12 chronicle entries dated 6 November, spanning 9 years. Each records only time, place and people or organisations, with the source file and page number. Entries from volumes not yet published are not filled in, and no nearby date is substituted.
同一日日子相同、年份唔同 —— 唔一定同一件事。 · 志錄大事 · 全年份索引 · 呢日嘅 JSONSame calendar day, different years — not necessarily the same event.
涉及地點香港公家花園、香港、橫瀾島、天水圍Places appearing in these entries (not an exhaustive list of where events happened).
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《香港志·自然》自然環境 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Natural Environment
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute (2020). Hong Kong Chronicles: Overview and Chronology (c. 5000 BC–2017, over 6,500 events) (p. 〈頁碼〉). /chronicle/archive/1903#〈條目編號〉
《香港志·自然》環境保護與生態保育 Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation
APAHong Kong Chronicles Institute. Hong Kong Chronicles, Nature: Environmental Protection and Conservation (p. 〈頁碼〉). Accessed 2026-10-18. /chronicle/archive/2015#〈條目編號〉
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On 6 and 9 November 1883, Doberck and his companions conducted the first magnetic measurements at the Hong Kong Public Gardens, now known as Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
On 6 November 1903, the South China Morning Post was founded by Tse Tsan-tai and the British journalist Alfred Cunningham; renamed the South China Morning Post in 1913, it has been published ever since.
On 6 November 1911, people from all walks of life and residents in Hong Kong celebrated the success of the Xinhai Revolution by setting off firecrackers.
On 6 November 1941, the Army Department of the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters formulated the 'Outline of Operations for the Capture of Hong Kong' and the 'Central Army-Navy Agreement on Hong Kong Operations', which advocated joint Army and Navy action to swiftly capture the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island and to secure air supremacy over Hong Kong by air power.
On 6 November 1954, Typhoon Pamela struck Hong Kong, and the Observatory hoisted the No. 9 Increasing Gale or Storm Signal, which was maintained for nearly five hours, causing 3 deaths and 13 injuries.
On 6 November 1964, the Government introduced a licensing system for television broadcasting, requiring the companies concerned to apply for licences under the Television Ordinance 1964.
On 6 November 2007, Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce company, listed in Hong Kong, raising HK$11.6 billion, with the public offering tranche 256 times oversubscribed and over HK$450 billion frozen, remaining the largest technology stock fundraising in Hong Kong as at 2017.
On 6 November 2015, the Legislative Council Finance Committee voted to approve the funding required for the establishment of the Innovation and Technology Bureau.
The archive holds 36501 entries, of which 8766 are dated to an exact day — those are the only ones used here. Entries dated only to a month or a year are never forced into a day. Coverage reflects published volumes only; missing years are not filled in.