November 6th, 1855

Born on November 6th, 1855

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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 also killed six people on the train.

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 (location pictured) 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 (pictured), 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 was submitted for publication.

November 6th, 1794

French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships were intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of 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 became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

November 6th, 1577

The first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8. Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.

November 6th, 2016

Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.

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

Same year
Born in 1855

69

Robert Koldewey

German archaeologist and architect (1855-1925)

*September 10th, 1855, Blankenburg †February 4th, 1925, Berlin

75

Eduard Meyer

German historian (1855–1930)

*January 25th, 1855, Hamburg †August 31st, 1930, Berlin

78

Oskar von Miller

German engineer

*May 7th, 1855, Munich †April 9th, 1934, Munich

74

Karl von den Steinen

German physician, ethnologist, explorer, ancient Americanist and writer (1855-1929)

*March 7th, 1855, Mülheim an der Ruhr †November 4th, 1929, Kronberg im Taunus

82

Hilmar Mückenberger

German composer

*January 26th, 1855, Eibenstock †May 14th, 1937, Plauen

44

Ernest Chausson

French composer (1855–1899)

*January 20th, 1855, Paris †June 10th, 1899, Limay

50

Jean Lorrain

French Symbolist poet and novelist

*August 9th, 1855, Fécamp †June 30th, 1906, Paris

68

Marie Corelli

British writer (1855-1924)

*May 1st, 1855, London †April 24th, 1924, Stratford-upon-Avon

52

Ned Hanlan

Canadian professional sculler, hotelier, and alderman (1855–1908)

*July 12th, 1855, Toronto †January 4th, 1908, Toronto

72

Ignác Alpár

Hungarian architect (1855-1928)

*October 17th, 1855, Pest †April 27th, 1928, Zürich

80

Ferdinand Tönnies

German sociologist, economist and philosopher (1855–1936)

*July 26th, 1855, Oldenswort †April 9th, 1936, Kiel

57

James S. Sherman

Vice president of the United States from 1909 to 1912

*October 24th, 1855, Utica †October 30th, 1912, Utica

71

Houston Stewart Chamberlain

British-German racialist philosopher (1855–1927)

*September 9th, 1855, Portsmouth †January 9th, 1927, Bayreuth

61

Percival Lowell

American astronomer (1855-1916)

*March 13th, 1855, Boston †November 12th, 1916, Flagstaff

43

Georges Rodenbach

Belgian Symbolist poet and novelist (1855-1898)

*July 16th, 1855, Tournai †December 25th, 1898, Paris

76

Inukai Tsuyoshi

Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan (1855–1932)

*June 4th, 1855, Okayama †May 15th, 1932, Tokyo

43

Eleanor Marx

English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)

*January 16th, 1855, Soho †March 31st, 1898, Sydenham

56

Giovanni Pascoli

Italian poet and classical scholar (1855-1912)

*December 31st, 1855, San Mauro Pascoli †April 6th, 1912, Bologna

67

Emil Doepler

German artist (1855–1922)

*October 29th, 1855, Munich †December 21st, 1922, Berlin

74

Charles Huot

Canadian painter, drawing teacher, and illustrator (1855-1930)

*April 6th, 1855, Quebec City †January 27th, 1930, Sillery

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1855 is a normal year and no leap year.

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