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On November 6, 447: A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
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A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
The walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. With numerous additions and modifications during their history, they were the last great fortification system of antiquity, and one of the most complex and elaborate systems ever built.
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447 A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. City walls of Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
The walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. With numerous additions and modifications during their history, they were the last great fortification system of antiquity, and one of the most complex and elaborate systems ever built.
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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. Possibly uncanonical synod held in St. Peter's Basilica
The Synod of Rome (963) was a possibly uncanonical synod held in St. Peter's Basilica from 6 November until 4 December 963, under the authority of the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I to depose Pope John XII. The events of the synod were recorded by Liutprand of Cremona.
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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. English charter of 1217
The Charter of the Forest of 1217 re-established rights of access for free men to the royal forest that had been eroded by King William the Conqueror and his heirs. Many of its provisions were in force for centuries afterwards. It was originally sealed in England by the young King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke.
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1792 Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars. Part of the War of the First Coalition (1792)
The Battle of Jemappes took place near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Austrian Netherlands, near Mons during the War of the First Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. One of the first major offensive battles of the war, it was a victory for the armies of the infant French Republic, and saw the French Armée du Nord, which included many inexperienced volunteers, defeat a substantially smaller regular Austrian army.
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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. President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederate States and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1976 Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 1988 Lancang–Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 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 120.
- 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 launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.
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Holidays on November 6
- Christian feast days: Barlaam of Khutyn
- Christian feast days: Demetrian
- Christian feast days: Illtud
- Christian feast days: Leonard of Noblac
- Christian feast days: Melaine of Rennes
- Christian feast days: Winnoc
- Christian feast days: 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)
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