November 6th, 1978

Born on November 6th, 1978

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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, 1978

45

Taryn Manning

American actress and singer

*November 6th, 1978, Falls Church

45

Sebastian Schlemmer

German actor

*November 6th, 1978, Euskirchen

45

Zak Morioka

Brazilian racing driver

*November 6th, 1978, São Paulo

45

Erik Cole

American ice hockey player

*November 6th, 1978, Oswego

45

Daniella Cicarelli

Brazilian model

*November 6th, 1978, Belo Horizonte

45

Keith Aucoin

American ice hockey player

*November 6th, 1978, Waltham

45

Jolina Magdangal

Filipino actress (born 1978)

*November 6th, 1978, Hagonoy

45

Jamie McGuire

American writer

*November 6th, 1978, Tulsa

45

Sanna Lundell

Swedish television host

*November 6th, 1978, Stockholm

45

Yeon Jung-hoon

South Korean actor

*November 6th, 1978, Busan

45

Dean Kent

Swimmer

*November 6th, 1978, Palmerston North

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

33

André Schürrle

German association football player

*November 6th, 1990, Ludwigshafen

53

Ethan Hawke

American actor and writer (b. 1970)

*November 6th, 1970, Austin

35

Emma Stone

American actress

*November 6th, 1988, Scottsdale

62

Florent Pagny

French recording artist; singer

*November 6th, 1961, Chalon-sur-Saône

44

Lamar Odom

American basketball player

*November 6th, 1979, Jamaica

34

Frank Vandenbroucke

Road bicycle racer

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

39

Patina Miller

American actress and singer

*November 6th, 1984, Pageland

35

Conchita Wurst

Austrian singer and drag queen

*November 6th, 1988, Gmunden

49

Susan Calman

British comedian and actress

*November 6th, 1974, Glasgow

27

Aaron Hernandez

American convicted murderer and football player (1989-2017)

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

51

Rebecca Romijn

American actress and model (born 1972)

*November 6th, 1972, Berkeley

63

Michael Cerveris

American actor

*November 6th, 1960, Bethesda

51

Thandiwe Newton

English actress

*November 6th, 1972, London

36

Ana Ivanovic

Serbian tennis player

*November 6th, 1987, Belgrade

56

Emmanuelle Bercot

French actress, film director and screenwriter

*November 6th, 1967, Paris

43

Margot Laffite

French television presenter and racecar driver

*November 6th, 1980, Paris

52

Laura Flessel-Colovic

French épée fencer

*November 6th, 1971, Pointe-à-Pitre

77

Sally Field

American actress

*November 6th, 1946, Pasadena

44

Brad Stuart

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

*November 6th, 1979, Rocky Mountain House

35

Alexandra Elbakyan

Kazakh neuroscientist, founder of Sci-Hub

*November 6th, 1988, Almaty

Same year
Born in 1978

45

Miroslav Klose

German association football player

*June 9th, 1978, Opole

45

Ani Lorak

Ukrainian singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur

*September 27th, 1978, Kitsman

45

Joachim Fischer Nielsen

Danish badminton player

*November 23rd, 1978, Copenhagen

45

Vibeke Stene

Gothic metal soprano singer, ex female vocals of Tristania

*August 17th, 1978, Sokndal

46

Malin Arvidsson

Swedish actress and dancer

*February 19th, 1978, El Salvador

45

Marit Berger Røsland

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*September 21st, 1978, Lørenskog

45

Ella Diehl

Badminton player

*August 5th, 1978, Samara

46

Didier Drogba

Ivorian and French association football player

*March 11th, 1978, Abidjan

46

Jonas Dahl

Danish politician

*February 26th, 1978, Randers

45

Kim Yong-hyun

South Korean badminton player

*May 13th, 1978, Incheon

45

Yim Bang-eun

Badminton player

*April 25th, 1978, Incheon

46

Chris Blair

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1978, Invercargill

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

45

Jessica Pilnäs

Swedish singer

*July 5th, 1978, Åryd

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

46

Jamie Carragher

English footballer and sportcaster

*January 28th, 1978, Bootle

46

Aparna Popat

Indian badminton player

*January 18th, 1978, Mumbai

46

Dicky Palyama

Dutch badminton player

*March 26th, 1978, Gouda

46

Gianluigi Buffon

Former Italian footballer (born 1978)

*January 28th, 1978, Carrara

46

Donna Kellogg

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1978, Derby

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No: With 365 days 1978 is a normal year and no leap year.

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