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Today in History for 6th November 2022


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Historical Events

1928 - Colonel Jacob Schick patents 1st electric razor
1939 - WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st commercial TV station, begins service
1941 - USA lends Soviet Union $1 million
1941 - Einsatz Gruppe kills 15,000 Jews of Rovno Ukraine
1950 - King Tribhuvana of Nepal flees to India
1983 - Turkey Turgut Özals Moederland party wins elections

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Famous Birthdays

1753 - Mikhail Kozlovsky, Russian sculptor, born in St. Petersburg, Russia (d. 1802)
1906 - James D. Norris, American sports businessman (Chicago Black Hawks), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1966)
1955 - Maria Shriver, American newscaster (Sunday Today) and ex-wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Chicago, Illinois
1961 - Daniele Gatti, Italian conductor, born in Milan, Italy
1970 - Ethan Hawke, American actor and author (Dead Poets Society, Before trilogy), born in Austin, Texas
1982 - Sowelu, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan

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Famous Deaths

1795 - Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 73
1922 - Morgan Bulkeley, American politician (US Senator - Connecticut 1905-11) and Baseball HOF administrator (NL President 1876), dies at 84
1997 - Annie Llewelyn-Davies, Baroness Llewelyn-Davies of Hastoe, British Labour Party politician, dies at 82
2004 - Fred Dibnah, English steeplejack and television personality, dies at 66
2007 - Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Afghan politician, killed in a bomb attack at 47 or 48
2018 - Hugh McDowell, British cellist (Electric Light Orchestra - "Strange Magic"; "Evil Woman"), dies of cancer at 65

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