Page 7: Historical Events In November - 12

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

1977  On November - 12 new Orleans elects first black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial   

1978  Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1979  On this day in history dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85   

1980  NYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana on November - 12.   

1980  US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn on this day in history.   

1980  On November - 12 alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85   

1981  2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) on November - 12.   

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

1981  On this day in history uS space shuttle Columbia, first space vehicle to make a second trip, launched   

1982  On November - 12 yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev   

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

1983  4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas on November - 12.   

1984  Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" on this day in history.   

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

1985  On November - 12 sTS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad   

1985  The province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating on this day in history.   

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

1987  Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 on November - 12.   

1989  Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years on November - 12.   

1990  On this day in history dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81   

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

1991  Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack on November - 12.   

1992  Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81 on November - 12.   

1993  Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1995  Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85 on November - 12.   

1996  Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1997  William Matthews, poet, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2006  Gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States on this day in history.   

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

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1493  On this day in history 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  On November - 12 birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)   

1615  On this day in history birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)   

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on November - 12.   

1035  On this day in history canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41   

1094  On this day in history death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)   

1202  On this day in history knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39   

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on November - 12.   

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on November - 12.   

1558  On this day in history shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on this day in history.