November 6

Video Games

2000: Nintendo releases the Hey You, Pikachu! video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.

2001: The first issue of Official Xbox Magazine is published in the US.

2003: EA Games releases The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King video game for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance in the US.

2006: YTV airs the TV show Weird Years in Canada. The game "WarQuest" is played on a personal computer, a play on game titles Warcraft and EverQuest.

2006: YTV airs the TV show Weird Years in Canada.

2007: Netherlands issues a 44-cent + 22-cent postage stamp depicting a child and a computer.

2007: Square Enix releases the Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker video game for the Nintendo DS in the US.

2008: Ubisoft releases the End War video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and Nintendo DS in the US.

Movies

1985: Death of Joel Crothers of a heart attack at age 44; actor (Dark Shadows, Secret Storm, Another World, Edge of Night, Somerset, Santa Barbara).

1986: New York's WOR-TV pays a record (for syndicated TV show) $182,000 per episode of The Cosby Show, for the fall, 1988 season. Previous record was $80,000 per show for Cheers.

1988: Birth of Emma Stone; American actress (Drive).

1989: Birth of Mercedes Kastner; actress (Beverly Hills 90210 TV show).

1995: Death of Aneta Corsaut of cancer at age 62; actress (Helen Crump - Andy Griffith Show, Judge - Matlock).

2001: FOX begins airing episodes of the TV show 24.

Music

Sports

1988: Japan and Major League Baseball All-Stars play to a 6-6 draw (Game 2 of 7).

1988: Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title.

2003: Death of Mike Lockwood (Crash Holly), WWE wrestler (born 1971).