Hanoi Metro opened
The Hanoi Metro is a rapid transit system in Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam. It is the first operational rapid transit system in Vietnam. The first line (Line 2A - Cat Linh Line) opened to service on 6 November 2021. The system includes elevated and underground sections. Another line (Line 3 - Van Mieu Line) is under construction, and was expected to commence operations at the end of 2022, however, in September 2022, the authorities requested to extend the deadline to 2025, and increase the budget by a further VND1.9 trillion ($80.77m USD). The system will eventually consist of 8 lines with a total length of 318 kilometres (198 mi), and is initially expected to carry 200,000 passengers per day. Upon opening, daily ridership was at 12,000.
1988 Lancang-Gengma earthquakes
The 1988 Lancang-Gengma earthquakes, also known as the 11.6 earthquakes by the Chinese media were a pair of devastating seismic events that struck Lancang and Gengma counties, Yunnan, near the border with Shan State, Burma. The earthquake measured moment magnitude (Mw) 7.0 and was followed 13 minutes later by a 6.9 Mw shock. These earthquakes were assigned a maximum China seismic intensity of IX and X, respectively. Between 748 and 939 people were killed; more than 7,700 were injured. Both earthquakes resulted in US$270 million (in 1988 dollars) in damage and economic losses.
Kelly Barnes Dam
Kelly Barnes Dam was an earthen embankment dam in Stephens County, Georgia, just outside the city of Toccoa. On November 6, 1977, at 1:30 am, the Kelly Barnes Dam failed after four days of heavy rain: seven inches (180 mm) had fallen from November 2 to 5 - half of that between 6 pm and midnight on November 5. The rain swelled Barnes Lake, which normally held 17,859,600 cubic feet (505,730 m3) of water, to an estimated 27,442,800 cubic feet (777,090 m3) of water. A total of 200 feet (61 m) of the dam failed, causing a peak of 24,000 cubic feet per second (680 m3/s) maximum discharge to burst downstream. The flood killed 39 people and destroyed buildings and infrastructure.
Tashkent Metro opened
The Tashkent Metro is the rapid transit system serving the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It was the seventh metro to be built in the former USSR, opening in 1977, and the first metro in Central Asia. Each station is designed around a particular theme, often reflected in the station name. The Tashkent Metro consists of four lines, operating on 66.5 kilometres (41.3 mi) of route and serving 48 stations. In 2022, the metro carried 136.7 million passengers, which corresponds to a daily average of approximately 375,000 passengers.
Baku Metro opened
Baku Metro is a rapid transit system serving Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened on 6 November 1967 when Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union, it has features typical of ex-Soviet systems, including very deep central stations and exquisite decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national motifs with Soviet ideology. At present the system has 40.7 kilometres (25.3 mi) of bi-directional tracks, made up of three lines served by 27 stations. The metro is the only one constructed in Azerbaijan, and was the fifth built in the Soviet Union. In 2019, it carried 229.7 million passengers, an average daily ridership of 629,315.
Kyiv Metro opened
The Kyiv Metro was initially opened on November 6th, 1960, as a single 5.24 km (3.26 mi) line with five stations. It was the first rapid transit system in Ukraine and the third in the Soviet Union, after the Moscow and St. Petersburg metros. Today, the system consists of three lines and 52 stations, located throughout Kyiv's ten raion (districts), and operates 69.6 kilometers (43.2 mi) of routes, with 67.6 km (42.00 mi) used for revenue service and 2.048 km (1.27 mi) for non-revenue service. At 105.5 m (346 ft 1.5 in) below ground level, Arsenalna station on the Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line is the second deepest metro station in the world after Hongyancun station in Chongqing. It serves about 1.32 million passengers daily.
