November 6: Gustavus Adolphus Day in Estonia, Finland and Sweden (1632); Finnish Swedish Heritage Day in Finland
447 – A powerful earthquake destroyed large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
1789 – Pope Pius VI appointed Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
1856 – The first story from the collection Scenes of Clerical Life by English author George Eliot (pictured) was submitted for publication.
1963 – Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ was 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.
1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.
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