Page 7: 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 this day in history.   

1979  On November - 12 uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets   

1979  Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 on November - 12.   

1980  On November - 12 nYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana   

1980  US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn on November - 12.   

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

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

1981  On November - 12 first balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)   

1981  On November - 12 uS space shuttle Columbia, first space vehicle to make a second trip, launched   

1982  Yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev on this day in history.   

1982  Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader, but not for long on November - 12.   

1983  On this day in history 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas   

1984  On this day in history paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"   

1984  On November - 12 space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage   

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

1985  On this day in history 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  On November - 12 roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75   

1989  Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81   

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

1991  Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack on this day in history.   

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

1993  On November - 12 anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88   

1994  Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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

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

1996  Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history william Matthews, poet, dies at 55   

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 November - 12.   

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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 this day in history.   

1615  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 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  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  On November - 12 shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

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