On This Day November 6th

 

OTD

November 6th is the 310th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 55 days remain until the end of the year.

 

Events

447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.

1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London, by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke, which re-establishes for free men's rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.

1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.

1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.

1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the most extensive U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces signing a deal to relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.

 

Birthdays

1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)

1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)

1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)

1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)

1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)

1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author, and critical race theorist (d. 2011)

1946 – Sally Field, American actress

1968 – Jerry Yang, a Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo!

1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player

2001 – Day'Ron Sharpe, American basketball player

 

Holiday Spotlight

Marooned Without a Compass Day

  The Oxford Dictionary defines the word ‘marooned’ as “trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island.” Isn’t this how we often feel? Stranded alone on a metaphorical island with no one to save us. Or being stuck in the trappings of our mind without a hand to guide us out. Like a compass that works in sync with the magnetic forces of the earth, humans are also connected with nature in mysterious ways. It is a direct callout to the times bygone when we all used our compasses to trace the directions of our journey. The day is a gentle urge to find our life’s direction and reject the paths that do not align with our purpose.

 The day also calls out the pervasiveness of the self-help culture of America. Being the world’s bestselling genre, thousands of self-help books are published each year. Every nightstand has one, and it makes for the perfect gift. Although their impact remains untraceable, the gist is clear — people want to help themselves; all they need is a cheat sheet in the form of a self-help book.

 As we continue to research the origins of this holiday, the message behind it is clear. Millions of humans share the daunting feelings about losing our purpose and being lost in life. There are various ways in which we traverse these rocky times to triumph so that we move forward and more ourselves.

 

 

Others Include

Basketball Day

Button Day

Color the World Orange

Constitution Day (Dominican Republic)

Fill Our Staplers Day

Job Action Day

National Healthy Eating Day

National Nachos Day

Saxophone Day

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