Historical Events In November - 12

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

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

1953  David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel on November - 12.   

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

1955  1st West German officers sworn in on this day in history.   

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

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 November - 12.   

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  On November - 12 coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails   

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

1961  Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci is born on November - 12.   

1962  On this day in history 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 this day in history jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg   

1965  On November - 12 venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus   

1965  Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines on November - 12.   

1966  On this day in history high schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame   

1966  On November - 12 dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ   

1966  Quincy Porter, US composer, dies at 69 on November - 12.   

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

1967  Herman Uyttersprot, Flemish literature historian, dies at 58 on November - 12.   

1968  On this day in history kSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1969  Louis van Tulder, tenor (Kantoorkruk to high C), dies at 77 on November - 12.   

1970  On November - 12 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 November - 12.   

1975  Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

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

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1651  On November - 12 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 November - 12.   

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on November - 12.   

1094  On November - 12 death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)   

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

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on this day in history.   

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 November - 12.   

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