In this day in history - Nov. 12

• 0607 - Pope Boniface III dies.
• 0764 - Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days.
• 1028 - Future Byzantine empress Zoe marries Romanus Argyrus according to the wishes of dying Constantine VIII
• 1035 - Canute the Great dies at 41. King of the Danes (1016-1035)
• 1094 - King Duncan II of Scotland dies (b. 1060)
• 1202 - Canute VI dies (b. 1163). King of Denmark.
• 1381 - Adolphus, Count of Cleves, institutes the Order of Fools
• 1434 - King Louis III of Naples dies.
• 1439 - Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
• 1459 - University of Basel, Switzerland, chartered.
• 1493 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli was born (d. 1560). Italian sculptor.
• 1494 - Revolt of Pisa from Florentine rule.
• 1528 - Qi Jiguang was born (d. 1588). Chinese general.
• 1555 - Stephen Gardiner dies. English stateman.
• 1595 - John Hawkins dies (b. 1532). English shipbuilder and trader.
• 1606 - Jeanne Mance was born (d. 1673). French Canadian settler.
• 1609 - Opening and closing times of plays regulated in Paris.
• 1614 - Treaty of Xantem Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends
• 1615 - Richard Baxter was born (d. 1691). English clergyman.
• 1642 - Charles I and the Royalist Army arrive at Brentford, England.
• 1648 - Sor Juana Inies de La Cruz was born (or 1651 according to some sources) (d. 1695). Mexican poet, nun and feminist (Primer Sueno)
• 1667 - Hans Nansen dies (b. 1598). Danish statesman.
• 1671 - Thomas Fairfax dies (b. 1612). English Civil War general.
• 1722 - Adriaen van der Werff dies. Dutch painter and architect.
• 1729 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville was born (d. 1811). French explorer.
• 1729 - Francisco Xavier Alegre was born. Mexican historian.
• 1742 - Friedrich Hoffmann dies (b. 1660). German physician and chemist.
• 1746 - Jacques Charles was born (d. 1823). French chemist.
• 1755 - Gerhard von Scharnhorst was born (d. 1813). Prussian general.
• 1757 - Colley Cibber dies (b. 1671). English poet.
• 1793 - Jean Sylvain Bailly dies guillotined. French astronomer and orator
• 1795 - Thaddeus William Harris was born (d. 1856). American naturalist.
• 1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born (d. 1902). American women's rights activist.
• 1817 - Bahá'u'lláh was born (d. 1892). Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
• 1833 - Alexander Borodin was born (d. 1887). Russian composer.
• 1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce dies (b. 1773). Argentine military leader and politician.
• 1840 - Auguste Rodin was born (d. 1917). French sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)
• 1842 - John Strutt was born (d. 1919). 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1848 - Eduard Müller was born (d. 1919). Member of the Swiss Federal Council.
• 1850 - Mikhail Chigorin was born (d. 1908). Russian chess player.
• 1852 - Carlos Durán Cartín was born. President of Costa Rica (1889-1890)
• 1855 - Joaquim Mouzinho de Albuquerque was born in Batallha (d. 8 Jan 1802). Portuguese military commander and administrator in Mozambique.
• 1857 - Manuel Oribe dies. President of Uruguay.
• 1865 - Elizabeth Gaskell dies (b. 1810). English novelist.
• 1866 - Sun Yat-sen was born (d. 1925). First President of the Republic of China
• 1881 - Maximilian von Weichs was born (d. 1954). German field marshal.
• 1886 - Ben Travers was born (d. 1980). British playwright.
• 1889 - DeWitt Wallace was born (d. 1981). American magazine publisher (Reader's Digest).
• 1893 - The treaty of the Durand Line was signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan and which has gained international recognition as a international border between the two sister-nations.
• 1896 - Salim Ali was born (d. 1987). Indian ornithologist.
• 1898 - Leon Štukelj was born (d. 1999).Slovene gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and athlete
• 1900 - Nascia Ricardo Espírito Santo. Banqueiro e empresário português.
• 1903 - Jack Oakie was born (d. 1978). American actor.
• 1903 - Camille Pissarro dies. French painter.
• 1905 - (November 12 & 13) Norway holds referendum in favour of monarchy over republic.
• 1908 - Harry Blackmun was born (d. 1999). U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
• 1911 - Buck Clayton wasd born (d. 1991). American jazz trumpet player.
• 1912 - The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• 1914 - Augusto dos Anjos dies (b. 1884). Brazilian poet.
• 1915 - Roland Barthes was born (d. 1980). French sociologist, philosopher and writer.
• 1916 - Jean Papineau-Couture was born (d. 2000). French Canadian composer.
• 1916 - Percival Lowell dies (b. 1855). American astronomer.
• 1917 - Jo Stafford was born. American singer
• 1918 - Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates and Austria becomes a republic.
• 1918 - Odete de Saint-Maurice was born. Portuguese writer.
• 1920 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of baseball.
• 1920 - Richard Quine was born (d. 1989). American actor.
• 1922 - Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., was founded on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• 1922 - Kim Hunter was born (d. 2002). American actress.
