November 06
1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
1861
Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America.
1869
The first intercollegiate soccer game took place (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4).
1893
Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53.
1913
Mohandas Gandhi led a march of miners in South Africa. He was arrested three times in the first four days of the march.
Birthdays
John Philip Sousa
1854–1932, American Bandmaster and Composer.
James Naismith
inventor of basketball (1861)
Thomas H. Ince
filmmaker (1882)
Walter Johnson
baseball player (1887)
Harold W. Ross
editor (1892)
James Jones
novelist (1921)
Mike Nichols
actor and director (1931)
Sally Field
actress (1946)
Maria Shriver
TV newscaster (1955)
Ethan Hawke
actor (1970)