his portrayal of a young Tom Riddle in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Sherlock Holmes in the Young Sherlock series.
1997 — Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player ↗(29 years ago)more
Elena-Gabriela Ruse is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 51 and a best doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved in May 2022 and 2023, respectively. She is currently the No. 2 Romanian player.
1995 — Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player ↗(31 years ago)more
Addin Fonua-Blake is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League (NRL). He has played for both Tonga and New Zealand at international level.
1995 — Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player ↗(31 years ago)more
Samson Reinhart is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a forward for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Reinhart was selected second overall by the Buffalo Sabres in the 2014 NHL entry draft.
Notable deaths
2025 — Rick Hauck, American naval officer, fighter pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1941) ↗(1 years ago)more
Frederick Hamilton "Rick" Hauck was a captain in the United States Navy, fighter pilot and NASA astronaut. He piloted Space Shuttle mission STS-7 and commanded STS-51-A and STS-26.
2025 — James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928) ↗(1 years ago)more
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist. In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling.
2024 — Dorothy Allison, American writer (born 1949) ↗(2 years ago)more
Dorothy Earlene Allison was an American writer whose writing focused on class struggle, sexual abuse, child abuse, feminism, and lesbianism. She was a self-identified femme lesbian. Allison won several Lambda Literary Awards. In 2014, Allison was elected to membership in the Fellowship of Southern Writers.
2024 — John Nott, British politician (born 1932) ↗(2 years ago)more
Sir John William Frederic Nott was a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1981 to 1983. A member of the National Liberal and Conservative parties, Nott served as Member of Parliament (MP) for St Ives from 1966 to 1983.
2024 — Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924) ↗(2 years ago)more
Marie-Madeleine Riffaud was a French Resistance fighter, poet, journalist and war correspondent. After active resistance to the German occupation of France during World War II, she reported for the Communist newspaper L'Humanité and other left-wing publications on the Algerian War and on the French, and subsequently American, wars in Vietnam.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (311) | 311 · prime |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (55) | 5 × 11 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 06112026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | -17.10° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 44 days |