Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: November 6
November 6, 2024 is the 311th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 55 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Topaz is your modern birthstone. Pearl is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: November 6
- 355 –Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
- 1528 –Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.
- 1865 –American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 vessels.
- 1869 –In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
- 1934 –Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- 1939 –World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
- 1943 –World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city’s ancient buildings.
- 1962 –Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa’s racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
- 1971 –The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- 1986 –Sumburgh disaster – A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
Who were born on November 6?
- 1892 –Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)
- 1914 –Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
- 1916 –Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)
- 1938 –Jim Pike, American singer (The Lettermen)
- 1952 –Michael Cunningham, American writer
- 1957 –Lori Singer, American actress
- 1964 –Arne Duncan, American political figure
- 1968 –Kelly Rutherford, American actress
- 1972 –Adonis Georgiades, Greek politician, publisher and author
- 1997 –Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor
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