November 06

Tuesday 06, 2001:

David Trimble is re-elected prime minister of Northern Ireland

Sunday 06, 1988:

Beatle Ringo Starr checks into an alcohol rehabilitation centre.

Saturday 06, 1965:

Freedom Flights begin: Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans will take advantage of this program.

Tuesday 06, 1962:

Apartheid: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution condemning South Africa's racist apartheid policies and calls for all UN member states to cease military and economic relations with the nation.

Thursday 06, 1941:

World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin addresses the Soviet Union for only the second time during his three-decade rule. He states that even though 350,000 troops were killed in German attacks so far, that the Germans have lost 4.5 million soldiers (a wild exaggeration) and that Soviet victory was near.