FRIDAY, Nov.6, 2026

On Friday, November 6, 2026, history will remember the significant events that unfolded in the past. In 1813, the Congress of Chilpancingo boldly declared Mexico's independence from Spain, paving the way for a new nation. A century and a half later, in 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln from Illinois triumphantly secured the presidency, becoming the 16th leader of the United States.

In 1913, the Indian civil rights activist M.K. Gandhi faced an arrest while leading an Indian miners' march in South Africa, advocating for their rights. The Bolshevik Revolution commenced in 1917, igniting with a bombardment of the Winter Palace in Petrograd during Russia's October Revolution (October 24, Old Style).

Fast forward to 1978, when the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, placed the country under military rule, enabling General Gholām Reza Azhāri to establish a government. A decade later, in 2001, crude oil prices for December delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) plummeted to a two-year low. This occurred after OPEC members cautioned that a downward price spiral might transpire if significant non-OPEC oil exporters failed to reduce oil production.

In 2002, a tragic fire claimed 12 lives aboard a train traveling from Paris to Vienna. A year later, on December 4, the fourth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" premiered in London. The movie went on to become the most successful of the year, amassing nearly $900 million in revenue.