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What Happened On November 6

Q: What happened on November 6?

1856: The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication. 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. 1792: Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. 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. 1977: The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. 2012: Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. 1944: The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal. 1917: First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele. 2012: Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. 1986: Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

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1856 First ever
The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by the English author George Eliot was submitted for publication.
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1869 First ever
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1792 Oddly true
Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.
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1217 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1977 Weird
The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2012 First ever
Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1944 Oddly true
The B Reactor at the Hanford Site in the U.S. state of Washington began producing plutonium, with the facility later going on to create more for nearly the entire American nuclear arsenal.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1917 First ever
First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2012 First ever
Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1986 Oddly true
Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2025Canadian ostrich cull: The Government of Canada kills 314 ostriches after H5N8 is detected in an ostrich farm in Edgewood, BC. Wikipedia →
2016Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa. Wikipedia →
2012Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. Wikipedia →
2004An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120. Wikipedia →
2002Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Wikipedia →
2002A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three. Wikipedia →
1995Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore. Wikipedia →
1988Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China–Myanmar border in Yunnan Province. Wikipedia →
1986Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles (4.0 km) east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record. Wikipedia →
1985Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá. Wikipedia →
1977The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39. Wikipedia →
1976Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi. Wikipedia →
1971The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. Wikipedia →
1963Nguyễn 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. Wikipedia →
1947Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation. Wikipedia →
1936Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead. Wikipedia →
1900President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Wikipedia →
1869In 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. Wikipedia →
1860Abraham 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. Wikipedia →
1792Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. Wikipedia →
1217The 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. Wikipedia →
963Synod 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. Wikipedia →
447A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. Wikipedia →

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