Today in History: Israel buries PM Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, assassinated by Israeli extremist

The following are some of the major events to have occurred on November 6:

1913 - Mahatma Gandhi arrested for leading Indian miners' march in South Africa.

1928 – Hebert Hoover becomes U.S. President.

1995 – Israel buried Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, assassinated by a fellow Jew who opposed peace with the Palestinians.

1996 – More than 2,000 people were killed or lost at sea when a cyclone struck India’s major crop growing state of Andhra Pradesh.

1998 – The first talks between India and Pakistan since 1992 over the disputed Siachen glacier ended when Pakistan rejected an Indian proposal for a ceasefire.

1999 – Australians voted by 55 to 45 percent to reject a constitutional referendum to set up a republic and replace the British monarch as head of state.

2001 – In New York, voters picked Republican media mogul Michael Bloomberg as the new mayor to lead the recovery from the September 11 attacks, succeeding Rudolph Giuliani.

2001 – Belgian national airline Sabena files for bankruptcy.

2003 – German media giant Bertelsmann agreed with Japan’s Sony to merge their music units in a 50-50 joint venture. The new company would combine the fifth and second largest record labels.

2003 – Spanish Crown Prince Felipe formal engagement ceremony with television presenter Letizia Oritz.

2004 – Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf became the first head of state to visit Afghanistan to congratulate President Hamid Karzai on a successful election.

2010 – Cammi Granato and Angela James become first women inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

(Reuters)