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This day in history: 12 November

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348 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 12 November.
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2022: A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in mid-air over Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow, killing six.

Holidays and observances

Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)

Christian feast day: Arsatius

Christian feast day: Astrik (or Anastasius) of Pannonhalma

Christian feast day: Cumméne Fota

Christian feast day: Cunibert

Christian feast day: Emilian of Cogolla

Christian feast day: Imerius of Immertal

Christian feast day: Josaphat Kuntsevych (Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church)

Christian feast day: Lebuinus (Liafwine)

Christian feast day: Livinus of Ghent

Christian feast day: Machar

Christian feast day: Margarito Flores García

Events

2022A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in mid-air over Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow, killing six.

2021The Los Angeles Superior Court formally ends the 14-year conservatorship to pop singer Britney Spears.

2020The PlayStation 5 is released.

2017The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.

2015Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.

2014An Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter is shot down by Azerbaijani forces, killing all three people on board.

2014The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

2011A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the Revolutionary Guards members, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.

2011Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the Euro area crisis.

2003Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.

2003Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record of 501 kilometres per hour (311 mph) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

2001In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.

2001War in Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.

1999The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people are killed and almost 5,000 are injured.

1997Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

1996A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 in the deadliest mid-air collision to date.

1995Erdut Agreement regarding the peaceful resolution to the Croatian War of Independence is reached.

1995Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-74 to deliver the Mir Docking Module to the Russian space station Mir.

1991Santa Cruz massacre: The Indonesian Army open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.

1990Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.

1990Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

1982USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.

1981Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a crewed spacecraft is launched into space twice.

1980The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.

1979Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.

1977France conducts the Oreste nuclear test as 14th in the group of 29, 1975–78 French nuclear tests series.

1975The Comoros joins the United Nations.

1971Aeroflot Flight N-63 crashes on approach to Vinnytsia Airport, killing 48.

1971Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, U.S. President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.

1970The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan, becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.

1970The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.

1969Vietnam War: Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the story of the My Lai Massacre.

1961Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the ketch Bluebelle.

1958A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.

1956In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israel Defense Force soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.

1956Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.

1954Ellis Island ceases operations.

1948Aftermath of World War II: In Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II.

1944World War II: The Royal Air Force sink the German battleship Tirpitz, moored off Tromsø, Norway.

1942World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.

Born on this day

2007Leonardo Puglisi, Australian journalist

2002Paolo Banchero, Italian-American basketball player

2002Tino Livramento, English footballer

2001Raffey Cassidy, English actress

1999Choi Yoo-jung, South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, and actress

1998Elias Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player

1998Jules Koundé, French footballer

1997Dexter Lawrence, American football player

1995Thomas Lemar, French footballer

1995xQc, Canadian online streamer

1994Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer

1994Kseniya Alexandrova, Russian model (died 2025)

1993Tomáš Hertl, Czech ice hockey player

1992Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player

1992Dāvis Bertāns, Latvian basketball player

1992Luguelín Santos, Dominican sprinter

1992Trey Burke, American basketball player

1991Cairo Santos, Brazilian gridiron football player

1991Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian cyclist

1990Florent Manaudou, French swimmer

1990Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer

1990Marcell Ozuna, Dominican baseball player

1990Siim-Sander Vene, Estonian basketball player

1988Russell Westbrook, American basketball player

1987Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Jason Day, Australian golfer

1987Kengo Kora, Japanese actor

1985Adlène Guedioura, French-Algerian footballer

1984Jorge Masvidal, American Mixed Martial Artist

1984Omarion, American singer, songwriter, actor and dancer

1984Sandara Park, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

1983Charlie Morton, American baseball player

1982Anne Hathaway, American actress

1981Annika Becker, German pole vaulter

1981DJ Campbell, English footballer

1980Charlie Hodgson, English rugby player

1980Nur Fettahoğlu, German-Turkish journalist and actress

1980Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer

1979Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress

1979Lucas Glover, American golfer

Died on this day

2024John Horgan, Canadian politician and diplomat, 36th Premier of British Columbia (born 1959)

2024Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer (born 1925)

2024Song Jae-rim, South Korean actor and model (born 1985)

2024Thomas E. Kurtz, American computer scientist and educator (born 1928)

2024Timothy West, English actor (born 1934)

2023Don Walsh, American oceanographer (born 1931)

2021Chung-Yun Hse, wood scientist (born 1935)

2018Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher (born 1922)

2016Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (born 1910)

2016Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actor (born 1946)

2015Jihadi John, terrorist (born 1988)

2015Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (born 1983)

2014Marge Roukema, American educator and politician (born 1929)

2014Ravi Chopra, Indian director and producer (born 1946)

2014Valery Senderov, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1945)

2014Warren Clarke, English actor, director, and producer (born 1947)

2013Aleksandr Serebrov, Russian engineer and astronaut (born 1944)

2013John Tavener, English composer and educator (born 1944)

2013Konrad Rudnicki, Polish astronomer and academic (born 1926)

2013Kurt Trampedach, Danish painter and sculptor (born 1943)

2013Steve Rexe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1947)

2012Daniel Stern, American psychologist and theorist (born 1934)

2012Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (born 1925)

2012Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (born 1941)

2010Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (born 1933)

2008Catherine Baker Knoll, American educator and politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (born 1930)

2008Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (born 1947)

2007Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (born 1929)

2007K. C. Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (born 1919)

2003Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director and screenwriter (born 1986)

Quote of the day

“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

Seneca

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