On This Day in History

November 6

November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 55 days remain until the end of the year.

Lottery News On This Day

2025
Massachusetts father and son win $700,000 and $100,000 in same Mass Cash lottery drawing. A Massachusetts father and son claimed a combined $800,000 from a single Mass Cash drawing thanks to personal lottery numbers and an act of kindness.
2024
Two Georgia winners claim $478.2 million Powerball jackpot, largest prize in state history. The Georgia Lottery announced Tuesday that two winners have come forward this week to claim a $478.2 million Powerball jackpot, the largest prize ever won in state history.
2023
Pennsylvania man diagnosed with cancer can take dream trip to Alaska thanks to $3M lottery win. A Pennsylvania couple that has experienced a myriad of hardships can now afford to take a dream trip to Alaska after winning $3 million in the lottery.
2022
$1.9 BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT SETS WORLD RECORD OF UNIMAGINABLE WEALTH. Last night Powerball didn't just set a new lottery jackpot record, it crushed the old record, putting the concept of a $2 billion lottery jackpot within reach.
2020
Michigan Lotto 47 jackpot reaches all-time record $30.25 million. The Michigan Lottery's Lotto 47 jackpot has gotten even bigger after Wednesday night's drawing failed to produce a winner. Now at an estimated $30.25 million, it continues to push the record for the game's highest jackpot in history.
2019
Judge rules Massachusetts Lottery can suspend high-frequency winners. The Massachusetts Lottery last week won a court fight over their efforts to fight suspected fraud.
2018
Iowa single mom claims half of $687.8 million Powerball lottery jackpot. One of two winners of the $687.8 million Powerball jackpot was revealed Monday as a woman from Redfield, Iowa who happened to buy a ticket as she was picking up a slice of pizza and coffee at a local store.
2015
Friday Mega Millions jackpot raised to $164 million. Tickets for the Friday night Mega Millions drawing are selling faster than expected, prompting the state lotteries to raise the jackpot estimate to $164 million.
2013
Calif. Lottery trying to track down big winner. The California Lottery has released images from surveillence video of a man buying a lottery ticket, in hopes that someone recognizes him before the winning ticket expires.
2012
Vermont family turns losing lottery tickets into cash. For the 52nd time in six years a Vermont family has won prizes or cash for submitting a losing scratch-off Vermont Lottery ticket in the second-chance contest.
2011
Ct. man claims he lost $254M Powerball ticket. A Connecticut sanitation worker claims to have purchased and then lost a Powerball lottery ticket worth $254 million.
2003
Winning Powerball Ticket Sold in Indiana Again. People that say lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice haven't spent much time in Indiana. For the third time in the last four drawings, someone from Indiana has won the Powerball jackpot.
2003
Savannah Couple Wins $50 Million. Richard and Robin Mika of Savannah, Geogia won a big Mega Millions jackpot this summer: $50 million.
2003
Michigan woman wins $1 million in lottery. A Willis, Michigan woman recently scratched off a Michigan Lottery "$1,000,000 Player" instant ticket to reveal a $1,000,00 prize.
2003
Tenn. lottery chief outlines goals during Pinnacle forum. During a Pinnacle Financial Partners forum Nov. 4, Rebecca Paul, CEO of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corp., revealed some of the pressure she has been under to get the lottery up and running by February.

Top 25 Lottery Jackpots On This Day

1.$2.04 Billion
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2022
2.$843 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2025
3.$473.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2025
4.$334 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2024
5.€302.98 Million
US$304.74 Million
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
6.$236 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 9, 2016
7.$225 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2005
8.$203 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2014
9.$196 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2023
10.€152 Million
US$194.27 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 10, 2006
11.$181.9 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2023
12.€132 Million
US$169.01 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2012
13.$164 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2015
14.$154 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
15.$149 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2020
16.€100 Million
US$148.61 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2009
17.$145 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2019
18.$143.7 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2021
19.$143 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 7, 2012
20.$142 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2020
21.€123 Million
US$132.1 Million
Multi-Country
Euro Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2024
22.$123 Million
Multi-State
Powerball
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2010
23.€105.64 Million
US$122.12 Million
Draw Date
Nov 6, 2021
24.€120 Million
US$120.7 Million
Multi-Country
EuroJackpot
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2022
25.$115 Million
Multi-State
Mega Millions
Draw Date
Nov 8, 2013

