1860
Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States.
| 1429 | Henry VI is crowned King of England. | |
| 1812 | The first winter snow falls on the French Army as Napoleon Bonaparte retreats form Moscow. | |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States. | |
| 1861 | Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederacy. | |
| 1863 | A Union force surrounds and scatters defending Confederates at the Battle of Droop Mountain, in West Virginia. | |
| 1891 | Comanche, the only 7th Cavalry horse to survive George Armstrong Custer’s “Last Stand” at the Little Bighorn, dies at Fort Riley, Kansas. | |
| 1911 | Maine becomes a dry state. | |
| 1917 | The Bolshevik “October Revolution” (October 25 on the old Russian calendar), led by Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky, seizes power in Petrograd. | |
| 1923 | As European inflation soars, one loaf of bread in Berlin is reported to be worth about 140 billion German marks. | |
| 1945 | The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on the USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down. | |
| 1973 | Coleman Young becomes the first African-American mayor of Detroit, Michigan. | |
| 1985 | Guerrillas of the leftist 19th of April Movement seize Colombia’s Palace of Justice in Bogota; during the two-day siege and the military assault to retake the building over 100 people are killed, including 11 of the 25 Supreme Court justices. | |
| 1986 | A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LRR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport; 45 people are killed, the deadliest civilian helicopter crash to date (2013). | |
| 1986 | The Iran arms-for-hostages deal is revealed, damaging the Reagan administration. | |
| 1995 | The Rova of Antananarivo, home of Madagascar’s sovereigns from the 16th to the 19th centuries, is destroyed by fire. | |
| 1999 |
Australia’s voters reject a referendum to make the country a republic with a president appointed by Parliament.
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Born on November 6
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| 1814 | Adolphe Sax, instrument maker and inventor of the saxophone. | |
| 1851 | Charles Henry Dow, American financial journalist who (with Edward D. Jones) inaugurated the Dow-Jones averages. | |
| 1854 | John Philip Sousa, “The March Master,” American bandmaster and composer. Among his 140 marches are “Stars and Stripes Forever” and “Semper Fidelis.” | |
| 1861 | James Naismith, Canadian physical education instructor who, in 1891, invented the game of basketball. | |
| 1887 | Walter Johnson, baseball pitcher, “The Big Train.” | |
| 1892 | Harold Ross, New Yorker editor. | |
| 1921 | James Jones, American novelist (From Here to Eternity). | |
| 1931 | Mike Nichols, film and stage director (The Graduate). | |
| 1941 | Guy Clark, Texas country-folk singer, songwriter (“Desperados Waiting for a Train,” “Texas 1947”). | |
| 1946 | Sally Field, actress; won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1979 (Norma Rae) and 1984 (Places in the Heart); won 3 Emmys for work in television. | |
| 1948 | Glenn Frey, singer, songwriter, musician; a founding member of the band Eagles. | |
| 1955 | Maria Shriver, journalist, author; First Lady of California while married to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. | |
| 1976 | Pat Tillman, professional football player who ended his career to enlist in the US Army in the aftermath of the 9 / 11 attacks; he was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan, Apr. 22, 2004. | |
| 1988 | Emma Stone, actress (Zombieland, Spiderman). | |
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