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On This Day · The 310th day of the year

November 6

Few dates reach as far back as November 6: its recorded history runs unusually deep, stretching to 447. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and politics and nation-building recur.

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Scorpio is the sign for November 6 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see November's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on November 6?

November 6 is the 310th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 447 and 2016. Famous people born on November 6 include Suleiman the Magnificent, Ana Ivanovic and Charles II of Spain.

Released on November 6

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game The Last Caretaker
  • Game Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment
  • Movie Nuremberg

2024

  • Game Mirthwood
  • Game Planet Coaster 2
  • Game Brighter Shores

2023

  • Game The Invincible

2021

  • TV Arcane

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 447

    Walls of Constantinople

  2. 1860

    Abraham Lincoln

  3. 1900

    William McKinley

  4. 1936

    Spanish Civil War

  5. 1943

    World War II

  6. 1963

    Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ

  7. 1977

    Kelly Barnes Dam

  8. 1988

    1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes

  9. 2012

    Tammy Baldwin

  10. 2016

    Syrian civil war

Famous birthday twins

Born on November 6

Suleiman the Magnificent

b. 1494

Ana Ivanovic

b. 1987

Charles II of Spain

b. 1661

Mike Nichols

b. 1931

André Schürrle

b. 1990

Nicole Hosp

b. 1983

Philip I, Margrave of Baden

b. 1479

Else Ackermann

b. 1933

Deaths

  • 2025James Watson
  • 2023Antoni Martí
  • 2012Clive Dunn
  • 1964Hugo Koblet
  • 1942Emil Starkenstein
  • 1893Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn
  • —Christian feast days: Demetrian
  • —Christian feast days: Illtud
  • —Christian feast days: Leonard of Noblac
  • —Christian feast days: Melaine of Rennes
  • —Christian feast days: Winnoc
  • —Christian feast days: November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)

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