Page 5: Historical Events In November - 19
Friday, 12 June 2026
1931 Frederic Cliffe, composer, dies at 74 

1932 Joe Kershalla scores 71 points in a college football game 

1932 Marie MJ Poupelet, French sculptor/poster artist, dies. 

1933 Women allowed to vote in Spain (helps right wing). 

1933 Larry King, NYC, radio/TV host "143 Arivadechi" (Larry King Show, CNN) 

1933 Enrique Jose Varona, Cuban sociologist/vice-president, dies at 84. 

1934 Dave Guard, rocker 

1935 John F Welch Jr, Salem Mass, CEO (GE). 

1935 F S Gough-Calthorpe, cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies. 

1936 Dick Cavett, Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show). 

1936 Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle 

1939 In this year, Don Lash claims 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship 

1940 Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler 

1941 HMAS SYDNEY (RAN) sunk in the Indian Ocean west of Shark Bay, Western Australia by torpedoes and 5.9in gunfire of German raider 'Kormoran'. 

1942 American fashion designer Calvin Klein was born 

1942 Russia launches winter offensive against Germans along the Don front. 

1942 Calvin Klein, American fashion designer is born 

1942 Joseph Goebbels visits "German Theatre in the Niederlanden" 

1942 Edouard Combe, composer, dies at 76. 

1943 U-536 sinks in Atlantic Ocean. 

1943 Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85. 

1944 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort. 

1945 Canadian rock star Neil Young was born 

1946 Bradman scores 119 South Australia v Victoria, 183 mins, 8 fours 

1947 200" mirror arrives at Mt Palomar. 

1949 Prince Rainier III coronation in Monaco 

1949 Prince Rainier III coronation as 30th ruling Prince of Monaco. 

1949 James Ensor, Flemish painter/etcher (Oestereetster), dies at 89 

1950 US General Eisenhower is recorded as becoming supreme commander of NATO-Europe 

1950 Thomas Wood, composer, dies at 57. 

1951 Roy Campanella named NL MVP on his 30th birthday 

1952 North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH 

1953 US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business. 

1955 KXMB TV channel 12 in Bismarck, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting 

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