Page 7: Historical Events In November - 12

1976  On this day in history walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82   

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 November - 12 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  US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn on this day in history.   

1980  On November - 12 alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85   

1981  On November - 12 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)   

1981  First balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V) on November - 12.   

1981  On November - 12 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 November - 12 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas   

1984  Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" on this day in history.   

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

1985  On this day in history sTS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad   

1985  On November - 12 the province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating   

1987  On this day in history heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine   

1987  Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years   

1990  Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81 on November - 12.   

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

1991  On this day in history christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack   

1992  Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81 on November - 12.   

1993  On this day in history anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88   

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

1995  Canadian Chris Hadfield flys on the space shuttle as mission specialist on this day in history.   

1995  Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72   

1997  On November - 12 william Matthews, poet, dies at 55   

2005  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 on November - 12.   

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 this day in history birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)   

1528  On November - 12 birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

1547  On this day in history birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)   

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer   

1729  On November - 12 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  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on this day in history.   

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

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  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on November - 12.   

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