11 / 6 History Vault
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Famous Pioneer Born on 11/6
Born under Scorpio (♏ Scorpio), possessing unique vision and inspiration.
"We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once."
—— Scorpio Pioneer
The Scream
The Scream is a world-class museum collection item preserved at National Museum Oslo.
Edvard Munch (Tempera and crayon)
Historical Milestone of 11/6
On this day in history (11/6), significant global milestones and breakthroughs were recorded across science, culture, and human society.
The Kelly Barnes Dam in Stephens County, Georgia, collapsed; the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused US$2.8 million in damages.
Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam on Toccoa Creek in Stephens County, Georgia, United States, just outside the city of Toccoa. Heavy rainfall caused it to collapse on November 6, 1977, and the resulting flood killed 39 people and caused $2.8 million in damage. The dam was never rebuilt.
Two earthquakes occurring 12 minutes apart struck Yunnan near the China–Myanmar border, killing more than 730 people.
On 6 November 1988, two earthquakes struck Lancang and Gengma counties, Yunnan, near the China–Myanmar border. These earthquakes measured moment magnitude (Mw) 7.0 and 6.9, respectively, spaced 12 minutes apart. These earthquakes were assigned a maximum China seismic intensity of IX and X, respectively. Between 748 and 939 people were killed; more than 7,700 were injured. Both earthquakes caused damage and economic losses estimated at CN¥ 2.05 billion. Moderately large aftershocks continued to rock the region, causing additional casualties and damage.
Aliona_Bolsova Born
Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova is a Spanish-Moldovan former professional tennis player. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 88 in singles and No. 54 in doubles. She won five doubles titles on the WTA 125 Tour along with nine singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
「Aliona Vadimovna Bolsova Zadoinova is a Spanish-Moldovan former professional tennis p...」
—— Aliona_Bolsova
Hero_Fiennes_Tiffin Born
Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin is an English actor and film producer. First gaining recognition as the young Tom Riddle in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), he is most known for his starring roles as Hardin Scott in the After film series (2019–2023), and Sherlock Holmes in the Amazon Prime Video series Young Sherlock (2026–present).
「Hero Beauregard Faulkner Fiennes Tiffin is an English actor and film producer. First ...」
—— Hero_Fiennes_Tiffin
Elena-Gabriela_Ruse Born
Elena-Gabriela Ruse is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 51 and a best doubles ranking of world No. 32, achieved in May 2022 and 2023, respectively.
「Elena-Gabriela Ruse is a Romanian professional tennis player. She has a career-high W...」
—— Elena-Gabriela_Ruse
Day'Ron_Sharpe Born
Day'Ron Yusha Sharpe is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
「Day'Ron Yusha Sharpe is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn N...」
—— Day'Ron_Sharpe
A man committing suicide parked his car on the railway tracks in Ufton Nervet, Berkshire, England, causing a derailment that also killed six people on the train.
Ufton Nervet is a village and civil parish in West Berkshire, England centred 6 miles (10 km) west southwest of the large town of Reading and 7 miles east of Thatcham. Ufton Nervet has an elected civil parish council.
Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin. A member of the Democratic Party, she has also served as the secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017. Baldwin has been the dean of the United States congressional delegation from Wisconsin since 2023, when Representative Ron Kind retired.
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launched a successful military campaign to isolate and eventually capture Raqqa, the Islamic State's capital.
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The Assad regime responded to the protests with lethal force, which led to a series of defections, the emergence of armed opposition groups, and the civilian uprising descending into a civil war. The war lasted almost 14 years and culminated in the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Many sources regard this as the end of the civil war even though clashes have continued into 2026.
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces launch an offensive to capture the ISIL-held city of Raqqa.
The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered large-scale protests and pro-democracy rallies across Syria, as part of the wider Arab Spring. The Assad regime responded to the protests with lethal force, which led to a series of defections, the emergence of armed opposition groups, and the civilian uprising descending into a civil war. The war lasted almost 14 years and culminated in the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024. Many sources regard this as the end of the civil war even though clashes have continued into 2026.
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