Historical Events In November - 12

1976  On this day in history walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82  

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  US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets on this day in history.  

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

1980  On this day in history nYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana  

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

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

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

1984  Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" on November - 12.  

1984  On this day in history 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  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  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  On November - 12 christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack  

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 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  Don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72 on November - 12.  

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  Gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States on November - 12.  

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  On November - 12 birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)  

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 November - 12.  

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On November - 12 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 November - 12 birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)  

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

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 November - 12.  

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

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on this day in history.  

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