Page 7: 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  On November - 12 uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1982  Yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev on November - 12.   

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  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  STS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad on November - 12.   

1985  The province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating on this day in history.   

1987  Heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine on this day in history.   

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

1989  Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years on November - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 November - 12.   

1995  On November - 12 curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85   

1996  On November - 12 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 this day in history.   

2006  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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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 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 this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer   

1729  On this day in history birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)   

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on this day in history.   

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  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on this day in history.   

1434  On this day in history death of king Louis III of Naples   

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65   

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.   

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on November - 12.