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What happened in history on this day: November 6?
On November 6 in ...
- 1850 - Yerba Buena and Angel Islands (San Francisco Bay) are reserved for military use.
- 1862 - New York-San Francisco direct telegraphic link established.
- 1885 - US mint at Carson City, Nevada is directed to close.
- 1888 - Benjamin Harrison (Republican-Senator-Indiana) beats President Grover Cleveland (Democrat), 233 electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes.
- 1900 - US President William McKinley (Republican) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan.
- 1903 - The USA recognizes the independence of Panama.
- 1906 - Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) is elected New York governor, beating William Randolph Hearst.
- 1928 - Herbert Hoover (Republican) beats Alfred E Smith (Democrat) for US President.
- 1935 - Before the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Edwin Armstrong presents his paper, "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" (i.e. FM radio).
- 1939 - General Electric's WGY-TV (Schenectady, New York), first commercial TV station, begins service.
- 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.
- 1945 - The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigation of seven radio commentators.
- 1956 - US President Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (Democrat).
- 1962 - Edward M Kennedy first elected (Senator-Democrat-Massachusetts).
- 1962 - Edward W Brooke (Republican) is elected attorney general of Massachusetts.
- 1966 - NBC is first network to televise its entire lineup in color.
- 1967 - US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9.
- 1971 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- 1976 - Benjamin Hooks succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP.
- 1977 - 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Georgia.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1985 - Exploratory well at Ranger, Texas, explodes spilling 6.3 million gallons of oil.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill.
- 2002 - The U.S. Federal Reserve System drops its primary discount rate by 50 basis points to 0.75 percent, putting the real interest rate solidly below the inflation rate.
- 2005 - A tornado hits western Kentucky and southwestern Indiana, killing at least 22.
- 2009 - A US Army major opens fire on fellow soldiers at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, killing 13 people and injuring 30.
Births on November 6
- 1836 - Birth of Francis Ellingwood Abbot in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; theologian (Scientific Theism).
- 1854 - Birth of John Phillip Sousa in Washington DC, USA; march king ("Stars and Stripes Forever") (dies 1932).
- 1887 - Birth of Walter Johnson in Kansas, USA; Washington Senators' pitcher (1907-27) (414-218).
- 1892 - Birth of John Sigvard Olsen in Wabash, Indiana, USA; comedian (Olsen and Johnson).
- 1901 - Birth of Juanita Hall in Keyport, New Jersey, USA; singer/actress (Bloody Mary - South Pacific Broadway show (Tony Award) and movies, Capt Billy's Mississippi Music Hall TV show (1948)).
- 1904 - Birth of Selena Royale in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Date With Judy, Misleading Lady).
- 1916 - Birth of Ray Conniff in Massachusetts, USA; chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers - "Somewhere My Love", "S'wonderful").
- 1921 - Birth of James Jones in Robinson, Illinois, USA; novelist (From Here to Eternity).
- 1928 - Birth of Peter Matz in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; orchestra leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnett Show TV show).
- 1946 - Birth of Sally Field in Pasadena, California, USA; actress (Gidget, Flying Nun, Brothers and Sisters).
- 1948 - Birth of Glenn Frey in Detroit, Michigan, USA; rocker (The Eagles - "Take it Easy").
- 1949 - Birth of Brad Davis in Tallahasseem Florida, USA; actor (Roots, Chiefs).
- 1950 - Birth of Ernest Thompson in Bellows Fall, Vermont, USA; actor (Sierra, Westside Medical).
- 1955 - Birth of Maria Shriver in Chicago, Illinois, USA; newscaster (Sunday Today).
- 1960 - Birth of Lance Kerwin in Newport Beach, California, USA; actor (James at 15, The Loneliest Runner).
- 1962 - Birth of Lori Singer in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA; actress (Fame, V, Footloose).
- 1966 - Birth of Lisa Fuller in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Dawn - General Hospital).
- 1967 - Birth of Jana McCoy in Portales, New Mexico, USA; Miss New Mexico-America (1991).
- 1967 - Birth of Rebecca Schaeffer in Eugene, Oregon, USA; actress (Patti - My Sister Sam).
- 1968 - Birth of Kelly Rutherford in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, USA; actress (Generations, Melrose Place, E-Ring, The District).
- 1970 - Birth of Ethan Hawke in Austin, Texas, USA; actor (Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers).
Deaths on November 6
- 1987 - Ross R Barnett, American lawyer/politician (Governor-Democrat-Mississippi), dies at age 89.
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