Birthdates Which Occur on November 6:
1479 Johanna the Mad [Juana la Loca], Queen of Castili‰ (1504-20)
1494 Suleiman I the Great/Lawmaker, sultan of Turkey (1520-66)
1558 Thomas Kyd English dramatist (Spanish Tragedy)
1566 Julien Perrichon composer
1607 Sigmund Theophil Staden composer
1613 Luis de Garay composer
1659 Theodor Schwartzkopff composer
1661 Charles II last Habsburg king of Spain (1665-1700)
1671 Colley Cibber England, dramatist/poet laureate (Love's Last Shift)
1746 Absalom Jones Delaware, born into slavery
1754 Frederik I W K 1st king of Wrttemberg (1806-16)
1757 Louis-Abet Deffroy de Reigny composer
1771 Alois Senefelder inventor (lithography)
1779 Michal Bogdanowicz composer
1784 Laure S-MP Duchess D'AbrantŠs French wife of marshal Junot
1796 George Backing English sea officer/explorer (North Canada)
1800 Eduard Grell composer
1814 Adolphe Sax Belgium, musician/inventor (saxophone)
1818 Pavel Melnikov [Andrei Petsjerski], Russian historian/author
1822 Gordon Granger Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1876
1832 Joseph Smith son of founder of Mormonism
1833 Jonas LI Lie Norwegian writer (Kommandírens díttre, Gaa paa)
1836 Francis Ellingwood Abbot Boston, theologian (Scientific Theism)
1838 John Grant Mitchell Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1894
1851 Charles H Dow co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St Journal
1854 John Phillip Sousa Wash DC, march king (Stars & Stripes Forever)
1855 Eduard Yosif Kotek composer
1856 Nicholas Nikolajevitsj ruler of Russia
1860 Ignace Jan Paderewski Kuryl¢wka Poland, composer/pianist/patriot
1861 James A Naismith inventor (basketball)
1867 Marie Bregendahl Danish author (Holger Hauge og hans Hustru)
1875 Pompeo Aloisi Italian baron/diplomat/senator
1878 Ernest Irving composer
1879 Eugen Varga Hungarian/Russian economist/politician
1880 Robert [Edler von] Musil Austrian author (Young T”rless)
1883 Hubert Bath composer
1884 Ludomir Rozycki composer
1885 Emiel Poetou Flemish sculptor
1887 Walter Johnson Kansas, Wash Senator pitcher (1907-27) (414-218)
1892 John Alcock English pilot (1st non-stop flight across Atlantic Ocean)
and John Sigvard Olsen Wabash Ind, comedian (Olsen & Johnson)
1893 August Defresne playwright/director (Onbewoonde Island)
1896 Jim Jordan Peoria IL, radio comedian (Fibber McGee)
19-- Angela Summers [Stella Blue], XXX actress (Talk Dirty 8, Wenches)
and Corey Glover rocker (Living Colour-Biscuits)
and Dorothy Meyer Indianapolis Ind, actress (Willa-King's Crossing)
1901 Juanita Hall Keyport NJ, actress (Capt Billy)
1904 Selena Royale NYC, actress (Date With Judy, Misleading Lady)
1906 Francis Lederer Prague Czech, actor (Diary of a Chambermaid)
1908 Fanny Leys Flemish author (Ontw˜ding)
1909 Heinz Rottger composer
and Henk B˜vanck composer
1910 Arthur Cohn composer
1916 Ray Conniff Mass, chorus director (Ray Conniff Singers)
1918 Ronnie Brody British actor^
1921 James Jones Robinson Ill, novelist (From Here to Eternity)
1922 Lars Edlund composer
1923 Aleksandra Chudina USSR, track jumper (Olympic-2 silver-1952)
and Renato Capecchi Italian violinist/baritone
1925 Dirk de Vroome [Red Giant], SS'er
1928 Peter Matz Pitts Pa, orch leader (Hullabaloo, Carol Burnette Show)
1930 Raymond Baervoets Belgian composer
1931 Mike Nichols stage/film director (Catch 22, Biloxi Blues)
and Tsvetan Tsvetanov composer
1932 Don King fight promoter (Mike Tyson)
and Stonewall Jackson rocker
1933 Joseph Pope US singer (Hey Girl Don't Bother Me)
and Knut Johannesen Norway, 5K/10K speed skater (Olympic-gold-1964)
1936 David Ward-Steinman composer
and K Schippers [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author
and M V Sologub cosmonaut
1937 Bas de Gaay Fortman Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PPR)
and Edwin Roxburgh composer
1938 P J Proby [James Marcus Smith], Houston Tx, rocker
1941 Doug Sahm San Antonio Texas, country singer (Texas Tornadoes-Dinero)
and Guy Clark Rockport Tx, country singer (Heartbroke)
and James Bowman English contratenor
1943 Michael Schwerner civil rights worker, murdered in 1964
1944 Bill Henderson Vancouver BC, rockvocalist/guitarist (Chilliwack)
1945 Robert J Mrazek (Rep-D-NY, 1983- )
1946 Sally Field Pasadena Calif, we really like her (Gidget, Flying Nun)
1947 Doug Young rocker (Flash In The Pan)
and Edward Yang director (Tewrrorizers)
and George Lawrence James NJ, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-gold-1968)
