What happened on November 12? There are more than 264 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 12
November 12 is the 317th day of the year 2024. There are 49 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 46th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Michigamme, Michigan 49861 sunrise occured at 07:49 AM and sunset occured at 05:23 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Scorpio. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 78 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 12
- 764Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
- 1028Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanus Argyrus.
- 1439Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
- 1555The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.
- 1602Sebastian Viscaino lands at and names San Diego, California.
- 1793Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.
- 1892William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
- 1893The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan; the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations.
- 1905Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
- 1912The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
- 1918Austria becomes a republic.
- 1920Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
- 1927Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
- 1928SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 mi off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
- 1933Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster.
- 1936In California, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
- 1938Hermann Göring proposes plans to make Madagascar the “Jewish homeland”, an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
- 1940World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy France forces.
- 1941World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
- 1941World War II: temperatures around Moscow drop to -12° C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
- 1942World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days.
- 1944World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers in one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of war and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway.
- 1948In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.
- 1956Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
- 1958A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
- 1968Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations.
- 1969Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre – Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.
- 1970The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
- 1970The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous “exploding whale” incident.
- 1971Vietnam War: as part of Vietnamization, US President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
- 1975The Comoros joins the United Nations.
- 1978Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop of Rome.
- 1979Iran hostage crisis: in response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
- 1980The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
- 1981Space Shuttle program: mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
- 1982In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov becomes the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party’s Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
- 1990Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
- 1990Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
- 1991Dili Massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
- 1996A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
- 1997Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- 1999The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
- 2001Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
- 2001In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
- 2003Iraq war: in Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
- 2003Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 km/h) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
- 2011Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.
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Who Were Born On November 12?
- 1528Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)
- 1547Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)
- 1606Jeanne Mance, French settler of New France (d. 1673)
- 1615Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
- 1651Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican mystic and author (d. 1695)
- 1684Edward Vernon, English Royal Navy admiral (d. 1757)
- 1729Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)
- 1755Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d. 1813)
- 1790Letitia Christian Tyler, US First Lady (d. 1842)
- 1795Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856)
- 1815Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffragette (d. 1902)
- 1817Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual figure (d. 1892)
- 1833Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
- 1840Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
- 1842John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1919)
- 1848Eduard Müller, Swiss politician (d. 1919)
- 1850Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)
- 1866Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician (d. 1925)
- 1872William Fay, Irish actor and theatre producer (d. 1947)
- 1881Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)
- 1881Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
- 1886Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)
- 1886Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist, and mountineer (d. 1975)
- 1889DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (d. 1981)
- 1890Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
- 1892Tudor Davies, Welsh operatic tenor (d. 1958)
- 1896Nima Yooshij , Iranian contemporary poet (d. 1960)
- 1896Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)
- 1897Karl Marx, German composer (d. 1985)
- 1898Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
- 1901James Luther Adams, American theologian (d. 1994)
- 1903Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)
- 1908Harry Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1999)
- 1910Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
- 1911Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)
- 1915Roland Barthes, French critic and writer (d. 1980)
- 1916Jean Papineau-Couture, French-Canadian composer (d. 2000)
- 1916Paul Emery, English racing driver (d. 1993)
- 1916Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986)
- 1917Jo Stafford, American singer (d. 2008)
- 1919Jackie Washington, Canadian blues musician (d. 2009)
- 1920Richard Quine, American actor (d. 1989)
- 1922Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
- 1923Vicco von Bülow, German film director (d. 2011)
- 1924Sam Jones, American jazz bassist and cellist (d. 1981)
- 1927Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
- 1928Bob Holness, English presenter and actor
- 1929Grace Kelly, American actress and Princely consort of Monaco (d. 1982)
- 1929Michael Ende, German writer (d. 1995)
- 1930Ann Flood, American actress
- 1931Bob Crewe, American songwriter and producer (The Four Seasons)
- 1933Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician
- 1934Charles Manson, American cult leader and convicted murderer
- 1936Mills Lane, American jurist, TV personality, and boxing referee
- 1936Mort Shuman, American songwriter and singer (d. 1991)
- 1937Jack Betts, American actor
- 1938Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian politician
- 1938Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1939Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993)
- 1939Ruby Nash Curtis, American singer (Ruby & the Romantics)
- 1939Terry McDonald, English footballer
- 1940Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician
- 1940Michel Audet, Quebec economist and politician
- 1941Carol Gluck, American academic and Japanologist
- 1943Björn Waldegård, Swedish rally driver
- 1943Brian Hyland, American singer
- 1943Julie Ege, Norwegian actress (d. 2008)
- 1943Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
- 1944Al Michaels, American television sportscaster
- 1944Booker T. Jones, American musician and songwriter (Booker T and the MG’s)
- 1945Neil Young, Canadian singer and guitarist (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)
