Historical Events In November - 12

1951  On November - 12 "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 289 performances  

1952  On November - 12 phila A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP  

1953  On this day in history david Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel  

1954  On November - 12 ellis Island, the U.S. immigration processing center located in New York Harbor, closes today. Since it opened in 1892, it had processed more than 20 million immigrants.  

1954  On November - 12 ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed  

1955  On November - 12 1st West German officers sworn in  

1956  On November - 12 largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, first sighted  

1956  Morocco, Sudan, and Tunista join the United Nations on November - 12.  

1956  Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history gerhard Alexander, actor (One Zomerzotheid), dies at 49  

1957  On November - 12 fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78  

1958  On November - 12 bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award  

1959  White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP on November - 12.  

1960  Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails on November - 12.  

1960  On this day in history coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails  

1960  John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies on this day in history.  

1961  Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born on this day in history.  

1962  Alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history train crash in Japan, kills 164  

1964  Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH on November - 12.  

1964  On this day in history jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg  

1965  Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus on this day in history.  

1965  On November - 12 ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines  

1966  On November - 12 high schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame  

1966  Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ on November - 12.  

1966  On November - 12 quincy Porter, US composer, dies at 69  

1967  On this day in history margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic  

1967  Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1968  KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting on November - 12.  

1969  Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1970  On this day in history charles de Gaulle is buried in Paris  

1972  Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1974  Charles Quinlivan, actor (7 Guns to Mesa), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69  

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

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on November - 12.  

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

1676  On November - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer  

1729  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1558  On November - 12 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