Page 7: Historical Events In November - 12

1976  Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history new Orleans elects first black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial   

1978  Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71 on November - 12.   

1979  On this day in history 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 November - 12.   

1980  On this day in history uS space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn   

1980  On this day in history alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85   

1981  On this day in history 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  US space shuttle Columbia, first space vehicle to make a second trip, launched on November - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1983  4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas on November - 12.   

1984  On November - 12 paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together"   

1984  Space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage on this day in history.   

1985  STS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history the province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating   

1987  Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine on November - 12.   

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 November - 12.   

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

1991  On this day in history "Full House" 100th episode-The twins are born   

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  Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88 on this day in history.   

1994  Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81 on November - 12.   

1995  On November - 12 canadian Chris Hadfield flys on the space shuttle as mission specialist   

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

1996  On November - 12 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  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  On November - 12 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  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.   

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on November - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1094  On this day in history 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  On November - 12 death of king Louis III of Naples   

1555  On November - 12 stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65   

1558  On November - 12 shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

1567  On this day in history anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74