Historical Events
- 764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an for 15 days, capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty
- 1927 Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, paving the way for Joseph Stalin to consolidate complete power
- 1942 WWII Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins between Allied and Japanese forces in Solomon Islands
- 1968 US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas, court declares unconstitutional Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools
- 1970 Cyclone Bhola makes landfall in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded
- 1990 The World Wide Web is first proposed by CERN computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau [1]
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Nov 12 in Film & TV
- 1910 1st possible movie stunt: man jumps into the Hudson river from a burning balloon
Nov 12 in Music
- 1989 George Forrest's musical "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater, NYC; runs for 1018 performances and wins 5 Tony Awards
- 2021 LA judge rules to end Britney Spears' conservatorship, which had controlled almost all aspects of her life for 14 years
Nov 12 in Sport
- 1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket for Pakistan v India, goes to 215
Did You Know?
British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's diary & body found in Antarctica
On November 12, 1912
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
John William Strutt
Sun Yat-sen
Amon Göth
Charles Manson
Tonya HardingWould You Believe?
Out Magazine names Barack Obama 'Ally of the Year', Obama becomes 1st sitting US President to pose for cover of a gay magazine
On November 12, 2015
Famous Weddings
- 1028 Future Byzantine empress Zoe marries Romanus Argyrus according to the wishes of the dying Constantine VIII
- 1472 Byzantine princes Sophia Palaiologina marries Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow in Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
- 1656 English Poet and author of epic "Paradise Lost" John Milton (47) marries 2nd wife Katherine Woodcock
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Cnut the Great
Percival Lowell
'Philadelphia' Jack O'Brien
William Holden
Jonathan Brandis
Stan LeeArticles, Photos and Quiz
Ben-Hur Turns Author Into a Soldier of Fortune
Lew Wallace always wanted to be a great soldier. He achieved that, but is best remembered as a great writer – the author of Ben-Hur, published on this day.
November 12, 1880
A Selfie in Space
Buzz Aldrin takes the first 'space selfie' during the Gemini 12 mission in 1966
November 12, 1966
Weekly Quiz for November 11 - 17
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month marked the end of which war? Whose body was found in Antarctica in 1912? Which canal opened in 1869?
