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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus_Day" title="Gustavus Adolphus Day">Gustavus Adolphus Day</a></b> in Estonia, Finland and Sweden (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1632" title="1632">1632</a>), <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Constitution of the Dominican Republic">Constitution Day</a></b> in the Dominican Republic (2023) 
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1217" title="1217">1217</a> – King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_III_of_England" title="Henry III of England">Henry III of England</a> issued the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_Forest" title="Charter of the Forest">Charter of the Forest</a></b>, re-establishing the rights of access of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_tenant" title="Free tenant">free men</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_forest" title="Royal forest">royal forests</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> brigade defeated a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> force at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Droop_Mountain" title="Battle of Droop Mountain">Battle of Droop Mountain</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas_County,_West_Virginia" title="Pocahontas County, West Virginia">Pocahontas County, West Virginia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1917" title="1917">1917</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>: Canadian forces captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passendale" title="Passendale">Passendale</a>, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Battle of Passchendaele</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguy%E1%BB%85n_Ng%E1%BB%8Dc_Th%C6%A1" title="Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ">Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ</a></b> was appointed by the junta of General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%83n_Minh" title="Dương Văn Minh">Dương Văn Minh</a> to head the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> government, five days after <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_and_assassination_of_Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem">Minh deposed and assassinated</a> President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngô Đình Diệm</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Baldwin" title="Tammy Baldwin">Tammy Baldwin</a></b> became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasta_Rojc" title="Nasta Rojc">Nasta Rojc</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1883); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Yang" title="Jerry Yang">Jerry Yang</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1968); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Stone" title="Emma Stone">Emma Stone</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1988); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Sawoniuk" title="Anthony Sawoniuk">Anthony Sawoniuk</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2005)</p>