and George Young Glasgow Scotland, rock guitarist (Easybeats)
and Jack Arnold character on Wonder Years
and John Wilson rock drummer (Them)
1948 Glenn Frey Detroit Mich, rock vocalist (Eagles-Take it Easy)
1949 Brad Davis Tallahassee Fla, actor (Roots, Chiefs, Midnight Express)
and Nigel Havers English actor (Dr Latimer-Don't Wait Up)
1950 Ernest Thompson Bellows Fall Vt, actor (Sierra, Westside Medical)
1954 Catherine Crier
1955 Maria Shriver [Mrs A Schwartenegger], Chic, newscaster (Sunday Today)
1959 Teri Peterson Santa Monica Cal, playmate (July, 1980)
1960 Lance Kerwin Newport Beach Ca, (James at 15, The Loneliest Runner)
1962 Lori Singer Corpus Christi Texas, actress (Fame, V, Footloose)
1966 Lisa Fuller LA Calif, actress (Dawn-General Hospital)
and Peter DeLuise Hollywood CA, actor (21 Jump Street, seaQuest DSV)
1967 Jana McCoy Portales NM, Miss NM-America (1991)
and Rebecca Schaeffer Eugene Oregon, actress (Patti-My Sister Sam)
and Shuzo Matsuoka Tokyo Japan, tennis star (1995 USTA/Binghampton)
1968 Edward Linskens soccer player (PSV)
and Kelly Rutherford Elizabethtown Kentucky, actress (Generations)
1969 Bryan Abrams Okla City, singer (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up)
1970 Ethan Hawke Austin Texas, actor (Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers)
1978 Nicole Dubuc
Deaths Which Occured November 6:
1406 Innocent VII [Cosma de' Migliorati], Italian Pope (1404-06), dies
1632 Gustavus Aldophus king of Sweden, dies in battle
Gustavus II Adolphus king of Sweden, dies in battle at 37
1650 Willem II earl of Nassau/prince of Orange, dies at 24
1656 Johan IV duke of Bragan‡a/composer/king of Portugal (1640-56), dies
1669 Laurentius Erhard composer, dies at 71
1672 Heinrich Schtz German composer (Weihnachtsoratorium), dies at 87
1712 Johann Bernhard Staudt composer, dies at 58
1730 Hans Hermann von Katte Prussian lieutenant, beheaded
1771 Hermanus Noordkerk lawyer, dies at 69
1795 Jiri Antonin Benda composer, dies at 73
1801 Christian Friedrich Gregor composer, dies at 78
1822 Hendrik van Stralen Secretary of Interior, dies at 71
1835 Ignaz Schuster composer, dies at 56
1836 Charles X King of France (1824-30), dies
1839 Hayim Rapoport Rabbi of Ostrowiec/author (Maxim Chayyim), dies
1862 Charles Davis Jameson US Union brig-gen (Fair Oaks), dies at 35
1865 Atale Therese Annette Wartel composer, dies at 51
1875 John Baptist van Son Catholic politician, dies at 71
1876 Giacomo Antonelli secretary of state of Pius IX, dies at 70
1893 Peter Il'yich Tchaikofsky Rus composer (Notekrakerssuite), dies at 53
1897 Edouard Deldevez composer, dies at 80
1900 PWJ Le Gallais British lt-colonel: dies in battle at Bothaville
1901 Bohdan Borkowski composer, dies at 48
Kate Greenaway English children book illustrater, dies at 55
1912 Mykola Vytal'yevich Lysenko composer, dies at 70
1914 Allessandro d'Ancona Italian filmologist, dies
1922 William Baines composer, dies at 23
1929 Max von Bathe German prince/Chancellor (1910-11, 18), dies
1939 Adolphe Max Belgian liberal representative of the people, dies
1944 Boy [Segundo] Ecury resistance fighter (Waalsdorpervlakte), dies
Hannah Senesh Jewish poetess, executed by Nazis in Budapest
Lord Moyne British prefect (Middle-East), murdered
1946 Zygmunt Denis Antoni Stojowski composer, dies at 76
1947 Kristian Elster Norwegian author (Paradisets Have), dies at 66
1953 John Parsons Beach composer, dies at 76
1955 Charley Toorop [Annie CP Fernhout-Toorop], painter, dies at 64
Cornelis GN de Vooys translator, dies at 82
1958 Francis George Scott composer, dies at 78
1963 Djuanda Kartawidjaja premier (Indonesia), dies
1965 Clarence Williams composer, dies at 67
Edgard VarŠse French/US composer (electronic music), dies at 89
Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese composer, dies at 81
1968 Charles Mnch French/US conductor (Boston Symphony Orch), dies at 77
Guillaume Landre composer, dies at 63
1969 Augustin Lara composer, dies at 69
1972 Billy Murcia rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
Tod Andrews actor (Gray Ghost, Counterthrust), dies at 52
1978 Flora Campbell actress (Faraway Hill, Date With Judy), dies at 67
1980 Mary Michael actress (Biridie-Wonderful John Acton), dies at 77
1983 Robert Gross composer, dies at 69
1985 Joel Crothers actor (Edge of Night) dies of a heart attack at 44
1987 Ross R Barnett lawyer/(Gov-D-Miss), dies at 89
William C Pahlmann interior decorator (4 Seasons NYC), dies at 80
