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What happend on 12. November in History
In our data base we found 310 events happened on 12. November:
• 607: Pope Boniface III [category: Deaths]
• 764: Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days. [category: Events]
• 1028: Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanus Argyrus. [category: Events]
• 1035: Cnut the Great, Danish king (b. 985) [category: Deaths]
• 1094: Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) [category: Deaths]
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• 1330: Battle of Posada, Wallachian Voievode Basarab I defeats the Hungarian army in an ambush [category: Events]
• 1434: Louis III of Naples (b. 1403) [category: Deaths]
• 1439: Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament. [category: Events]
• 1528: Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) [category: Births]
• 1547: Claude of Valois (d. 1575) [category: Births]
• 1555: Stephen Gardiner, English bishop (b. 1497) [category: Deaths]
• 1555: The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism. [category: Events]
• 1567: Anne de Montmorency, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1493) [category: Deaths]
• 1595: John Hawkins, English navy officer and shipbuilder (b. 1532) [category: Deaths]
• 1602: Sebastian Viscaino lands at and names San Diego, California. [category: Events]
• 1606: Jeanne Mance, French nurse, founded Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal (d. 1673) [category: Births]
• 1615: Richard Baxter, English clergyman, theologian, and poet (d. 1691) [category: Births]
• 1651: Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican nun, scholar, and poet (d. 1695) [category: Births]
• 1667: Hans Nansen, Danish politician (b. 1598) [category: Deaths]
• 1671: Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b. 1612) [category: Deaths]
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• 1684: Edward Vernon, English admiral (d. 1757) [category: Births]
• 1729: Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (d. 1811) [category: Births]
• 1742: Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1757: Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: Letitia Christian Tyler, American wife of John Tyler, 10th First Lady of the United States (d. 1842) [category: Births]
• 1793: Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Livonian physician and botanist (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1793: Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined. [category: Events]
• 1795: Thaddeus William Harris, American entomologist and botanist (d. 1856) [category: Births]
• 1815: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American activist (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1817: Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892) [category: Births]
• 1833: Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1836: Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician, 6th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (b. 1773) [category: Deaths]
• 1840: Auguste Rodin, French sculptor, created The Thinker (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1842: John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1848: Eduard Müller, Swiss politician, 51st President of Switzerland (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1850: Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1865: Elizabeth Gaskell, English author (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1872: William Fay, Irish actor and producer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1881: Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1881: Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1886: Ben Travers, English playwright (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1886: Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist, and mountaineer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1889: DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1890: Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1892: Tudor Davies, Welsh tenor (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1892: William "Pudge" Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association. [category: Events]
• 1893: The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan; the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations. [category: Events]
• 1896: Nima Yooshij, Iranian poet (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1896: Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1897: Karl Marx, German composer and conductor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1898: Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1901: James Luther Adams, American theologian (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1902: William Henry Barlow, English engineer (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1903: Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1905: Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic. [category: Events]
• 1908: Harry Blackmun, American judge (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1910: Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1911: Buck Clayton, American trumpet player (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1912: The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. [category: Events]
• 1915: Roland Barthes, French critic, theorist, and philosopher (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1916: Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: Paul Emery, English race car driver (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1916: Rogelio de la Rosa, Filipino actor and politician (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1916: Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Jo Stafford, American singer and actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Austria becomes a republic. [category: Events]
• 1919: Jackie Washington, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1920: Richard Quine, American actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1920: Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo. [category: Events]
• 1922: Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1923: Vicco von Bülow, German director (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1924: Sam Jones, American bassist and composer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1927: František Šťastný, Czech motorcycle racer (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1927: Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1927: Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1928: Bob Holness, English radio and television host (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1928: Marjorie W. Sharmat, American author [category: Births]
