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Events on November 6

• 1730 Hans Hermann von Katte is executed on the orders of the Prussian King Frederick William I., allegedly before the eyes of his friend Crown Prince Frederick, because of his participation in Frederick's escape attempt on 5 August.
• 1860 The Republican Abraham Lincoln wins the presidential election in the United States.
• 1913 Zabern Affair: After discriminatory remarks by German officers toward the population of the Alsatian garrison town of Zabern become known, public protests break out.
• 1932 The NSDAP loses votes and seats in the early Reichstag election in the Weimar Republic but remains the strongest party, ahead of the SPD. The election winners are the KPD and the DNVP, the latter under Alfred Hugenberg.
• 1943 In the Battle of the Dnieper during the Second World War, the Red Army succeeds in recapturing Kiev, which was occupied by the Germans in September 1941.
• 1961 Heinz Felfe, the head of the Soviet Union's counter-espionage service at the Federal Intelligence Service, turns out to be a Soviet double agent and is arrested.
• 1978 Franz Josef Strauß (CSU) is elected as Alfons Goppel's successor as Minister-President of Bavaria.
• 2001 The television series 24 begins its first broadcast in the USA.
• 2012 In the United States presidential election, incumbent Barack Obama is confirmed as US President.
• 2017 In Bonn, the World Climate Conference begins to discuss the implementation of the resolutions of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
• 2024 On the morning of 6 November, European time, former incumbent Donald Trump wins the 60th presidential election in the United States.
• 2024 In Berlin, Chancellor Olaf Scholz asks Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to dismiss Finance Minister Christian Lindner. As a result, the federal government collapses.

Born on November 6

• 1880 Robert Musil, Austrian writer
• 1893 Edsel Ford, American businessman
• 1910 Erik Ode, German director and actor
• 1921 Julius Hackethal, German physician
• 1931 Mike Nichols, German-American director, screenwriter and producer
• 1970 Ethan Hawke, American actor
• 1980 Simon Cziommer, German footballer
• 1981 Daniela Meuli, Swiss snowboarder
• 1983 Nicole Hosp, Austrian alpine skier
• 1990 André Schürrle, German footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „6. November“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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