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 this day in history.   

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

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

1980  Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1981  First balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V) on this day in history.   

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

1982  On this day in history yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev   

1982  On this day in history 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  Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" on November - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1985  The province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating on November - 12.   

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

1987  On November - 12 roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75   

1989  On November - 12 brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years   

1990  On November - 12 dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81   

1991  "Full House" 100th episode-The twins are born on November - 12.   

1991  On November - 12 christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack   

1992  On November - 12 charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81   

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

1994  On this day in history charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81   

1995  On this day in history canadian Chris Hadfield flys on the space shuttle as mission specialist   

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

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

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

2005  On November - 12 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  The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia on this day in history.   

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1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on November - 12.   

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on November - 12.   

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on November - 12.   

1606  On this day in history birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)   

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 this day in history.   

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

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

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  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on November - 12.   

1434  On November - 12 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