TODAY IN HISTORY – 6th Nov, 2025 – Africa News World
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu
Asides referencing the past for proper equipping on how to manage and resolve attendant problems, you should have no business there. (Apologies to V. John Simeon)
Scroll down and feed your eyes with moments from the past recorded today.
On this day in 447, a powerful earthquake destroyed large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.
Again, on this day in 1577, the first recorded observation from Earth of the Great Comet of 1577 takes place by Aztec astronomers in Mexico, followed by reports from Italy on November 7 and Japan on November 8. Astronomer Tycho Brahe will track the comet from November 13 until January 26 before it departs the Solar System.
It was on this day in 1860, Abraham Lincoln is elected the 16th president of the United States with only 40% of the popular vote, defeating John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas in a four-way race.
Still on this day in 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
Today is International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Today is Obama Day (in Kenya)
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