November 2012 in History

Events in History

Election of Interest

Nov 6 Barack Obama is re-elected as US President, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney

Event of Interest

Nov 6 Elizabeth Warren becomes the first female Senator from Massachusetts

Nov 6 Green Moon wins the Melbourne Cup race at Flemington

Election of Interest

Nov 6 Tammy Duckworth becomes the first disabled woman and first person born in Thailand to be elected to US Congress, representing Illinois

Nov 7 48 people are killed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Guatemala
Nov 7 Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measures for same-sex marriage
Nov 9 25 people are killed and 62 injured after a train carrying liquid fuel bursts into flames in Burma
Nov 9 An Algerian C-295 military transport plane crashes near Avignon, France, killing 6 people
Nov 10 17 people are killed in a helicopter crash as a result of bad weather in Turkey
Nov 10 20 Syrian troops are killed by suicide bombings in Daara
Nov 10 27 people are killed and dozens injured in a prison conflict in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nov 10 Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum opens at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, designed by Zaha Hadid [1]
Nov 10 Israeli counter strike on Palestinian militants in Gaza kills 5 and injure 30
Nov 10 The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeat Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes
Nov 11 12 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Burma
Nov 12 Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize
Nov 13 3 Syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone of Golan Heights
Nov 14 A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece
Nov 14 CFBDSIR 2149-0403 is discovered, the closest rogue planet to earth (100 light-years away)
Nov 15 At least 95 people are killed in Syrian conflicts
Nov 15 Deep Horizon Oil Spill: BP settles for $4.5 Billion
Nov 15 The Eurozone economy returns to recession with a fall of 0.1% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012 following a fall of 0.2% in the previous quarter
Nov 16 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time
Nov 17 50 schoolchildren and a bus driver are killed after a train collides with a school bus in Manfalut, Egypt
Nov 18 Israeli Gaza rocket strikes kill 80 alleged terrorist targets
Nov 20 Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters
Nov 21 An Israel and Hamas ceasefire is negotiated
Nov 22 2 people are killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog in Texas
Nov 22 6 attacks across Pakistan kill 37 people and injure 92
Nov 23 JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour
Nov 24 Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone
Nov 25 11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in Nigeria
Nov 25 16 people are killed and 44 injured after a wedding party bus plunges 300 ft down a gorge in India
Nov 26 10 children are killed and 15 people are injured after a Syrian government Jet drops a cluster bomb on a playground
Nov 26 The cost of Hurricane Sandy to New York is announced to be $32 Billion
Nov 27 29 people are killed and 126 are wounded by 8 car bombings across Iraq
Nov 27 The Eurozone announces that it will make loans of 43.7 billion euros to Greece
Nov 28 54 people are killed and 120 are injured by two car bombs in Damascus, Syria
Nov 29 30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq
Nov 29 Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
Nov 29 The UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer state
Nov 30 At least 32 people are killed in a Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crash in the Congo

Weddings in History

Nov 3 Professional bull rider Luke Snyder (30) weds Jennifer Manna (34) at Big Cedar Lodge outside of Branson, Missouri

Deaths in History

Nov 5 Charles V. Bush, African-American pioneer (1st African-American US Air Force Academy Graduate and US Supreme Court Page), dies from colon cancer at 72
Nov 5 Stalking Cat [Dennis Avner], American body modifier, dies at 54
Nov 9 Joseph D. Early, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1975-93), dies at 79
Nov 11 Rex Hunt, British diplomat and Governor of the Falkland Islands (1982-1985), dies at 86
Nov 12 Sergio Oliva, American body builder (The Myth, IFBB Mr. Olympia, 1967-9), dies at 71
Nov 14 Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53
Nov 17 Margaret Yorke, English crime fiction writer, dies at 88
Nov 19 Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), dies at 79
Nov 19 Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82
Nov 22 Bryce Courtenay, South African-born Australian novelist, dies from stomach cancer at 79
Nov 25 Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician, dies at 81
Nov 26 Joseph Murray, English plastic surgeon, dies from a hemorrhagic stroke at 93
Nov 30 I. K. [Inder Kumar] Gujral, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1997-98), dies at 92