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Sally Field was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014, the National Medal of Arts in 2014, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2019, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2023.
Famous Birthdays on November 6
1946 — Sally Field
American actress
November 6 has 106 recorded notable births across history, from 1391 to 2001. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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1391 – 2001
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Major events on November 6
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- 1860 Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race. Source
- 1900 President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Source
- 2012 Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. Source
- 1971 The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. Source
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In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell in the CBS comedy My Sister Sam.
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Glenn Frey was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most of Eagles' material.
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Mike Nichols is one of 28 people to have won all four of the major American entertainment awards: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT).
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Ivanovic won 15 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including a major at the 2008 French Open.
More major people born on November 6
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1967
Rebecca Schaeffer
American actress and model (died 1989)
Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an American actress and model. She began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting. In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russell in the CBS comedy My Sister Sam.
1948
Glenn Frey
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)
Glenn Lewis Frey was an American musician. He was a founding member of the rock band Eagles, for whom he was the co-lead singer and frontman, roles he came to share with fellow member Don Henley, with whom he wrote most…
1931
Mike Nichols
German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
Mike Nichols was an American film and theatre director and comedian. He worked across a range of genres and had an aptitude for getting the best out of actors regardless of their experience.
1987
Ana Ivanovic
Serbian tennis player
Ana Ivanovic born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 12 weeks.
1974
Frank Vandenbroucke
Belgian cyclist (died 2009)
Frank Vandenbroucke was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist.
1963
Rozz Williams
American singer, musician and artist (died 1998)
Rozz Williams was an American singer and songwriter known for his work with the bands Christian Death, Shadow Project, and the industrial project Premature Ejaculation.
1391
Edmund Mortimer
5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, 7th Earl of Ulster, was an English nobleman and a potential claimant to the throne of England.
1986
Ben Rector
American singer, songwriter and musician
Benjamin Evans Rector is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee. He is an independent artist, and releases music under his own label OK Kid Recordings.
1832
Joseph Smith III
American religious leader (died 1914)
Joseph Smith III was the eldest surviving son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith.
1841
Nelson W. Aldrich
American businessman and politician (died 1915)
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich was a prominent American politician and a leader of the Republican Party in the United States Senate, where he represented Rhode Island from 1881 to 1911.
1913
Cho Ki-chon
North Korean poet (died 1951)
Cho Ki-chon was a Soviet-born North Korean poet. He is regarded as a national poet and "founding father of North Korean poetry" whose distinct Soviet-influenced style of lyrical epic poetry in the socialist realist…
1940
Johnny Giles
Irish footballer and manager
Michael John Giles is an Irish former association football player and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s.
1941
Guy Clark
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)
Guy Charles Clark was an American country singer-songwriter and luthier.
1981
Luke Jackson
American basketball player and coach
Luke Ryan Jackson is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
1946
George Young
Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)
George Redburn Young was an Australian musician, songwriter and record producer.
1939
Michael Schwerner
American activist (died 1964)
Michael Henry "Mickey" Schwerner was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
1990
Bowen Yang
Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
Bowen Yang is an American comedian, actor, podcaster, and writer.
1949
Ariel Henry
Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician
Ariel Henry is a Haitian neurosurgeon and politician who served as acting prime minister of Haiti after the assassination of Jovenel Moïse in 2021.
1926
Frank Carson
Northern Irish comedian and actor (died 2012)
Hugh Francis Carson KSG was a comedian and actor from Belfast, Northern Ireland.