What happened on November 6 ?

1391 - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)

1479 - Joanna of Castile, wife of Philip I of Castile (d. 1555)

1494 - Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)

1510 - John Caius, English physician (d. 1573)

1661 - King Charles II of Spain (d. 1700)

1692 - Louis Racine, French poet (d. 1763)

1753 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor (d. 1802)

1753 - Jean-Baptiste Breval, French composer (d. 1823)

1814 - Adolphe Sax, Belgian inventor (d.1894)

1833 - Jonas Lie, Norwegian author (d.1908)

1841 - Nelson W. Aldrich, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (d. 1915)

1841 - Armand Fallières, French president (d. 1931)

1851 - Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d.1902)

1854 - John Philip Sousa, American composer (d. 1932)

1855 - Ezra Seymour Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)

1860 - Ignace Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and President of Poland (d.1941)

1861 - James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)

1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)

1887 - Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946)

1892 - Harold Ross, American editor (d.1951)

1914 - Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)

1916 - Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d.2002)

1921 - James Jones, American writer (d. 1977)

1926 - Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian

1931 - Mike Nichols, American film director

1938 - Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)

1938 - P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor

1938 - Dumitru Rusu, Romanian painter

1939 - Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)

1946 - Sally Field, American actress

1948 - Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)

1949 - Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)

1949 - Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-born trumpeter

1952 - Michael Cunningham, American writer

1955 - Maria Shriver, American journalist

1957 - Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist

1957 - Lori Singer, American actress

1964 - Kerry Conran, American filmmaker

1965 - Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)

1966 - Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer

1966 - Christian Lorenz, German keyboardist (Rammstein)

1967 - Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)

1968 - Alfred Williams, American football player

1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor

1972 - Garry Flitcroft, English footballer

1972 - Thandie Newton, Zambian actress

1972 - Rebecca Romijn, American actress

1973 - Nell McAndrew, British model

1976 - Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx)

1976 - Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)

1976 - Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist (also daughter of former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark)

1978 - Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian supermodel

1978 - Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host

1979 - Lamar Odom, American basketball player

1987 - Ana Ivanovi?, Serbian tennis player