- 1945Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author
- 1946Krister Henriksson, Swedish actor
- 1947Buck Dharma (born Donald Roeser), American vocalist and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult)
- 1947Patrice Leconte, French film director and screenwriter
- 1947Ron Bryant, American baseball player
- 1948Cliff Harris, American football player
- 1948Errol Brown, English singer (Hot Chocolate)
- 1949Jack Reed, American politician
- 1949Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 1992)
- 1949Sinyan Shen, American physicist and composer
- 1950Barbara Fairchild, US country music/Gospel singer
- 1952Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
- 1953Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer and guitarist
- 1953Vasilis Karras, Greek singer
- 1954Rob Lytle, American football player (d. 2010)
- 1955Katharine Weber, American novelist
- 1958Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
- 1958Nick Stellino, Italian-born American television chef
- 1959Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer
- 1959Vincent Irizarry, American actor
- 1960Ismo Alanko, Finnish musician (Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet, Ismo Alanko Säätiö)
- 1960Maurane, Belgian singer
- 1961Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer
- 1961Jonathan Nossiter, American film director
- 1961Michaela Paetsch, American violinist
- 1961Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast
- 1962Brix Smith, American singer and guitarist (The Fall, The Adult Net)
- 1962Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist and television presenter
- 1962Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1962Naomi Wolf, American author and feminist
- 1962Neal Shusterman, American writer
- 1963Michael Rogers (activist), American blogger and media publisher
- 1963Sam Lloyd, American actor
- 1963Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor
- 1964Dave Ellefson, American bassist (Megadeth)
- 1964Vic Chesnutt, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
- 1965Lex Lang, American voice actor
- 1967Grant Nicholas, British singer (Feeder)
- 1967Michael Moorer, American boxer
- 1968Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride)
- 1968Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1968Glenn Gilbertti, American professional wrestler
- 1968Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter
- 1968Sammy Sosa, Dominican baseball player
- 1968Sharon Shannon, Irish musician, known for playing the accordion
- 1969Ian Bremmer, American political scientist
- 1969Jason Cundy, English footballer and broadcaster
- 1969Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim
- 1970Craig Parker, New Zealand actor
- 1970Donna Adamo, American professional wrestler
- 1970Harvey Stephens, British actor
- 1970Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and activist
- 1970Tonya Harding, American figure skater
- 1972Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer
- 1973Ethan Zohn, American footballer and reality show contestant
- 1973Mayte Garcia, American dancer
- 1973Radha Mitchell, Australian actress
- 1974Tamala Jones, American actress
- 1975Angela Watson, American actress
- 1975Jason Lezak, American swimmer
- 1975Nina Brosh, Israeli model and actress
- 1976Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden)
- 1976Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
- 1976Richelle Mead, American writer
- 1976Tevin Campbell, American R&B singer
- 1977Benni McCarthy, South African footballer
- 1977Dalene Kurtis, American model
- 1977Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist
- 1978Aaron Heilman, American baseball player
- 1978Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-born German actress
- 1978Andrew Kinlochan, British singer (Phixx)
- 1978Ashley Williams, American actress
- 1978Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and professional wrestler
- 1979Corey Maggette, American basketball player
- 1979Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
- 1979Crown J, South Korean hip hop singer and rapper
- 1979Lucas Glover, American professional golfer
- 1979Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler
- 1980Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor
- 1980Trent Acid, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1981D. J. Campbell, English footballer
- 1981Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer
- 1982Anne Hathaway, American actress
- 1982Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer
- 1983Carlton Cole, English footballer
- 1983Charlie Morton, American baseball player
- 1984Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver
- 1984Omarion, American R&B singer, pianist and songwriter (B2K)
- 1984Sandara Park, South Korean actor, singer/rapper of (2NE1)
- 1984Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer
- 1985Arianny Celeste, American model
- 1986Evan Yo, Taiwanese pop singer
- 1987Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988Russell Westbrook, American basketball player
- 1992Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player
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Who Died On November 12?
- 607Pope Boniface III, Roman-born (birth date unknown)
- 1035King Cnut the Great, Danish-born King of Denmark, England and Norway (b. 985 or 995)
- 1094King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
- 1434King Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)
- 1555Stephen Gardiner, English statesman (b. 1497)
- 1567Anne de Montmorency, Marshal and Constable of France (b. 1493)
- 1595John Hawkins, English shipbuilder and trader (b. 1532)
- 1606St. Nicholas Owen, English Jesuit and martyr (b. c. 1550)
- 1667Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)
- 1671Thomas Fairfax, English Civil War general (b. 1612)
- 1742Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
- 1757Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
- 1793Jean Sylvain Bailly, first Mayor of Paris (b. 1736)
- 1836Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
- 1865Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)
- 1916Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer (b. 1855)
- 1933F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
- 1939Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)
- 1941Abe “Kid Twist” Reles, American mobster (b. 1907)
- 1944Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (b. 1876)
- 1948Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
- 1955Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
- 1965Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Indian-born Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
- 1969Liu Shaoqi, Chinese revolutionary, and statesman (b. 1898)
- 1972Rudolf Friml, Czech composer (b. 1879)
- 1976Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer (b. 1893)
- 1976Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894)
- 1981William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1984Chester Himes, American writer (b. 1909)
- 1987Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish musician (b. 1937)
- 1990Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1993H. R. Haldeman, American White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
- 1994Wilma Rudolph, American runner (b. 1940)
- 1997Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
- 2000Franck Pourcel, French popular orchestra leader (b. 1913)
- 2000Leah Rabin (née Schlossberg), German-born widow of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (b. 1928)
- 2001Albert Hague, German-born American actor and songwriter (b. 1920)
- 2001Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
- 2003Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986)
- 2003Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
- 2003Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)
- 2003Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)
- 2003Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic, Power Station) (b. 1954)
- 2005William G. Adams, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
- 2006General Jacob E. Smart, American World War II figure (b. 1909)
- 2007Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)
- 2007Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
- 2008Catherine Baker Knoll, American politician (b. 1930)
- 2008Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1947)
- 2010Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933)
- 2010Karl Plutus, Estonian jurist and centenarian (b. 1904)
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