• 1923 - Portugal: I Congress of Portuguese Communist Party, in Lisbon.
• 1923 - Vicco von Bülow was born. German graphic artist, actor and film director
• 1927 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin with undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
• 1927 - The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicular tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
• 1929 - Michael Ende was born (d. 1995). German writer.
• 1929 - Grace Kelly was born (d. 1982). Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress. (Philadelphia Story, Rear Window)
• 1930 - Ann Flood was born. American actress
• 1930 - Portugal: Clube Desportivo das Aves is founded
• 1931 - Bob Crewe was born. American songwriter and producer (The Four Seasons)
• 1933 - O NDASP, partido nazi de Adolf Hitler, vence as eleições alemãs com mais de 90% dos votos e chega ao poder.
• 1933 - Hugh Gray of the British Aluminium Company takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster; four of them turn out to be blank, while the last one is later proven to be a hoax.
• 1934 - The musical Babes in Toyland debuts, featuring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief (see Laurel and Hardy).
• 1934 - Charles Manson was born. American cult leader and mass murderer.
• 1936 - In California, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
• 1936 - Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill
• 1936 - Mills Lane was born. American judge and boxing referee
• 1936 - Mort Shuman was born (d. 1991). American songwriter and singer.
• 1938 - Hermann Göring announces Nazi Germany plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that actually was first considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl.
• 1938 - Denis DeJordy was born. National Hockey League goaltender
• 1939 - Ruby Nash Curtis was born. American singer (Ruby & the Romantics)
• 1939 - Norman Bethune dies (b. 1890). Canadian doctor and humanitarian.
• 1940 - Michel Audet was born. Québécois economist and politician
• 1940 – Bruno Tolentino was born. Brazilian poet.
• 1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch was born (d. 16 Jun 1999). 1960’s pop singer, politician, leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.
• 1941 - World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to -12 ° C and the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
  a Soviet cruiser "Chervona Ukraina" was destroyed during the battle of Sevastopol
• 1941 - João Nogueira was born in Rio de Janeiro (d. 2000). Brazilian singer and composer
• 1941 - Abe "Kid Twist" Reles dies (b. 1907). American mobster.
• 1942 - Paulinho da Viola was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian singer and composer
• 1942 - World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal, will last for three days.
• 1943 - Brian Hyland was born. American singer
• 1943 - Wallace Shawn was born. American actor and playwright
• 1944 - Booker T. Jones was born. American musician, singer, and songwriter (Booker T and the MG's)
• 1944 - Al Michaels was born. American television sportscaster
• 1944 - World War II: The Royal Air Force launches one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of war and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz off the coast of Norway.
• 1945 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN)
• 1945 - Neil Young was born. Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician
• 1946 - A branch of the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, Illinois opens the first ten drive-up teller windows.
• 1947 - Ron Bryant was born. Baseball player
• 1947 - Patrice Leconte was born. French film director and screenwriter
• 1947 - Emmuska Orczy dies. Hungarian writer.
• 1948 - In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials to death, including General Hideki Tojo, for their roles in World War II.
• 1948 - Umberto Giordano dies (b. 1867). Italain composer.
• 1951 - Konstantin Biebl dies (b. 26 Feb 1898). Czech poet.
• 1954 - Ellis Island stopped serving as the chief immigration station for the United States. Twenty million immigrants went through Ellis Island in its 62 years of operation.
• 1955 - Alfréd Hajós dies (b. 1878). Hungarian swimmer.
• 1956 - Tunisia is admited in United Nations
• 1956 - Francisco Louçã was born. Portuguese politician and economist.
• 1958 - Megan Mullally was born. American actress
• 1961 - Nadia Comaneci was born. Romanian gymnast
• 1961 - Enzo Francescoli was born. Uruguayan football player
• 1962 - Mark Hunter was born. National Hockey League player
• 1963 - Sula Miranda (Suely Brito de Miranda) was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian singer.
• 1964 - David Ellefson was born. American musican, bassist.
• 1965 - Ferdinand Marcos is elected president of Philippines
• 1966 - David Schwimmer was born. American actor
• 1967 - Michael Moorer was born. American boxer
• 1968 - Sammy Sosa was born. Dominican Major League Baseball player
• 1968 - Aaron Stainthorpe was born. British singer (My Dying Bride)
• 1968 - Glenn Gilberti was born. American professional wrestler
• 1969 - Kathleen Hanna was born. American singer and songwriter
• 1969 - Heinz-Christian Strache was born. Austrian politician
• 1969 - Johnny Gosch was born. Child kidnap victim
• 1969 - Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre - Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.
• 1970 - A cyclone and tidal wave hit East Pakistan, killing over 200,000 people.
• 1970 - The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Gray whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident
• 1970 - Tonya Harding was born. American figure skater
• 1970 - Harvey Stephens was born. British child actor
• 1970 - Donna Adamo was born. American female professional wrestler
• 1971 - Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
• 1972 - Rudolf Friml dies (b. 1879). American composer.
