Page 8: Historical Events In November - 12

2011  On November - 12 silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.   

2012  Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize on November - 12.   

2014  On November - 12 european Space Agency's Rosetta lands the Philae probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko   

2017  On November - 12 7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured   

2017  For the first time Prince Charles lays the wreath to Great Britain's war dead, replacing Queen Elizabeth on this day in history.   

2017  A magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the border region between Iraq and Iran leaving at least 530 dead and over 70,000 homeless on November - 12.   

2018  Israeli secret operation in Gaza kills eight including one Israeli and an Hamas Commander, igniting tensions with retaliatory rocket attack from Gaza on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history former US First lady Michelle Obama publishes her memoir "Becoming"   

2019  550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism celebrated in India and Pakistan on November - 12.   

2020  Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse, in response to four lawmakers' disqualification made by the government on this day in history.   

2021  On this day in history lA judge rules to end Britney Spears ' conservatorship, which had controlled almost all aspects of her life for 14 years   

2021  On November - 12 taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)"   

2024  On this day in history justin Welby announces his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury following the publication of a report critical of his handling of the abuse of children within the Church of England by John Smyth.   

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

1528  On November - 12 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  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  On November - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer   

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

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

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

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 November - 12.   

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on November - 12.   

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 November - 12 anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74