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November 6: Gustavus Adolphus Day in Estonia, Finland and Sweden
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- 1217 – King Henry III of England issued the Charter of the Forest, re-establishing the rights of access of free men to royal forests.
- 1794 – French Revolutionary Wars: Two British ships are intercepted by a French squadron, leading to the French seizure of the HMS Alexander.
- 1868 – Red Cloud (pictured), a Native American leader of the Oglala Lakota tribe, signed the Treaty of Fort Laramie, ending Red Cloud's War and establishing the Great Sioux Reservation.
- 1917 – First World War: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three months of fighting against the Germans at the Battle of Passchendaele.
- 1988 – Two earthquakes occurring 12 minutes apart struck Yunnan near the China–Myanmar border, killing more than 730 people.
- Nasta Rojc (b. 1883)
- Jerry Yang (b. 1968)
- Emma Stone (b. 1988)
- Anthony Sawoniuk (d. 2005)
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