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Zanuck, co-founder of 20th Century Fox, said Tierney was "unquestionably, the most beautiful woman in movie history.
Notable Deaths on November 6
1991 — Gene Tierney
American actress (born 1920)
November 6 has 57 recorded notable deaths across history, from 1003 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
57 source records
1003 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on November 6
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 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
Did you know
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally.
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Sanjeev Kumar's double role in Angoor was listed among the "25 Iconic Performances of Indian cinema" by Forbes India on the occasion of celebrating 100 years of Indian Cinema.
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While most Americans still thought of themselves as citizens of their respective states, Morris advanced the idea of being a citizen of a single union of states.
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In 1953, he and Francis Crick co-authored an academic paper in Nature proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule, building on research by Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling.
More major people who died on November 6
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1893
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer (born 1840)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the Romantic period. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally.
1985
Sanjeev Kumar
Indian film actor (born 1938)
Sanjeev Kumar was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi and Gujarati cinema. Regarded as one of the greatest and finest actors in the history of Indian cinema, Kumar was known for his acting versatility.
1816
Gouverneur Morris
American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1752)
Gouverneur Morris was an American statesman, a Founding Father of the United States, and a signatory to the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution.
2025
James Watson
American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist (born 1928)
James Dewey Watson was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist.
2011
Roger Faulques
French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)
Roger Louis Faulques, also known as René Faulques, was a French military officer and mercenary.
2013
Tarla Dalal
Indian chef and author (born 1936)
Tarla Dalal was an Indian food writer, chef, cookbook author and host of cooking shows. Her first cook book, The Pleasures of Vegetarian Cooking, was published in 1974.
2024
Madeleine Riffaud
French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)
Marie-Madeleine Riffaud was a French Resistance fighter, poet, journalist and war correspondent.
1672
Heinrich Schütz
German organist and composer (born 1585)
Heinrich Schütz was a German early Baroque composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of the 17th century.
2013
Ace Parker
American football and baseball player (born 1912)
Clarence McKay "Ace" Parker was an American football and baseball player and coach.
2014
Rick Rosas
American bass player (born 1949)
Rick "Rick the Bass Player" Rosas was an American musician, and one of the most sought after studio session musicians in Los Angeles.
1968
Chauncey Sparks
American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (born 1884)
George Chauncey Sparks, known as Chauncey Sparks, was an attorney and Democratic American politician who served as the 41st governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947.
1406
Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)
Pope Innocent VII, born Cosimo de' Migliorati, was head of the Catholic Church from 17 October 1404 to his death, in November 1406.
2012
Clive Dunn
English actor (born 1920)
Clive Robert Bertram Dunn was an English actor. Although he was only 48 and one of the youngest cast members, he was cast in a role many years his senior, as the elderly Lance Corporal Jones in the BBC sitcom Dad's…
2020
Ken Spears
American writer (born 1938)
Charles Kenneth Spears was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the Scooby-Doo franchise, together with Joe Ruby.
1978
Heiri Suter
Swiss cyclist (born 1899)
Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923.
2010
Robert Lipshutz
American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)
Robert Jerome Lipshutz was an American attorney who served first as the national campaign treasurer for Jimmy Carter's successful 1976 run for the United States Presidency and then as the White House Counsel from 1977…
2017
Richard F. Gordon Jr.
American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)
Richard Francis Gordon Jr. was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, and a football executive.
2024
Tony Todd
American actor (born 1954)
Anthony Tiran Todd was an American actor. Known for his distinctly deep and gravelly voice, he amassed numerous credits on screen and in video games since the 1980s, including the title character in the Candyman film…
2012
Joel Connable
American journalist and actor (born 1973)
Joel Connable was an American television host, news anchor, and reporter for KOMO-TV in Seattle, Washington. He also worked as a travel journalist, running a travel website and a company called Travel TV Inc.