Historical Events  -  November 6

1763 : British army defeated Meerkasim and captured Patna.

1860 : Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th President of the United States.

1888 : Mahatma Gandhi entered London to study law.

1913 : Mahatma Gandhi was arrested for leading an Indian-origin miners’ march in South Africa.

1954 : Mumbai Electricity Board was established in the state of Mumbai on this day.

1996 : Adolfo de Obietta, known as the Gandhi of Argentina, was awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj International Award by Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

1998 : US President Bill Clinton declared the Detroit area an ‘automobile national memorial area’.

1998 : India’s proposal for a ceasefire in Siachen rejected Pakistan.

1999 : UNESCO Gandhi Gold Medal awarded to Indian scientist Dr. MS Swaminathan for providing biotechnology benefits to developing countries.

1999 : Australia decided not to reject the British monarchy.

2001 : Dr. Vasudev Atre, Director General, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), was awarded the prestigious Y. Naidumma Memorial Award.

2004 : Russia ratified the Kyoto agreement.

2012 : Barack Obama and Joe Biden are re-elected President and Vice President of the United States respectively.

 

Famous Birthdays   – November 6  

1494: Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

1814: Adolphe Sax, the father of the saxophone.

1839: Bhagwadas Indrajit, the first Indian archaeologist, and orientalist.

1861: James Naismith, the founder of the game of basketball.

1880: Yoshisuke Aikawa, founder of the Nissan Motor Company.

1881: Ardeshar Faramji Khabardar, a Parsi poet from India.

1926: Zig Ziglar, American author.

1936: Major Hari Pal Singh Ahluwalia, an Indian mountaineer, author, social worker, and retired Indian Army officer.

1937: Yashwant Sinha, a former Indian administrator, politician and a former Minister of Finance.

1968: Jerry Yang, Founder of Yahoo.

1970: Ethan Green Hawke, an American actor, writer, musician, and director.

1988: Emma Stone, an American actress. 

 

Death Anniversaries – November 6

1632: Gustavus Adolphus, the King of Sweden.

1836: King Charles X of France.

1893: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, a Russian composer of the Romantic period.

1960: Erich Johann Albert Raeder, a German admiral.

1985: Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor.

1995: Aneta Louise Corsaut, an American actress, and writer. 

2010: Siddharth Shankar Ray, Chief Minister of West Bengal, India.

2011: Margaret Field, an American film actress.

2013: Tarla Dalal, Indian chef.