today.nukz.net: Almanac November 6

Charles Henry Dow (November 6, 1851 – December 4, 1902) was an American journalist who co-founded Dow Jones & Company with Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser. Dow also founded The Wall Street Journal, which has become one of the most respected financial publications in the world. He also invented the Dow Jones Industrial Average as part of his research into market movements. He developed a series of principles for understanding and analyzing market behavior which later became known as Dow theory, the groundwork for technical analysis.

Events

355 – Roman Emperor Constantius II promotes his cousin Julian to the rank of Caesar, entrusting him with the government of the Prefecture of the Gauls.
1528 – Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas.
1632 – Thirty years war: Battle of Lützen is fought, the Swedes are victorious but the King of Sweden, Gustavus Adolphus dies in the battle.
1789 – Pope Pius VI appoints Father John Carroll as the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
1844 – The first constitution of the Dominican Republic is adopted.
1856 – Scenes of Clerical Life, the first work of fiction by the author later known as George Eliot, is submitted for publication.
1860 – Abraham Lincoln, the former Illinois congressman defeated three other candidates for the U.S. presidency.
1861 – American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected president of the Confederate States of America.
1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.
1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6-4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.
1913 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested while leading a march of Indian miners in South Africa.
1917 – World War I: Third Battle of Ypres ends: After three months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium.
1918 – The Second Polish Republic is proclaimed in Poland.
1934 – Memphis, Tennessee becomes the first major city to join the Tennessee Valley Authority.
1935 – Edwin Armstrong presents his paper "A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation" to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers.
1935 – First flight of the Hawker Hurricane.
1935 – Parker Brothers acquires the forerunner patents for MONOPOLY from Elizabeth Magie.
1939 – World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
1941 – World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, the Germans had lost 4.5 million soldiers and that Soviet victory was near.
1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign begins.
1943 – World War II: the Soviet Red Army recaptures Kiev. Before withdrawing, the Germans destroy most of the city's ancient buildings.
1944 – Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1947 – Meet the Press makes its television debut (the show went to a weekly schedule on September 12, 1948).
1948 – Deputy commander-in-chief of the Eastern China Field Army General Su Yu launched a massive offensive toward Xuzhou, defended by seven different armies under the Suppression General Headquarter of Xuzhou Garrison, the Huaihai Campaign, the largest operational campaign of the Chinese Civil War begins.
1962 – Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.
1963 – Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and execution of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.
1965 – Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans made use of this program.
1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1975 – Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara.
1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá, eventually killing 115 people, 11 of them Supreme Court justices.
1986 – Sumburgh disaster – A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 2.5 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
1991 – The last burning Kuwaiti oil field was extinguished.
1995 – The Rova of Antananarivo, home of the sovereigns of Madagascar from the 16th to 19th centuries, is destroyed by fire.
1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore to become the Baltimore Ravens, the first time the city had a football team since 1983 when they were the Baltimore Colts.
1999 – Australians vote to keep the Head of the Commonwealth as their head of state in the Australian republic referendum.
2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing 7 and injuring 150.