1990 Will Kuluva actor (To Trap a Spy, Go Naked in World), dies at 73
1991 Andr‚ Vandernoot Belgian fluitist/conductor, dies
Gene Tierney actress (Laura, Whirlpool), dies of emphysema at 70
Holidays Which Occur November 6:
Mauritius Ganga Asnam
Sweden Gustavus Adolphus-day (1632)
US Saxophone Day
Religious Observances on November 6:
Anglican St Illtyd Day (abbot)
559 Ang, RC Commemoration of St Leonardus, hermit of Noblac
Things to Remember for November 6:
Flower-chrysanthemum Gem-topaz
International Creative Child & Adult Month
National Raisin Bread & Television Sweeps Month
[NY] Puerto Rican Heritage Month
9 Days Taurid meteor shower
15 Days Astrological sign: Scorpio
Sadie Hawkins Day (ladies take initiative!)
Highlights in History Which Occur November 6:
355 Emperor Constantine II crowns cousin Julianus keizer of Britain
1153 Treaty of Wallingford signed
1534 -7] Zealand hit by heavy storm
1572 Supernova is observed in constellation known as Cassiopeia
1632 Battle at Ltzen: Swedish/Saxon army beats imperial armies
1657 Brandenburg & Poland sign unity of Bromberg
1676 King Carlos II of Spain becomes of age (at 15)
1792 Battle at Jemappes: French army beats Ausrtrians
1813 Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
1844 Spain grants Dominican Rep independence
1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine
and Yerba Buena & Angel Islands (SF Bay) reserved for military use
1860 Abraham Lincoln (R-Ill-Rep) elected 16th pres
1861 Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate pres
1862 NY-SF direct telegraphic link forms
1863 Battle of Rogersville TN
1864 Battle of Cane Hill, AK
and Battle of Droop Mountain, WV (Averell's Raid)
1865 Maastricht-Venlo railway in Neth opens
1869 1st intercollegiate football (soccer) game (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4)
1871 Cameroon reaches coast of Angola after trip through Africa
and Pres Grant re-elected
1877 J Palisa discovers asteroid #178 Belisana
1878 Henrik Ibsens "Samfundets Stotter," premieres in Oslo
1879 Canada celebrates 1st Thanksgiving Day
1883 NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race
1884 British protectorate proclaimed over southeast New Guinea
and Montreal Foot Ball Club (QFRU) defeats Toronto Argonauts (ORFU) 30-0
in 1st CRFU Championship game
1885 US mint at Carson City, Nevada directed to close
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R-Sen-Ind) beats Pres Grover Cleveland (D), 233
electoral votes to 168, Cleveland received slightly more votes
1900 Battle at Bothaville: gen-mjr Charles Knox beats Boers
and Pres William McKinley (R) re-elected, beating William Jennings Bryan
1903 USA recognizea independence of Panama
1906 Charles Evans Hughes (R) elected NY gov beats William Randolph Hearst
1908 Leonid Andreyevs "Dui Nashey Zhizni," premieres in St Petersburg
1910 SDAP/NVV initiate campaign for general males/female suffrage
1911 Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico
1913 Mohandas K Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners march in S Afr
1915 1st military flight in Neth East Indies (Tandjong Priok)
and Sophokles Skouloudis forms Greek govt
1917 Bolshevik revolution begins with capture of Winter Palace
and NY allows women to vote
1918 Republic of Poland proclaimed
and Supreme commander of the army Gen Cutters resigns
1919 1st Dutch radio program: Soir‚e Musicale with "Turf in you(r) ransel"
1922 King George V proclaims Irish Free state
1923 Col Jacob Schick patents 1st electric shaver
and USSR adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"
and V Albitzk˜ discovers asteroid #1028 Lydina
1924 Stanley Baldwin becomes PM of England
1928 Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds
and Herbert Hoover (R) beats Alfred E Smith (D) for pres
1931 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1236 Thais & #1347 Patria
1932 German election - KPD defeats NSDAP
1935 1st test flight of British Hurricane aircraft
and Engl prince Henry (under George V) weds Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott
and Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane
1936 RCA displays TV for press
and Terence Rattigans "French Without Tears," premieres in London
1939 WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st coml TV station, begins service
and WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, NY (CBS) 1st broadcast
1940 Franklin D Roosevelt re-elected president