Lottery Post Member Birthdays On This Day

1991
Wednesday, Nov 6, 1991
34 years old
1984
Tuesday, Nov 6, 1984
41 years old
1982
Saturday, Nov 6, 1982
43 years old
1980
Thursday, Nov 6, 1980
45 years old
1980
Thursday, Nov 6, 1980
45 years old
1980
Thursday, Nov 6, 1980
45 years old
1977
Sunday, Nov 6, 1977
48 years old
1974
Wednesday, Nov 6, 1974
51 years old
1972
Monday, Nov 6, 1972
53 years old
1970
Friday, Nov 6, 1970
55 years old
1963
Wednesday, Nov 6, 1963
62 years old
1962
Tuesday, Nov 6, 1962
63 years old
1945
Tuesday, Nov 6, 1945
80 years old
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Worldwide Events On This Day

2016
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) launch an offensive to capture the city of Raqqa from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
2012
Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
2004
An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 120.
2002
Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
2002
A Fokker 50 crashes near Luxembourg Airport, killing 20 and injuring three.
1995
Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.
1988
Lancang-Gengma earthquakes: At least 730 are killed after two powerful earthquakes rock the China-Myanmar border in Yunnan Province.
1986
Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 212 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.
1985
Colombian conflict, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.
1977
The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.
1976
Uttawar forced sterilisations: Mass vasectomy of nearly 800 men of Uttawar village, Palwal district, Haryana during India's Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi.
1971
The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1963
Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ is appointed to head the South Vietnamese government by General Dương Văn Minh's junta, five days after the latter deposed and assassinated President Ngô Đình Diệm.
1947
Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut on NBC Television.
1943
World War II: The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.
1936
Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
1900
President William McKinley is re-elected, along with his vice-presidential running mate, Governor Theodore Roosevelt of New York. Republicans also swept the congressional elections, winning increased majorities in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
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.
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.
1792
Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.
1577
The first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8. Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.
1217
The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.
963
Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.
447
A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.

