November 6th, 1917

Born on November 6th, 1917

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What happened on November 6th, 1917?

November 6th, 1917

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

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What else 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, 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

Born on November 6th, 1917

75

András Mihály

(1917–1993) composer, conductor, music pedagogue

*November 6th, 1917, Budapest †September 19th, 1993, Budapest

79

Elwyn Lynn

Australian artist (1917-1997)

*November 6th, 1917, Canowindra †January 22nd, 1997, Sydney

62

Harlan Warde

American actor (1917-1980)

*November 6th, 1917, Los Angeles †March 13th, 1980, Los Angeles

98

Edgar Whitcomb

American politician (1917-2016)

*November 6th, 1917, Hayden †February 4th, 2016, Rome

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Who's birthday is on November 6th?

55

James Jones

American author

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

33

André Schürrle

German association football player

*November 6th, 1990, Ludwigshafen

85

Ray Conniff

American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s (1916-2002)

*November 6th, 1916, Attleboro †October 12th, 2002, Escondido

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

73

Bálint Kuzsinszky

Archaeologist, museologist, numismatist

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

77

Sally Field

American actress

*November 6th, 1946, Pasadena

85

Josef Grohé

Gauleiter of Cologne (1902-1987)

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

63

Michael Cerveris

American actor

*November 6th, 1960, Bethesda

35

Emma Stone

American actress

*November 6th, 1988, Scottsdale

79

Françoise Dolto

French pediatrician & psychoanalyst

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

78

Selena Royle

Actress (1904-1983)

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

90

Leônidas

Brazilian footballer and commentator

*November 6th, 1913, São Paulo †January 24th, 2004, Cotia

31

Gordon Westcott

American actor (1903-1935)

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

91

François Englert

Belgian theoretical physicist

*November 6th, 1932, Etterbeek

35

Conchita Wurst

Austrian singer and drag queen

*November 6th, 1988, Gmunden

83

Mike Nichols

American director, producer and actor (1931–2014)

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

56

Emmanuelle Bercot

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*November 6th, 1967, Paris

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

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Born in 1917

46

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

*May 29th, 1917, Brookline †November 22nd, 1963, Parkland Memorial Hospital

87

Wee Chong Jin

Singaporean judge

*September 28th, 1917, Penang †June 5th, 2005, Singapore

66

Indira Gandhi

Prime Minister of India (1966–1977, 1980–1984)

*November 19th, 1917, Prayagraj †October 31st, 1984, New Delhi

72

Ferdinand Marcos

President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986

*September 11th, 1917, Sarrat †September 28th, 1989, Honolulu

53

Bourvil

French actor and singer (1917–1970)

*July 27th, 1917, Prétot-Vicquemare †September 23rd, 1970, Paris

79

Ella Fitzgerald

American jazz singer (1917–1996)

*April 25th, 1917, Newport News †June 15th, 1996, Beverly Hills

88

John Raitt

American singer and actor (1917-2005)

*January 29th, 1917, Santa Ana †February 20th, 2005, Pacific Palisades

84

Katharine Graham

American publisher, editor and author (1917–2001)

*June 16th, 1917, New York City †July 17th, 2001, Boise

89

Barry Nelson

American actor (1917–2007)

*April 16th, 1917, San Francisco †April 7th, 2007, Bucks County

90

Arthur C. Clarke

British science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist (1917-2008)

*December 16th, 1917, Minehead †March 19th, 2008, Colombo

67

Heinrich Böll

German writer (1917–1985)

*December 21st, 1917, Cologne †July 16th, 1985, Langenbroich

103

Vera Lynn

British singer (1917–2020)

*March 20th, 1917, East Ham †June 18th, 2020, Ditchling

91

Robert Anderson

American playwright, screenwriter, and theater producer (1917-2009)

*April 28th, 1917, Manhattan †February 9th, 2009, Manhattan

61

Park Chung Hee

Leader of South Korea from 1961 to 1979

*November 14th, 1917, Gumi †October 26th, 1979, Jongno District

49

William Tracy

American actor (1917-1967)

*December 1st, 1917, Pittsburgh †July 18th, 1967, Hollywood

99

Kurt Gossweiler

German historian of modern age (1917-2017)

*November 5th, 1917, Stuttgart †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

92

Carl Ballantine

American entertainer (1917-2009)

*September 27th, 1917, Chicago †November 3rd, 2009, Hollywood Hills

87

Ramanand Sagar

Indian film director (1917-2005)

*December 29th, 1917, Lahore †December 12th, 2005, Mumbai

70

Henry Ford II

American automotive industry executive (1917–1987)

*September 4th, 1917, Detroit †September 29th, 1987, Detroit

91

Helga Tiemann

German painter and sculptor (1917–2008)

*October 11th, 1917, Remscheid †October 13th, 2008, Cologne

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Public holidays on November 6th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast days) which are celebrated on November 6th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1917 is a normal year and no leap year.

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