On This Day in History — November 6

• 2013 — Several small bombs explode outside a provincial office of the Chinese Communist Party in the northern city of Taiyuan, killing at least one person and wounding eight others.
• 2012 — Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States; Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
• 2004 — An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.
• 1999 — Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
• 1995 — Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore, the first time the city had a NFL team since 1983 when they were the Baltimore Colts.
• 1986 — Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 !21⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.

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Notable Births on November 6

• 1995 — Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1994 — Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Josh Wakefield, English footballer
• 1992 — Paula Kania, Polish tennis player
• 1990 — Dorothea Barth Jörgensen, Swedish model
• 1990 — André Schürrle, German footballer

Notable Deaths on November 6

• 2017 — Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)
• 2015 — Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Ri Ul-sol, North Korean marshal and politician (b. 1921)
• 2014 — Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)
• 2014 — Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)

Sports on November 6

• NHL: Utah Mammoth @ Montreal Canadiens — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Detroit Red Wings — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Chicago Blackhawks @ Tampa Bay Lightning — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: St. Louis Blues @ New Jersey Devils — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Carolina Hurricanes @ New York Islanders — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Philadelphia Flyers @ New York Rangers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled

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Religious Observances on November 7

• Islamic: Urs of Shaykh Sharafuddīn ad-Daghestāni ق

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On This Day in History — November 7

• 2012 — An earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
• 2007 — Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.
• 2004 — Iraq War: The interim government of Iraq calls for a 60-day "state of emergency" as U.S. forces storm the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
• 2000 — Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
• 2000 — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
• 1996 — NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor.

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Notable Births on November 7

• 1997 — Erika Hendsel, Estonian tennis player
• 1997 — Nana Okada, Japanese singer
• 1996 — Lorde, New Zealand singer-songwriter
• 1995 — Richard Smith, British Doctor of Science and Lord of Coventry
• 1994 — Haruna Iikubo, Japanese singer and actress
• 1992 — Apisai Koroisau, Australian-Fijian rugby league player

Notable Deaths on November 7

• 2017 — Roy Halladay, American baseball player (b. 1977)
• 2017 — Carl Sargeant, Welsh Assembly minister (b. 1968)
• 2016 — Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1934)
• 2016 — Janet Reno, American lawyer and government official; Attorney General of the United States (1993-2001) (b. 1938)
• 2016 — Jimmy Young, British singer and radio personality (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Bappaditya Bandopadhyay, Indian director and poet (b. 1970)

Sports on November 7

• College Football: Virginia Tech Hokies @ SMU Mustangs — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets @ Buffalo Sabres — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Washington Wizards @ Atlanta Hawks — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Boston Celtics @ Charlotte Hornets — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: South Florida Bulls @ East Carolina Pirates — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Philadelphia 76ers @ Cleveland Cavaliers — 00:30 UTC Scheduled

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