1941 Einsatz group kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
and Japanese fleet readies assault on Pearl Harbor
and USA lends Soviet Union $1 million
1942 L Oterma discovers asteroid #2268 Szmytowna
and Sukarno & Mohammed Hatta finds Ampat Serangkai
1943 Russian troops land on Kertsj peninsula
and Soviet forces reconquer Kiev
and Stalin says: "The issue of German fascism is lost"
1945 HUAC begins investigation of 7 radio commentators
1949 Greeks civil war ends
1950 Chinese troops pull into North-Korea
and King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
1952 1st hydrogen bomb explodes (by US at Eniwetok Atoll)
and Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' cantata "About our Fatherland," premieres
1953 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
and Masao Oki's symphony "Atomic Bomb," premieres
1955 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1956 Holland & Spain withdraw from Olympics, protest Soviets in Hungary
and Pres Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (D)
1957 Felix Gaillard becomes premier of France
1958 Belgium govt of Eyskens & Lilar forms
and Wilber Snyder beats V Gagne in Omaha, to become NWA wrestling champ
1961 US govt issues a stamp honoring 100th birthday of James Naismith
1962 BART bond issue just gets by with a 66.9% favorable vote
and Edward M Kennedy 1st elected (Sen-D-Mass)
and Edward W Brooke (R) elected attorney general of Massachusetts
and Nixon tells press he won't be available to kick around any more
and Saudi Arabia proclaims abolishing slavery
1964 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2516 Roman
and WEIQ TV channel 42 in Mobile, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1966 1st entire lineup televised in color (NBC)
and Lunar Orbiter 2 launched
1967 Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Cura‡ao, kills 15
and US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon Nov 9
1968 Nixon elected 37th pres of US, defeating Hubert Humphrey
and Students of SF State Counsel go on strike
1969 1st Cy Young Award tie (Mike Cuellar, Balt & Denny McLain, Det)
1971 US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
1973 "Man With the Golden Girl" begins shooting
and Abe Beame eleceted 1st Jewish mayor on NYC
and Coleman Young elected mayor of Detroit
1975 1st appearance of Sex Pistols
1976 Benjamin Hooks, succeeds Roy Wilkins as executive director of NAACP
1977 39 killed in an earthen dam burst at Toccoa Falls Bible College, Ga
1978 Iranian general Gholan Reza Azhari forms govt
and Shah of Iran places Iran under military rule
1980 Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2632 Guizhou
1983 Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, Calif
and Turkey Turgut ™zals Moederland party wins elections
1984 Pres Reagan (R) landslide (won 49 states) re-election over Mondale (D)
1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61A) -Challenger 9- lands at Edwards AFB
and Exploratory well at Ranger Tx, explodes spilling 6.3 m gallons of oil
and M-19 guerrilla's occupies Palace of Justice Bogot Colombia
and Space shuttle Challenger lands at Edwards Calif
1986 Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
1988 Japan & MLB all stars played to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7)
and Steve Jones wins NY men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title
1989 US marshals & FCC sieze pirate radio station WJPL in Brooklyn
1990 Arsenio Hall gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
and Fire destroys some of Universal Studio's stages
and Guam Republican gouvernor Joseph Ada re-elected
1991 Grand duke Vladimir Kirillovitsj returns to St Petersburg
and Keck II, biggest telescope in use at Mauna Kea Hawaii
and Maximus 2.0 BBS released
and Russian president Yeltsin outlaws Communist Party
1993 Actor Howard Rollins arrested for drunk driving
and Actress Allison Angrim (32) weds Robert Schoonover (44)
and Evander Holyfield beats Riddick Bowe for boxing title
1994 Emomali Rachmonov recognized as president of Tadzjikistan
and George Foreman (45) KOs Michael Moorer to win boxing HW championship
1995 Art Modell officially announces Cleveland Browns are moving to Balt
Your Special Reminders for November 6:
1879 27øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1948 74øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 310th day of year with 55 days left (Numerology = 8)
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