Historical Events In November - 12

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

1977  On November - 12 new Orleans elects first black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial   

1978  On November - 12 howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71   

1979  US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets on November - 12.   

1979  On November - 12 dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85   

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 November - 12.   

1980  Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1981  First balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V) on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history uS space shuttle Columbia, first space vehicle to make a second trip, launched   

1982  On November - 12 yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev   

1982  On November - 12 yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader, but not for long   

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

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

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 November - 12 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  On November - 12 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 November - 12.   

1991  On November - 12 christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack   

1992  On this day in history 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  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 November - 12.   

1995  Curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85 on November - 12.   

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

1997  William Matthews, poet, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

2006  On November - 12 gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States.   

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

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1493  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)   

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.   

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

1606  On November - 12 birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)   

1615  On November - 12 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  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on November - 12.   

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on November - 12.   

1035  On this day in history canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41   

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