November 6
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Births
- 1825 - Charles Garnier, French architect, (Paris Opéra) (d. 1898)
- 1835 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian criminologist (d. 1909)
- 1880 - Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (d. 1942)
- 1931 - Mike Nichols, American film director
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Deaths
- 1796 - Catherine II of Russia (b. 1729)
- 1893 - Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer (b. 1840)
- 1941 - Maurice Leblanc, French novelist (b. 1864)
- 1965 - Edgard Varèse, French composer (b. 1883)
- 1967 - Paul Nougé, Belgian poet and philosopher (b. 1895)
- 1971 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress, and Andy Warhol superstar (b. 1943)
- 1978 - Harry Bertoia, Italian artist and designer (b. 1915)
- 1991 - Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)
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