Historical Events In November - 12

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

1952  Phila A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP on November - 12.  

1953  On November - 12 david Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel  

1954  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 on November - 12.  

1954  On this day in history ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed  

1955  1st West German officers sworn in on November - 12.  

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

1956  Morocco, Sudan, and Tunista join the United Nations on this day in history.  

1956  On November - 12 largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted  

1956  Gerhard Alexander, actor (One Zomerzotheid), dies at 49 on November - 12.  

1957  Fritz Schulz, German law historian (Classical Roman Law), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1958  Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award on this day in history.  

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

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

1960  Coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails on November - 12.  

1960  On November - 12 john Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies  

1961  On November - 12 olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born  

1962  On November - 12 alexander Spitzmuller-Harmersbach, composer, dies at 68  

1963  Train crash in Japan, kills 164 on November - 12.  

1964  On November - 12 paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH  

1964  On November - 12 jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg  

1965  Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus on November - 12.  

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  Quincy Porter, US composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1967  On November - 12 margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic  

1967  On this day in history herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58  

1968  KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

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

1970  On November - 12 charles de Gaulle is buried in Paris  

1972  Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies at 92 on November - 12.  

1974  Charles Quinlivan, actor (7 Guns to Mesa), dies at 50 on November - 12.  

1975  On November - 12 anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69  

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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 November - 12 birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)  

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

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 November - 12.  

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

1434  On November - 12 death of king Louis III of Naples  

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

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.  

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