November 6th, 1961

Born on November 6th, 1961

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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 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

Born on November 6th, 1961

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

62

Craig Goldy

American guitarist

*November 6th, 1961, La Mesa

62

Wayne Thomas Yorke

Canadian actor

*November 6th, 1961, Vancouver

62

Jay Hoffman

American politician

*November 6th, 1961, Highland

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

63

Michael Cerveris

American actor

*November 6th, 1960, Bethesda

33

André Schürrle

German association football player

*November 6th, 1990, Ludwigshafen

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

56

Emmanuelle Bercot

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*November 6th, 1967, Paris

61

Kevin Neufeld

Canadian rower (1960–2022)

*November 6th, 1960, St. Catharines †February 26th, 2022, Victoria

59

Greg Graffin

American singer and songwriter

*November 6th, 1964, Madison

66

Mike Stanley

New Zealand rower

*November 6th, 1957, Lower Hutt

77

Sally Field

American actress

*November 6th, 1946, Pasadena

35

Emma Stone

American actress

*November 6th, 1988, Scottsdale

34

Frank Vandenbroucke

Road bicycle racer

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

51

Rebecca Romijn

American actress and model (born 1972)

*November 6th, 1972, Berkeley

35

Conchita Wurst

Austrian singer and drag queen

*November 6th, 1988, Gmunden

39

Patina Miller

American actress and singer

*November 6th, 1984, Pageland

51

Thandiwe Newton

English actress

*November 6th, 1972, London

73

Bálint Kuzsinszky

Archaeologist, museologist, numismatist

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

27

Aaron Hernandez

American convicted murderer and football player (1989-2017)

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

49

Susan Calman

British comedian and actress

*November 6th, 1974, Glasgow

62

Lance Kerwin

American actor

*November 6th, 1960, Newport Beach †January 24th, 2023, San Clemente

52

Laura Flessel-Colovic

French épée fencer

*November 6th, 1971, Pointe-à-Pitre

55

James Jones

American author

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

Same year
Born in 1961

62

Barack Obama

President of the United States from 2009 to 2017

*August 4th, 1961, Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

63

Erna Solberg

Norwegian politician and the 35th Prime Minister of Norway

*February 24th, 1961, Bergen

62

Joe Lando

American actor

*December 9th, 1961, Prairie View

63

Lothar Matthäus

German footballer, manager and pundit

*March 21st, 1961, Erlangen

63

Steven Weber

American actor

*March 4th, 1961, Briarwood

62

Kristin Krohn Devold

Norwegian politician

*August 12th, 1961, Ålesund Municipality

63

Knut Nærum

Norwegian comedian and author

*March 3rd, 1961, Arendal

62

Jan-Eric Antonsson

Badminton player

*September 9th, 1961, Karlskrona

62

Michael Meister

German politician

*June 9th, 1961, Lorsch

63

Hans-Georg von der Marwitz

German politician

*April 8th, 1961, Heidelberg

62

Olaug Bollestad

Norwegian politician

*November 4th, 1961, Strand Municipality

62

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

63

Eddie Murphy

American stand-up comedian and actor

*April 3rd, 1961, Brooklyn

36

Diana, Princess of Wales

Member of the British royal family and Princess of Wales (1961–1997)

*July 1st, 1961, Sandringham †August 31st, 1997, Paris

62

Dirk Heidenblut

German politician

*April 21st, 1961, Essen

62

Arundhati Roy

Indian novelist, essayist, and activist

*November 24th, 1961, Shillong

62

George Clooney

American actor and filmmaker (born 1961)

*May 6th, 1961, Lexington

62

Nadia Comăneci

Romanian gymnast and five-time Olympic gold medalist

*November 12th, 1961, Onești

57

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

62

Laurence Fishburne

American actor

*July 30th, 1961, Augusta

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No: With 365 days 1961 is a normal year and no leap year.

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