6 November in history
5 events that happened on 6 November, from 1860 to 1962.
✦ Anniversary of the day
1860 CE 166 years ago
Abraham Lincoln is elected president
Abraham Lincoln won the presidency with under 40 per cent of the popular vote, carrying only northern states. His victory prompted South Carolina to secede within weeks, followed by six more states.
1869 CE 157 years ago
Rutgers and Princeton play the first college football game
Rutgers beat Princeton 6-4 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in the first intercollegiate football match. The rules resembled soccer more than modern American football.
1913 CE 113 years ago
Gandhi is arrested leading a march of Indian miners
In South Africa, Gandhi was arrested at Palmford while leading over 2,000 striking Indian workers across the Transvaal border in defiance of discriminatory laws. The campaign won concessions in 1914.
1917 CE 109 years ago
Canadian troops capture Passchendaele
Canadian forces took the ruined village of Passchendaele, ending the Third Battle of Ypres. The British-led offensive had gained a few miles of Flemish mud at a cost of hundreds of thousands of casualties.
1962 CE 64 years ago
The UN General Assembly calls for sanctions on South Africa
Resolution 1761 condemned apartheid and urged member states to break diplomatic ties and boycott South African trade. It also set up a special committee against apartheid.