• 1972 - Reynaldo Gianecchini was born in Birigui- S. Paulo. Brazilian actor.
• 1973 - Mayte Garcia was born. American dancer
• 1973 - Ibrahim Ba was born. Senegalese football player.
• 1974 - South Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies.
• 1974 - Alessandro Birindelli was born. Italian football player.
• 1975 - Angela Watson was born. American actress
• 1975 - Nina Brosh was born. Israeli model and actress
• 1976 - Tevin Campbell was born. American R&B musician
• 1976 - Judith Holofernes was born. German singer (Wir sind Helden)
• 1976 - Mirosław Szymkowiak was born. Polish footballer
• 1976 - São realizadas as primeiras eleições autárquicas de Portugal (veja também I Governo Constitucional de Portugal)
• 1976 - Walter Piston dies (b. 1894). American composer.
• 1977 - Benni McCarthy was born. South-African football player
• 1977 - Dalene Kurtis was born. American Playboy model
• 1978 - Andrew Kinlochan was born. English singer and musician
• 1979 - Iran hostage crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all petroleum imports into the United States from Iran.
• 1979 - Matt Cappotelli was born. American professional wrestler
• 1980 - Ryan Gosling was born. Canadian actor
• 1980 - Trent Acid was born. American professional wrestler
• 1980 - The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest aproach to Saturn.
• 1981 - The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the second time. It was the first time a space vehicle was used more than once.
• 1981 - Pilin Leon of Venezuela is crowned 31st Miss World
• 1981 - DJ Campbell was born. English football player
• 1981 - William Holden dies (b. 1981). American actor.
• 1982 - Lech Wałęsa, Solidarity leader, is released from a Polish prison after eleven months.
• 1982 - Anne Hathaway was born. American actress
• 1982 - In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov is selected to become the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late Leonid I. Brezhnev.
• 1984 - Omarion was born. American R&B musician
• 1984 - Sandara Park was born. South Korean who stars in movies and television shows in the Philippines.
• 1984 - Chester Himes dies (b. 1909). American author.
• 1989 - Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years
• 1989 - Dolores Ibárruri, La Pasionaria, morre em Madrid. Presidente histórica do Partido comunista espanhol.
• 1990 - Eve Arden dies (b. 1908). American actress.
• 1990 - Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
• 1990 - A escritora portuguesa Agustina Bessa-Luís é nomeada pela SEC directora do Teatro Nacional D. Maria II.
• 1990 - Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
• 1991 - Dili Massacre, Indonesian forces opened fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
• 1991 - Em Roma, o escritor português José Cardoso Pires recebe o Prémio União Latina.
• 1992 - Absolutely Fabulous airs its first episode on BBC1.
• 1992 - Macey Cruthird was born. American actress
• 1993 - Decree of President of Kazakhstan "About introducing national currency of Republic of Kazakhstan" was issued.
• 1993 - The first Ultimate Fighting Championship is held in Denver, Colorado.
• 1993 - H. R. Haldeman dies (b. 1926). Watergate scandal figure.
• 1993 - O escritor português José Saramago recebe o Prémio Vida Literária.
• 1994 - Wilma Rudolph dies (b. 1940). American runner.
• 1995 - A República Popular de Moçambique é admitida como membro da Commonwealth.
• 1995 - 26th NYC Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00
• 1995 - 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
• 1995 - Luís Mateus dies. Portuguese journalist.
• 1996 - A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, India killing 349.
• 1997 - Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
• 1997 - Carlos Surinach dies (b. 1915). Spanish composer.
• 1998 - Daimler-Benz completes a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler.
• 2001 - In New York City, an Airbus A300 carrying American Airlines Flight 587 crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board.
• 2000 - Leah Rabin dies (b. 1928). Wife of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
• 2000 - Franck Pourcel dies (b. 1913). French popular orchestra leader.
• 2001 - Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.
• 2001 - Tony Miles dies (b. 1955). English chess player.
• 2002 - Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is released.
• 2003 - Occupation of Iraq: In Nasiriya, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 Iraq war are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
• 2003 - Jonathan Brandis dies (b. 1976). American actor.
• 2003 - Penny Singleton dies (b. 1908). American actress.
• 2003 - Tony Thompson dies (b. 1954). American drummer (The Power Station).
• 2003 - Kay E. Kuter dies (b. 1925). American actor.
• 2003 - Portugual: Parte para o Iraque o contingente de 124 militares da GNR.
• 2004 - Scott Peterson is found guilty of first degree murder of his wife Laci Peterson and their unborn son Conner after a five-and-a-half month long trial.
• 2004 - Portugal: XXVI Congress of Social Democrat Party (PPD/PSD) in Barcelos.
• 2004 - Tito Francona dies (b. 1933). Baseball player.
• 2005 - William G. Adams dies (b. 1923). Former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.
• Bahá'í Faith: Holy Day, Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
• Saudi Arabia : Coronation Day
• Bermuda : Rememberance Day
• National Holiday: Birth of Sun Yat-Sen (observed in China and Taiwan)
• Dia do Supermercado - Brasil