Births On This Day

2006
Aiden Fucci, American convicted murderer
2001
Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player
1997
Aliona Bolsova, Spanish-Moldovan tennis player
1997
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model
1997
Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romanian tennis player
1995
Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
1995
Sam Reinhart, Canadian ice hockey player
1994
Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player
1993
Josh Wakefield, English footballer
1992
Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player
1992
Nasya Dimitrova, Bulgarian volleyball player
1992
Paula Kania-Choduń, Polish tennis player
1992
Kim Ah-young, South Korean singer and actress
1992
Stefan Ortega, German footballer
1991
Pierson Fodé, American actor and model
1991
Doron Lamb, American basketball player
1990
André Schürrle, German footballer
1990
Akua Shōma, Japanese sumo wrestler
1990
Bowen Yang, Australian-born American actor, comedian, podcaster, and writer
1989
Jozy Altidore, American soccer player
1989
Aaron Hernandez, American football player (died 2017)
1988
John Holland, Puerto Rican-American basketball player
1988
Erik Lund, Swedish footballer
1988
James Paxton, Canadian baseball player
1988
Emma Stone, American actress
1988
Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer
1987
Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player
1986
Katie Leclerc, American actress
1986
Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician
1986
Conor Sammon, Irish footballer
1985
Sun Yue, Chinese basketball player
1984
Patina Miller, American actress and singer
1984
Ricky Romero, American baseball player
1984
Sebastian Schachten, German footballer
1983
Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier
1981
Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer
1981
Luke Jackson, American basketball player and coach
1981
Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
1979
Adam LaRoche, American baseball player
1979
Lamar Odom, American basketball player
1979
Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player
1978
Erik Cole, American ice hockey player
1978
Taryn Manning, American actress and singer
1978
Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver
1976
Pat Tillman, American football player and soldier (died 2004)
1976
Sal Vulcano, American comedian and actor
1974
Zoe McLellan, American actress
1974
Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (died 2009)
1973
David Giffin, Australian rugby player
1972
Thandiwe Newton, English actress
1972
Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress
1971
Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician
1970
Ethan Hawke, American actor, author, and director
1969
Colson Whitehead, American author
1968
Kelly Rutherford, American actress
1968
Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!
1967
Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster
1966
Peter DeLuise, American actor, writer, director, and producer
1966
Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent
1964
Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player
1963
Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (died 1998)
1962
Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut
1960
Lance Kerwin, American actor (died 2023)
1957
Lori Singer, American actress and musician
1956
Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer
1955
Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player
1955
Maria Shriver, American journalist and author
1953
Frank Hanisch, German footballer
1953
Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player
1952
Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter
1950
Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician
1950
Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (died 2000)
1949
Elwood Edwards, American voice actor (died 2024)
1949
Ariel Henry, Haitian prime-minister, neurosurgeon, and politician
1949
Arturo Sandoval, Cuban-American musician
1948
Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2016)
1946
Sally Field, American actress
1946
George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (died 2017)
1941
Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2016)
1941
Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1999)
1940
Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
1939
Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2019)
1939
Michael Schwerner, American activist (died 1964)
1938
Mack Jones, American baseball player (died 2004)
1938
P. J. Proby, American singer and songwriter
1937
Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (died 2012)
1933
Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (died 2019)
1932
François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1931
Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2014)
1930
Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (died 2011)
1929
Lu Chao-Hsuan, Taiwanese guitarist, performer and educator. (died 2017)
1929
June Squibb, American actress
1926
Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (died 2012)
1926
Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (died 2012)
1924
Harry Threadgold, English footballer (died 1996)
1921
Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (died 2006)
1913
Cho Ki-chon, North Korean poet (died 1951)
1908
Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (died 1959)
1900
Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (died 1941)
1897
Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (died 1977)
1887
Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (died 1946)
1885
Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1935)
1884
May Brahe, Australian composer (died 1956)
1880
Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (died 1967)
1861
James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (died 1939)
1854
John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (died 1932)
1851
Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (died 1902)
1841
Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (died 1915)
1814
Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (died 1894)
1755
Zina Hitchcock, New York politician (died 1832)
1750
Carlo Aurelio Widmann, Venetian nobleman and admiral (died 1798)
1661
Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire (died 1700)
1604
George Ent, English scientist (died 1689)
1550
Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (died 1612)
1494
Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1566)
1479
Philip I, Margrave of Baden (died 1533)
1391
Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (died 1425)

Deaths On This Day

2024
John Nott, British politician (born 1932)
2024
Madeleine Riffaud, French poet, journalist and Resistance member (born 1924)
2024
Tony Todd, American actor (born 1954)
2020
Ken Spears, American writer (born 1938)
2020
King Von, American rapper (born 1994)
2018
Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (born 1937)
2017
Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (born 1929)
2015
Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (born 1937)
2015
Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (born 1921)
2014
Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (born 1956)
2014
Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (born 1920)
2014
Rick Rosas, American bass player (born 1949)
2013
Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (born 1936)
2013
Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (born 1912)
2012
Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (born 1973)
2012
Clive Dunn, English actor (born 1920)
2012
Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (born 1930)
2011
Roger Faulques, French military officer and mercenary (born 1924)
2010
Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (born 1921)
2009
Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (born 1932)
2007
Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (born 1929)
2007
George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (born 1939)
2007
Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)
2006
Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (born 1950)
2006
Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (born 1962)
2005
Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (born 1957)
2005
Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (born 1921)
2004
Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (born 1943)
2003
Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (born 1944)
2003
Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (born 1919)
2000
L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (born 1907)
1998
Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (born 1928)
1991
Gene Tierney, American actress (born 1920)
1987
Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (born 1955)
1985
Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (born 1938)
1984
Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (born 1929)
1978
Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (born 1899)
1968
Chauncey Sparks, American politician and 41st Governor of Alabama (born 1884)
1965
Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1898)
1964
Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (born 1925)
1955
Edwin Barclay, 18th president of Liberia (born 1882)
1942
Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (born 1884)
1918
Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1899)
1893
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (born 1840)
1816
Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (born 1752)
1752
Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (born 1685)
1692
Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (born 1619)
1672
Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (born 1585)
1656
Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (born 1583)
1492
Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (born 1430)
1406
Pope Innocent VII (born 1339)
1312
Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (born 1242)
1003
Pope John XVII