On this day: 6 November

Selected events and births on 6 November, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1217 – King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests. Read more: Henry III of England Charter of the Forest Free tenant
• 1856 – The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication. Read more: Scenes of Clerical Life George Eliot
• 1924 – The Spanish anarchist group Los Solidarios unsuccessfully attempted to launch an insurrection against the dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera. Read more: Los Solidarios Dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera
• 2012 – Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. Read more: Tammy Baldwin United States Senate

Born on this day

• 1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut Read more: Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya Astronaut
• 1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo! Read more: Jerry Yang Yahoo
• 1992 – Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player Read more: Rebecca Allen (basketball)
• 1992 – Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player Read more: Nasya Dimitrova
• 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer Read more: Josh Wakefield
• 1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player Read more: Isaah Yeo
• 1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player Read more: Addin Fonua-Blake
• 1995 – Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player Read more: Sam Reinhart
• 1997 – Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player Read more: Aliona Bolsova
• 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model Read more: Hero Fiennes Tiffin
• 1997 – Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player Read more: Elena-Gabriela Ruse
• 2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player Read more: Day'Ron Sharpe

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / November 6 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.