Page 7: Historical Events In November - 12

1976  Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82 on November - 12.   

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  US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets on November - 12.   

1979  Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1981  On this day in history 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  On this day in history yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader, but not for long   

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

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

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

1985  On November - 12 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 November - 12 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  "Full House" 100th episode-The twins are born on this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81   

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

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

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

1997  On this day in history 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  On November - 12 gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States.   

2006  On November - 12 the former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia.   

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1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on November - 12.   

1528  On this day in history birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

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

1606  On this day in history 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  On November - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer   

1729  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.   

0607  On November - 12 boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

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

1094  On this day in history death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)   

1202  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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