Wednesday November 6, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

November 6: Day of the Week

November 6, 2024 is the 311th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 55 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

November 6 Historical Event(s)

1632
Thirty years war: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus dies in the battle.
1913
Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
1934
Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1941
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.
1942
World War II: Carlson’s patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
1943
World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city’s ancient buildings.
1963
Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
1975
Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
1999
Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
2005
The Evansville Tornado of November 2005 kills 25 in Northwestern Kentucky and Southwestern Indiana.

Who were born on November 6?

1835
Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and criminologist (d. 1909)
1892
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven (d. 1938)
1938
Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1947
Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter
1950
Chris Glen, Scottish musician (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
1952
Michael Cunningham, American writer
1963
Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (d. 1998)
1979
Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress
1982
Sowelu, Japanese pop singer
1989
Shaina Magdayao, Filipina actress

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