November 6

Pre-1600

 * 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
 * 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.
 * 1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.

1601–1900

 * 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.
 * 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
 * 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.
 * 1900 – President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

1901–present

 * 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
 * 1943 – World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.
 * 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.
 * 1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
 * 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
 * 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
 * 1985 – Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
 * 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2$1/2$ miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
 * 1988 – Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 938 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.
 * 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
 * 2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
 * 2002  – A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
 * 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
 * 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
 * 2016 – Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

Pre-1600

 * 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
 * 1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1533)
 * 1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1566)
 * 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (d. 1612)

1601–1900

 * 1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)
 * 1661 – Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (d. 1700)
 * 1750 – Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (d. 1798)
 * 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)
 * 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)
 * 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)
 * 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (d. 1932)
 * 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)
 * 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)
 * 1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (d. 1956)
 * 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)
 * 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)
 * 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)
 * 1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941)

1901–present

 * 1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)
 * 1913 – Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (d. 1951)
 * 1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)
 * 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)
 * 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)
 * 1926  – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)
 * 1929 – Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (d. 2017)
 * 1929  – June Squibb, American actress
 * 1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011)
 * 1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
 * 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
 * 1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (d. 2019)
 * 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)
 * 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
 * 1938  – P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter
 * 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)
 * 1939  – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
 * 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
 * 1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)
 * 1941  – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)
 * 1946 – Sally Field, American actress
 * 1946  – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
 * 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016)
 * 1949 – Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician
 * 1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician
 * 1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
 * 1950  – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)
 * 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter
 * 1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer
 * 1953  – Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
 * 1955 – Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player
 * 1955  – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
 * 1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer
 * 1957 – Lori Singer, American actress and musician
 * 1960 – Lance Kerwin, American actor (d. 2023)
 * 1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
 * 1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (d. 1998)
 * 1964 – Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
 * 1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer
 * 1966  – Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent
 * 1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster
 * 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
 * 1968  – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
 * 1969 – Colson Whitehead, American author
 * 1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director
 * 1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician
 * 1972 – Thandiwe Newton, English actress
 * 1972  – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress
 * 1973 – David Giffin, Australian rugby player
 * 1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress
 * 1974  – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
 * 1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (d. 2004)
 * 1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
 * 1978  – Taryn Manning, American actress and singer
 * 1978  – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
 * 1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
 * 1979  – Lamar Odom, American basketball player
 * 1979  – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
 * 1981  – Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach
 * 1981  – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1983 – Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
 * 1984 – Patina Miller, American actress and singer
 * 1984  – Ricky Romero, American baseball player
 * 1984  – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
 * 1985 – Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player
 * 1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress
 * 1986  – Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician
 * 1986  – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
 * 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
 * 1987  – Naoki Miyata, Japanese footballer
 * 1988 – John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player
 * 1988  – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
 * 1988  – James Paxton, Canadian baseball player
 * 1988  – Emma Stone, American actress
 * 1988  – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
 * 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
 * 1989  – Aaron Hernandez, American football player (d. 2017)
 * 1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer
 * 1990  – Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler
 * 1990  – Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
 * 1991 – Pierson Fodé, American actor and model
 * 1991  – Doron Lamb, American basketball player
 * 1992 – Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player
 * 1992  – Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player
 * 1992  – Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player
 * 1992  – Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress
 * 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer
 * 1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
 * 1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
 * 1995  – Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1997 – Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
 * 1997  – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model
 * 1997  – Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player
 * 2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player

Pre-1600

 * 1003 – Pope John XVII
 * 1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)
 * 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)
 * 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)

1601–1900

 * 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)
 * 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)
 * 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
 * 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
 * 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1752)
 * 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)

1901–present

 * 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
 * 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
 * 1955 – Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (b. 1882)
 * 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
 * 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)
 * 1968 – Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (b. 1884)
 * 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
 * 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)
 * 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)
 * 1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
 * 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
 * 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
 * 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)
 * 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)
 * 2003  – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)
 * 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)
 * 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)
 * 2005  – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)
 * 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)
 * 2006  – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
 * 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)
 * 2007  – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)
 * 2007  – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
 * 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)
 * 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)
 * 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)
 * 2012  – Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)
 * 2012  – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
 * 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)
 * 2013  – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)
 * 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)
 * 2014  – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)
 * 2014  – Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)
 * 2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)
 * 2015  – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)
 * 2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)
 * 2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1937)
 * 2020 – Ken Spears, American writer (b. 1938)
 * 2020  – King Von, American rapper (b. 1994)

Holidays and observances

 * Christian feast days:
 * Barlaam of Khutyn
 * Demetrian
 * Illtud
 * Leonard of Noblac
 * Melaine of Rennes
 * Winnoc
 * November 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
 * Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
 * Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland)
 * International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
 * Obama Day (in Kenya)