Historical Events In November - 12

1976  Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82 on November - 12.   

1977  On this day in history new Orleans elects first black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial   

1978  Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71 on November - 12.   

1979  US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets on November - 12.   

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

1980  On November - 12 nYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history 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  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"   

1984  Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage on November - 12.   

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

1991  Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack on this day in history.   

1992  Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81 on this day in history.   

1993  Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88 on November - 12.   

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 November - 12 curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85   

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

1997  On this day in history william Matthews, poet, dies at 55   

2005  On this day in history 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.   

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

2006  On this day in history the former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.   

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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 November - 12.   

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

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  On November - 12 boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

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

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

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

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

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

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

1567  On November - 12 anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74