Historical Events In November - 12

1976  Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1977  New Orleans elects first black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial on November - 12.   

1978  On this day in history howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71   

1979  On this day in history uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets   

1979  Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 on November - 12.   

1980  NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana on this day in history.   

1980  On November - 12 uS space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn   

1980  On this day in history alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85   

1981  On this day in history 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)   

1981  On November - 12 first balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)   

1981  US space shuttle Columbia, first space vehicle to make a second trip, launched on November - 12.   

1982  Yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev on this day in history.   

1982  On November - 12 yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader, but not for long   

1983  On this day in history 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas   

1984  On November - 12 paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"   

1984  On this day in history space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage   

1985  STS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad on November - 12.   

1985  On this day in history the province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating   

1987  Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine on November - 12.   

1987  On this day in history roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75   

1989  On this day in history brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years   

1990  Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81 on November - 12.   

1991  "Full House" 100th episode-The twins are born on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack   

1992  On this day in history charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81   

1993  On this day in history anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88   

1994  On November - 12 charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81   

1995  Canadian Chris Hadfield flys on the space shuttle as mission specialist on November - 12.   

1995  On this day in history curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85   

1996  On November - 12 don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72   

1997  On November - 12 william Matthews, poet, dies at 55   

2005  United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan makes his first visit to Iraq since Gulf War II began and urges Iraqis to embrace a process aiming to reconcile all the country's ethnic and religious groups on November - 12.   

2006  On November - 12 gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States.   

2006  The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia on November - 12.   

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1493  On November - 12 birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)   

1528  On this day in history birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on November - 12.   

1615  On November - 12 birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)   

1651  On this day in history birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)   

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on November - 12.   

1729  On November - 12 birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)   

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on this day in history.   

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on November - 12.   

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on this day in history.   

1202  On November - 12 knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39   

1434  On this day in history death of king Louis III of Naples   

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65   

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on November - 12.   

1567  On this day in history anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74