What Happened on November 6?
November 6 is National Nachos Day — celebrating cheesy chip platters — on the same date Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860, Rutgers played Princeton in the first college football game in 1869, and Meet the Press debuted on TV in 1947.
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1860 — Abraham Lincoln is elected president of the United States
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln won the presidency — a victory that helped trigger Southern secession and the Civil War. Read the full story →
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1869 — Rutgers defeats Princeton in the first college football game
On November 6, 1869, Rutgers beat Princeton 6–4 in New Brunswick, New Jersey — the first intercollegiate football game. Read the full story →
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1917 — Canadian Corps captures Passchendaele village in World War I
On November 6, 1917, Canadian troops captured the ruined village of Passchendaele during the Third Battle of Ypres. Read the full story →
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1947 — Meet the Press debuts on television
On November 6, 1947, Meet the Press began its TV run — becoming America's longest-running television network program. Read the full story →
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1984 — Ronald Reagan wins a landslide reelection
On November 6, 1984, President Ronald Reagan defeated Walter Mondale in one of the largest Electoral College landslides in U.S. history. Read the full story →
Famous birthdays
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) · Mike Nichols (1931–2014) · Sally Field (1946) · Emma Stone (1988)
Days & observances
National Nachos Day · Saxophone Day · Marooned without a Compass Day · International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict