The Birthday Gazette

Born on November 6

November 6 birthdays & history

If you were born on November 6, you share a birthday with Suleiman the Magnificent, Emma Stone and Sally Field. November 6 babies are Scorpio, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 6 is the 311th day of the year in leap years (310th in other years).

Famous people born on November 6

  • 1494Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
  • 1988Emma Stone, American actress
  • 1946Sally Field, American actress
  • 1988Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
  • 1661Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire
  • 1970Ethan Hawke, American actor and author
  • 1932François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1987Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
  • 1990André Schürrle, German footballer
  • 1972Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress

What happened on November 6

  • 1217King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests.
  • 1856The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication.
  • 1900President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York.
  • 1947Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.
  • 1995Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
  • 2002Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
  • 2012Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

Also observed on November 6

  • Gustavus Adolphus Day (in Sweden, Finland and Estonia)
  • Finnish Swedish Heritage Day (in Finland)
  • Obama Day (in Kenya)

Questions, answered

What star sign is November 6?

People born on November 6 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.

Which famous people were born on November 6?

Suleiman the Magnificent (1494), Emma Stone (1988), Sally Field (1946), Conchita Wurst (1988), Charles II of Spain (1661), Ethan Hawke (1970) were all born on November 6.

What happened on November 6 in history?

Among other things: in 1995, Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore; in 2002, Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party; in 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

Can I get a newspaper front page from November 6?

Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 6 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.

Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “November 6”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.