November 6 - This day in History

November 6: General Interest
1962: U.N. condemns apartheid

On this day in 1962, the United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calling on all its members to end economic and military relations with the country... read more


American Revolution
1789 : John Carroll named first Catholic bishop in U.S.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-carroll-named-first-catholic-bishop-in-us


Automotive
1998 : President Clinton designates "Automobile National Heritage Area" in Detroit
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-clinton-designates-automobile-national-heritage-area-in-detroit


Civil War
1861 : Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederacy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jefferson-davis-elected


Cold War
1988 : Renowned Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov visits United States
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/renowned-soviet-dissident-andrei-sakharov-visits-united-states


Crime
1982 : A woman ices her husband with anti-freeze
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-woman-ices-her-husband-with-anti-freeze


Disaster
1977 : Dam gives way in Georgia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dam-gives-way-in-georgia


General Interest
1860 : Abraham Lincoln elected president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/abraham-lincoln-elected-president

1917 : Canadians take Passchendaele
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/canadians-take-passchendaele

1917 : Bolsheviks revolt in Russia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bolsheviks-revolt-in-russia


Hollywood
1987 : Downey stars in Less Than Zero
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/downey-stars-in-less-than-zero


Literary
1558 : Playwright Thomas Kyd is baptized
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/playwright-thomas-kyd-is-baptized


Music
1854 : John Philip Sousa is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-philip-sousa-is-born


Old West
1528 : Cabeza de Vaca discovers Texas
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cabeza-de-vaca-discovers-texas


Presidential
1906 : Teddy Roosevelt travels to Panama
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/teddy-roosevelt-travels-to-panama


Sports
1995 : Art Modell announces Browns are moving to Baltimore
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/art-modell-announces-browns-are-moving-to-baltimore


Vietnam War
1963 : General Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/general-minh-takes-over-leadership-of-south-vietnam

1970 : South Vietnamese forces attack into Cambodia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-forces-attack-into-cambodia


World War I
1917 : British victory at Passchendaele
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-victory-at-passchendaele


World War II
1941 : Stalin celebrates the Revolution's anniversary
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stalin-celebrates-the-revolutions-anniversary