12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for November 6, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1632 – Thirty Years’ War: King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden is killed at the Battle of Lützen.
- 1860 – Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th President of the United States.
- 1861 – Jefferson Davis is elected President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1928 – Herbert Hoover is elected the 31st President of the United States.
- 1934 – U.S. midterms: Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Democrats expand control of Congress during the New Deal era.
- 1947 – “Meet the Press” premieres on NBC, becoming the longest-running TV news program in U.S. history.
- 1956 – Suez Crisis: A cease-fire takes effect, ending Anglo-French military operations in Egypt.
- 1962 – U.N. General Assembly passes Resolution 1761, condemning apartheid and establishing a Special Committee on South Africa.
- 1975 – The Green March: 350,000 Moroccans cross into Western Sahara in a mass demonstration of territorial claims.
- 1984 – Ronald Reagan wins re-election in a landslide over Walter Mondale.
- 1985 – Colombia’s Palace of Justice siege begins in Bogotá; more than 100 people die over two days.
- 1991 – Kuwait’s last burning oil well from the Gulf War is capped, ending months of environmental disaster.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1946 – Sally Field, Academy Award–winning actress (79).
- 1970 – Ethan Hawke, actor/author/director (“Training Day,” “Before” trilogy) (55).
- 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, actress/model (“X-Men,” “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”) (53).
- 1972 – Thandiwe Newton, actress (Emmy winner, “Westworld”) (53).
- 1979 – Lamar Odom, NBA forward (two-time champion with the L.A. Lakers) (46).
- 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, former world No. 1 tennis player and French Open champion (38).
- 1988 – Emma Stone, Academy Award–winning actress (“La La Land,” “Poor Things”) (37).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1632 – Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden and military innovator (37).
- 1817 – Princess Charlotte of Wales, heir to the British throne (21).
- 1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (“Swan Lake,” “Symphony No. 6”) (53).
- 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (“Laura,” “Leave Her to Heaven”) (70).
- 2007 – Hank Thompson, country music singer-songwriter (82).
- 2012 – Clive Dunn, British actor and comedian (“Dad’s Army”) (92).
- 2018 – Bernard Landry, former premier of Quebec (81).
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