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November 6
November 6 is the 6th day in November.
Events
1887 -- Eugene Pottier dies. Poet, revolutionist. He is best known today for writing the Internationale, which is anarchistic at its core.
1895 -- Mikhail Bakhtin lives. Great Russian Cultural theorist of carnival & rebellion. Russian literary theorist & philosopher of language whose wide-ranging ideas significantly influence Western thinking in cultural history, linguistics, literary theory, & aesthetics.
1923 -- USSR adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks".
1936 -- Spain: The Republic's government (along with the four new anarcho-syndicalist ministers) flees Madrid for the safety of Valencia. The populace of Madrid's response is the cry of "Long live Madrid without government!"
1965 -- Bill Graham's first: San Francisco Mime Troupe Appeal party at Graham's Calliope Ballroom. The Jefferson Airplane the Fugs, Warlocks, Committee, Lawrence Ferlinghetti entertained the benefit to raise money for San Francisco Mime Troupe, busted for performing in a park without a permit.
1970 -- France: Henri Jeanson dies. Journaliste, pamphlétaire, dialoguiste de cinéma et pacifiste libertaire. Part of a young group of anarchist bent which included Robert Desnos, Rirette Maitrejean, Armand Salacrou, & George Limbour, drawn together by their passion for art & literature.
1975 -- The Sex Pistols play their first show at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
1989 -- US: CIA reports to the Bush administration that Iraq has used US loan guarantees for nuclear, chemical & biological weapons development. Who — say who? — finances terror?
1990 -- Saudi Arabia: 50 women commit civil disobedience by driving cars, Riyadh.
