November 6th, 1242

Born on November 6th, 1242

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 549 days, exactly on November 21st, 2025, people who were born on November 6th, 1242 will be 286,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on November 6th?

November 6th, 2004

A man committing suicide parked his car on the railway tracks in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England, causing a derailment that killed seven people.

November 6th, 1977

The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.

November 6th, 1963

Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was appointed by the junta of General Dương Văn Minh to head the South Vietnamese government, five days after Minh deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.

November 6th, 1944

The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal.

November 6th, 1939

As part of their plan to eradicate the Polish intellectual elite, the Gestapo arrested 184 professors, students and employees of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

November 6th, 1917

First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele.

November 6th, 1868

Red Cloud, a Native American leader of the Oglala Lakota tribe, signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending Red Cloud's War and establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.

November 6th, 1863

American Civil War: A Union brigade defeated a Confederate force at the Battle of Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

November 6th, 1856

The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot (pictured) was submitted for publication.

November 6th, 1794

French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships are intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of the HMS Alexander.

November 6th, 1217

King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests.

November 6th, 2016

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital.

November 6th, 2012

Tammy Baldwin (pictured) became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

November 6th, 2016

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

November 6th, 2012

Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on November 6th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on November 6th?

33

André Schürrle

German association football player

*November 6th, 1990, Ludwigshafen

71

Suleiman the Magnificent

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and caliph (1520–1566)

*November 6th, 1494, Trabzon †September 7th, 1566, Szigetvár

73

Bálint Kuzsinszky

Archaeologist, museologist, numismatist

*November 6th, 1864, Subotica †August 23rd, 1938, Budapest

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

35

Emma Stone

American actress

*November 6th, 1988, Scottsdale

63

Michael Cerveris

American actor

*November 6th, 1960, Bethesda

77

Sally Field

American actress

*November 6th, 1946, Pasadena

35

Conchita Wurst

Austrian singer and drag queen

*November 6th, 1988, Gmunden

55

James Jones

American author

*November 6th, 1921, Robinson †May 9th, 1977, Southampton

27

Aaron Hernandez

American convicted murderer and football player (1989-2017)

*November 6th, 1989, Bristol †April 19th, 2017, Lancaster

39

Patina Miller

American actress and singer

*November 6th, 1984, Pageland

79

Adolphe Sax

Belgian musical instrument designer and musician

*November 6th, 1814, Dinant †February 7th, 1894, Paris

85

Josef Grohé

Gauleiter of Cologne (1902-1987)

*November 6th, 1902, Gemünden †December 27th, 1987, Brück

56

Emmanuelle Bercot

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*November 6th, 1967, Paris

34

Frank Vandenbroucke

Road bicycle racer

*November 6th, 1974, Mouscron †October 12th, 2009, Saly

36

Ana Ivanovic

Serbian tennis player

*November 6th, 1987, Belgrade

51

Rebecca Romijn

American actress and model (born 1972)

*November 6th, 1972, Berkeley

53

José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess player (1888-1942)

*November 6th, 1888, Havana †March 8th, 1942, New York City

51

Thandiwe Newton

English actress

*November 6th, 1972, London

49

Susan Calman

British comedian and actress

*November 6th, 1974, Glasgow

78

Selena Royle

Actress (1904-1983)

*November 6th, 1904, New York City †April 23rd, 1983, Guadalajara

66

Mike Stanley

New Zealand rower

*November 6th, 1957, Lower Hutt

35

Alexandra Elbakyan

Kazakh neuroscientist, founder of Sci-Hub

*November 6th, 1988, Almaty

31

Gordon Westcott

American actor (1903-1935)

*November 6th, 1903, St. George †October 31st, 1935, Hollywood

59

Greg Graffin

American singer and songwriter

*November 6th, 1964, Madison

52

Laura Flessel-Colovic

French épée fencer

*November 6th, 1971, Pointe-à-Pitre

79

Françoise Dolto

French pediatrician & psychoanalyst

*November 6th, 1908, 16th arrondissement of Paris †August 25th, 1988, 5th arrondissement of Paris

83

Mike Nichols

American director, producer and actor (1931–2014)

*November 6th, 1931, Berlin †November 19th, 2014, New York City

69

Aimable Pélissier

French military officer who executed the genocide of the Ouled Riah tribe in Algeria

*November 6th, 1794, Maromme †May 22nd, 1864, Algiers

75

Juana I of Castile

Queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516

*November 6th, 1479, Toledo †April 12th, 1555, Tordesillas

37

Katie Leclerc

American actress

*November 6th, 1986, San Antonio

61

Friedrich I of Württemberg

Last Duke of Würtemberg, then briefly Elector of Württemberg, and was later elevated to the status of King of Württemberg, by Napoleon I (1754-1816)

*November 6th, 1754, Trzebiatów †October 30th, 1816, Stuttgart

65

Hery Rajaonarimampianina

5th President of Madagascar

*November 6th, 1958, Antananarivo

81

Tora Aasland

Norwegian politician and civil servant

*November 6th, 1942, Skien

75

Mohamed Hadid

Palestinian-American real estate developer; born in Nazareth, Occupied Palestine

*November 6th, 1948, Nazareth

44

Lamar Odom

American basketball player

*November 6th, 1979, Jamaica

71

Michael Cunningham

American novelist and screenwriter

*November 6th, 1952, Cincinnati

54

Gus Kahn

German-American lyricist (1886-1941)

*November 6th, 1886, Koblenz †October 8th, 1941, Beverly Hills

33

Kris We

Guangdong-born Canadian actor and singer (born 1990)

*November 6th, 1990, Guangzhou

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1242 is a normal year and no leap year.

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