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Notable anniversaries in history for today: November 6
- 100th: 1924 - Stanley Baldwin becomes Prime Minister of England.
- 100th: 1924 - Winston Churchill becomes British chancellor of the Exchequer.
- 80th: 1944 - Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility in the USA, subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Bill Henderson; rocker (Chilliwack).
- 60th: 1964 - The USSR proclaims Richard Sorge posthumously a Hero of the Soviet Union. Sorge headed a Soviet spy ring in Tokyo until his capture in October 1941.
- 40th: 1984 - U.S. presidential election: Ronald Reagan defeats Walter F. Mondale with 59 percent of the popular vote, the highest since Richard Nixon's 61 percent victory in 1972. Reagan carries 49 states in the electoral college; Mondale wins only his home state of Minnesota by a mere 3,761 vote margin, and the District of Columbia.
- 40th: 1984 - In the USA, voters approve introduction of state lotteries in California, Oregon, Missouri, and West Virginia. Pari-mutuel racing betting is approved in Missouri. Colorado and Arkansas defeat proposed casino introductions. Oregon votes to amend constitution to prohibit casinos.
- 25th: 1999 - Australians vote to keep the monarch as their head of state.
- 20th: 2004 - The Ufton Nervet rail crash in Berkshire, England kills seven people.
- 20th: 2004 - In Côte d'Ivoire, National Army bombings kill nine people, including French United Nations soldiers. French United Nations forces retaliate by destroying the National Army's air force.
- 15th: 2009 - A US Army major opens fire on fellow soldiers at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, killing 13 people and injuring 30.
- 15th: 2009 - A CDN$50-million Lotto Max lottery jackpot is won by a person in Pine Falls, Manitoba, Canada.
- 5th: 2019 - At least 37 people are killed and 60 others injured when gunmen attack a Canadian gold mining company convoy on a road in Burkina Faso.
- 5th: 2019 - French helicopter crash in Mali kills 13 French soldiers.
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