Births

1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)
1479 – Queen Joanna of Castile of Spain (d. 1555)
1494 – Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1566)
1550 – Queen Karin Månsdotter of Sweden (d. 1612)
1607 – Sigmund Theophil Staden, German composer (d. 1655)
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)
1835 – Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and criminologist (d. 1909)
1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American politician (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 – E.S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist (d. 1942)
1860 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and statesman (d. 1941)
1861 – James Naismith, Canadian inventor of basketball (d. 1939)
1880 – Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-born American writer and novelist (d. 1959)
1880 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)
1880 – George Poage, African American athlete (d. 1962)
1882 – Thomas H. Ince, American movie actor, director, producer (d. 1924)
1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1946)
1892 – Harold Ross, American editor (d. 1951)
1893 – Edsel Ford, American automotive executive (d. 1943)
1893 – Yip Man, Chinese martial artist (d. 1972)
1903 – June Marlowe, American actress (d. 1984)
1906 – James D. Norris, American businessman and sports team owner (d. 1966)
1914 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (d. 2002)
1916 – Ray Conniff, American composer and conductor (d. 2002)
1921 – James Jones, American novelist (d. 1977)
1922 – Frank J. Lynch, American jurist and state legislator (d. 1987)
1924 – Jeanette Schmid, Austrian professional whistler (d. 2005)
1925 – Michel Bouquet, French actor
1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian (d. 2012)
1930 – Tom Hornbein, American mountaineer
1931 – Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958)
1931 – Mike Nichols, American film director
1932 – Stonewall Jackson, American country singer
1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor (d. 2012)
1937 – Garry Gross, American photographer (d. 2010)
1937 – Eugene Pitt, American singer (The Jive Five)
1937 – Marco Vassi, American writer (d. 1989)
1937 – Joe Warfield, American actor
1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)
1938 – Branko Mikasinovich, Serbian Slavist and journalist
1938 – P.J. Proby, American-born singer and actor
1938 – Diana E. H. Russell, South African feminist writer and activist
1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino Supreme Court jurist
1939 – Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (d. 1964)
1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer
1940 – Ruth Messinger, American political activist
1940 – Dieter F. Uchtdorf, American religious figure
1941 – Guy Clark, American country singer-songwriter
1946 – Sally Field, American actress
1946 – Fred Penner, Canadian children's entertainer
1947 – Jim Rosenthal, English sports presenter
1947 – E. Lee Spence, pioneer underwater archaeologist
1947 – Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (d. 2007)
1947 – George Young, Australian musician (Easybeats)
1948 – Sidney Blumenthal, American journalist and political figure
1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer (Eagles)
1949 – Brad Davis, American actor (d. 1991)
1949 – Nigel Havers, English actor
1949 – Arturo Sandoval, Cuban trumpeter
1949 – Joseph C. Wilson, American diplomat; husband of Valerie Plame
1950 – Amir Aczel, Israeli mathematics historian
1950 – Chris Glen, Scottish musician (The Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
1951 – Peter Althin, Swedish politician and attorney
1951 – John Falsey, American television writer and producer
1952 – Michael Cunningham, American writer
1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer
1954 – Catherine Crier, American television personality
1955 – Alton Coleman, American serial killer (d. 2002)
1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist
1957 – Cam Clarke, American voice actor
1957 – Klaus Kleinfeld, German industrialist
1957 – Siobhán McCarthy, Irish singer and actress
1957 – Lori Singer, American actress
1958 – Trace Beaulieu, American actor
1958 – Bruce Holland Rogers, American writer
1960 – Michael Cerveris, American actor
1961 – Kazuhiko Aoki, Japanese game creator
1961 – Craig Goldy, American musician (Dio)
1961 – Florent Pagny, French songwriter and singer
1962 – Aznil Nawawi, Malaysian host, actor and singer
1963 – Rozz Williams, American musician (Christian Death) (d. 1998)
1964 – Kerry Conran, American filmmaker
1964 – Arne Duncan, American political figure
1964 – Corey Glover, American musician (Living Color)
1964 – Greg Graffin, American singer (Bad Religion)
1965 – René Unglaube, German footballer
1966 – Paul Gilbert, American guitarist and singer
1966 – Peter DeLuise, American actor and director
1967 – Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
1968 – Caesar Meadows, American cartoonist
1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress
1968 – Alfred Williams, American football player
1968 – Jerry Yang, American internet entrepreneur
1970 – Ethan Hawke, American actor
1971 – Clonie Gowen, American poker player
1972 – Garry Flitcroft, English footballer
1972 – Adonis Georgiades, Greek politician, publisher and author
1972 – Thandie Newton, English actress
1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American actress
1972 – Deivi Cruz, Dominican baseball player
1973 – Nell McAndrew, British model
1974 – Zoe McLellan, American actress
1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)
1976 – Catherine Clark, Canadian journalist; daughter of Joe Clark
1976 – Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx)
1976 – Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter
1976 – Pat Tillman, American football player (d. 2004)
1977 – Patrícia Tavares, Portuguese actress
1978 – Sandrine Blancke, Belgian actress
1978 – Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model and television host
1978 – Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host
1978 – Taryn Manning, American actress
1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian racing driver
1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player
1979 – Myolie Wu, Hong Kong actress
1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian hockey player
1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
1981 – Cassie Bernall, American murder victim (d. 1999)
1981 – Lee Dong Wook, South Korean actor
1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Sowelu, Japanese pop singer
1982 – Steve Millar, Canadian singer and songwriter
1983 – Janette McBride, Australian-born Filipino actress
1983 – Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore)
1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player
1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
1985 – Ettore Marchi, Italian footballer
1986 – Katie Leclerc, American actress
1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
1988 – Emma Stone, American actress
1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
1989 – Shaina Magdayao, Filipina actress
1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer
1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor

Deaths

1231 – Emperor Tsuchimikado of Japan (b. 1196)
1406 – Pope Innocent VII
1479 – James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton, Scottish nobleman (b. 1415)
1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer (b. c. 1430)
1550 – Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1487)
1632 – King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden (b. 1594)
1650 – William II, Prince of Orange (b. 1626)
1656 – King John IV of Portugal (b. 1603)
1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (b. 1583)
1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German composer and organist (b. 1585)
1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French writer (b. 1619)
1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
1771 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (b. 1695)
1790 – James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (b. 1726)
1796 – Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)
1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American lawmaker and diplomat (b. 1752)
1822 – Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist (b. 1748)
1836 – King Charles X of France (b. 1757)
1846 – Karol Marcinkowski, Polish physician and activist (b. 1800)
1846 – Alexander Chavchavadze, Georgian poet and general (b. 1786)
1893 – Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
1903 – Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (b.1895)
1910 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (b. 1838)
1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian soldier (b. 1899)
1925 – Emperor Kh?i Ð?nh of Vietnam (b. 1885)
1929 – Prince Maximilian of Baden, German statesman (b. 1867)
1936 – Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (b. 1864)
1937 – Colin Campbell Cooper, American painter (b. 1856)
1941 – Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)
1951 – Tom Kiely, Irish athlete (b. 1869)
1952 – Arthur Rosenkampff, American gymnast (b. 1884)
1960 – Erich Raeder, German grand admiral (b. 1876)
1961 – Harry DeBaecke, American rower (b. 1879)
1964 – Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
1965 – Edgard Varèse, French composer (b. 1883)
1965 – Clarence Williams, American musician (b. 1898)
1968 – Charles Münch, French conductor and violinist (b. 1891)
1968 – Charles B. McVay III, Ex-U.S. Navy Captain (b. 1898)
1970 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1897)
1978 – Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)
1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)
1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian novelist and dramatist (b. 1929)
1985 – Joel Crothers, American actor (b. 1941)
1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1938)
1986 – Elisabeth Grümmer, Alsatian soprano (b. 1911)
1987 – Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955)
1989 – Dickie Goodman, American entertainer (b. 1934)
1989 – Margit Makay, Hungarian actress (b. 1891)
1989 – Yusaku Matsuda, Japanese actor (b. 1949)
1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
1995 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (b. 1933)
1996 – Toni Schmücker, German former CEO Of Volkswagen (b.1921)
1998 – Marcel Gauthier, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)
2000 – David R. Brower, American environmentalist (b. 1912)
2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American writer (b. 1907)
2001 – Anthony Shaffer, English dramatist (b. 1926)
2002 – Sid Sackson, American board game designer (b. 1920)
2003 – Just Betzer, Danish film producer (b. 1944)
2003 – Crash Holly, American professional wrestler (b. 1971)
2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer (b. 1919)
2003 – Eduardo Palomo, Mexican actor (b. 1962)
2004 – Fred Dibnah, English television personality (b. 1938)
2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian soccer player (b. 1943)
2005 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (b. 1967)
2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealander politician (b. 1957)
2005 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, Mexican actor, composer and singer (b. 1915)
2006 – Federico (Fico) López, Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)
2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish alpine skier (b. 1950)
2007 – Enzo Biagi, Italian journalist (b. 1920)
2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress (b. 1929)
2007 – George Grljusich, Australian sports broadcaster (b. 1939)
2007 – Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician (b. 1962)
2007 – George Osmond, American patriarch of the Osmond family (b. 1917)
2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer (b. 1925)
2009 – Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (b. 1932)
2010 – Jo Myong-Rok, North Korean military official (b. 1928)
2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American attorney and counsel to the Carter Administration (b. 1921)