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| Birthday November 06, 1661 Charles II, last Habsburg king of Spain (1665-1700) |
| Birthday November 06, 1671 Colley Cibber, English dramatist, poet laureate (Love's Last Shift) |
| Birthday November 06, 1771 Aloys Senefelder, inventor of lithography |
| Birthday November 06, 1814 Adolphe Sax, Belgian musician, saxophone inventor |
| Birthday November 06, 1851 Charles H Dow, co-founder of Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal |
| Birthday November 06, 1854 John Philip Sousa is born |
| Birthday November 06, 1854 John Phillip Souza, march king (Stars and Stripes Forever) |
| Birthday November 06, 1860 Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish composer, pianist, patriot |
| Birthday November 06, 1861 James A. Naismith, inventor of basketball |
| Birthday November 06, 1867 Marie Curie, discoverer of radium |
| Birthday November 06, 1887 Walter Johnson, Hall of Fame pitcher (Wash. Senators 1907-27) |
| Birthday November 06, 1896 Fibber McGee, early radio comedian |
| Birthday November 06, 1900 Heinrich Himmler, Nazi SS leader |
| Birthday November 06, 1906 Francis Lederer, Actor |
| Birthday November 06, 1913 Albert Camus, French novelist |
| Birthday November 06, 1921 James Jones, author |
| Birthday November 06, 1922 Al Hirt, Jazz trumpeter |
| Birthday November 06, 1926 Joan Sutherland, Australian opera star |
| Birthday November 06, 1932 Mike Nichols, stage and film director |
| Birthday November 06, 1942 Johnny Rivers |
| Birthday November 06, 1943 Joni Mitchell |
| Birthday November 06, 1946 Sally Field, in Pasadena Cal - we really like her (Flying Nun) |
| Birthday November 06, 1955 Maria Shriver, (Newscaster) |
| Birthday November 06, 1961 Lori Singer |
| History November 06, 1528 Cabeza de Vaca discovers Texas |
| History November 06, 1558 Playwright Thomas Kyd is baptized |
| History November 06, 1789 John Carroll named first Catholic bishop in U.S. |
| History November 06, 1814 Adolphe Sax invents saxophone |
| History November 06, 1844 Spain grants Dominican Rep independence |
| History November 06, 1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine |
| History November 06, 1850 Yerba Buena & Angel Islands reserved for military use |
| History November 06, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th pres |
| History November 06, 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president |
| History November 06, 1861 Jefferson Davis elected Confederate president |
| History November 06, 1862 NY-SF direct telegraphic link established |
| History November 06, 1869 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6 Princeton 4) |
| History November 06, 1906 Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama |
| History November 06, 1917 Bolshevik revolution begins |
| History November 06, 1917 Canadians take Passchendaele |
| History November 06, 1917 Bolsheviks revolt in Russia |
| History November 06, 1917 British victory at Passchendaele |
| History November 06, 1939 WGY-TV (Schenectady NY) 1st coml TV station |
| History November 06, 1941 Stalin celebrates the Revolution's anniversary |
| History November 06, 1952 US explodes world's 1st hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll |
| History November 06, 1962 BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote |
| History November 06, 1962 Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more |
| History November 06, 1963 General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam |
| History November 06, 1968 Nixon elected 37th pres of US defeating Hubert Humphrey |
| History November 06, 1970 South Vietnamese forces attack into Cambodia |
| History November 06, 1977 Dam gives way in Georgia |
| History November 06, 1982 A woman ices her husband with anti-freeze |
| History November 06, 1984 Pres Reagan was elected to a second term winning 49 states |
| History November 06, 1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 9 returns to Earth |
| History November 06, 1986 Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill |
| History November 06, 1987 Downey stars in Less Than Zero |
| History November 06, 1988 Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States |
| History November 06, 1995 Art Modell announces Browns are moving to Baltimore |
| History November 06, 1998 President Clinton designates Automobile National Heritage Area in Detroit |