• 1928: SS Vestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320 km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned. [category: Events]
• 1929: Anthony di Bonaventura, American pianist and academic (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Grace Kelly, American actress (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1929: Michael Ende, German author (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1931: Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1933: Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician, 6th President of Iraq [category: Births]
• 1933: F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: John Cady, American golfer (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster. [category: Events]
• 1934: Ann Flood, American actress [category: Births]
• 1934: Charles Manson, American cult leader and murderer [category: Births]
• 1936: Mills Lane, American boxer, referee, and judge [category: Births]
• 1936: Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1936: In California, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. [category: Events]
• 1937: Ina Balin, American actress [category: Births]
• 1937: Jack Betts, American actor [category: Births]
• 1937: Richard H. Truly, American pilot, admiral, and astronaut [category: Births]
• 1938: Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian politician, 3rd President of Tanzania [category: Births]
• 1938: Denis DeJordy, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1938: Hermann Göring proposes plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl. [category: Events]
• 1939: Lucia Popp, Slovakian soprano (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1939: Ruby Nash Garnett, American singer (Ruby & the Romantics) [category: Births]
• 1939: Terry McDonald, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1939: Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician and author [category: Births]
• 1940: Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician [category: Births]
• 1940: World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers. [category: Events]
• 1940: World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy France forces. [category: Events]
• 1941: Carol Gluck, American academic [category: Births]
• 1941: Abe Reles, American mobster (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: temperatures around Moscow drop to -12° C as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory. [category: Events]
• 1943: Björn Waldegård, Swedish World Rally Champion (1979) [category: Births]
• 1943: Brian Hyland, American singer [category: Births]
• 1943: John Walker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Walker Brothers) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1943: Julie Ege, Norwegian actress (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1943: Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright [category: Births]
• 1944: Al Michaels, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1944: Booker T. Jones, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Booker T and the MG's and The Mar-Keys) [category: Births]
• 1944: Otto Blumenthal, German mathematician (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromsø, Norway. [category: Events]
• 1945: Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Squires, The Mynah Birds, Northern Lights, and The Ducks) [category: Births]
• 1945: Tracy Kidder, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1945: Jaro Fürth, Austrian actor (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Krister Henriksson, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian activist and politician, founded Banaras Hindu University (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1947: Buck Dharma, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blue Öyster Cult) [category: Births]
• 1947: Patrice Leconte, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1947: Ron Bryant, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Cliff Harris, American football player [category: Births]
• 1948: Errol Brown, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (Hot Chocolate) [category: Births]
• 1948: Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, to death for their roles in World War II. [category: Events]
• 1949: Jack Reed, American politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1950: Barbara Fairchild, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: Lesley Ashburner, American hurdler (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Ronald Burkle, American businessman, co-founded the Yucaipa Companies [category: Births]
• 1953: Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1953: Vasilis Karras, Greek singer [category: Births]
• 1954: Rhonda Shear, American model and actress, Miss Louisiana USA 1975 [category: Births]
• 1954: Rob Lytle, American football player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1955: Katharine Weber, American author [category: Births]
• 1955: Les McKeown, Scottish singer (Bay City Rollers) [category: Births]
• 1955: Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1958: Megan Mullally, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1958: Nick Stellino, Italian-American chef and author [category: Births]
• 1958: Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor (b. 1865) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley. [category: Events]
• 1959: Toshihiko Sahashi, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1959: Vincent Irizarry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Ismo Alanko, Finnish singer-songwriter (Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet, and Ismo Alanko Säätiö) [category: Births]
• 1960: Maurane, Belgian singer [category: Births]
• 1961: Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Jonathan Nossiter, American director [category: Births]
• 1961: Michaela Paetsch, American violinist [category: Births]
• 1961: Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1962: Brix Smith, American singer and guitarist (The Fall and The Adult Net) [category: Births]
• 1962: Mariella Frostrup, Norwegian journalist [category: Births]
• 1962: Mark Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1962: Naomi Wolf, American author and activist [category: Births]
• 1962: Neal Shusterman, American author [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Rogers, American journalist and activist [category: Births]
• 1963: Sam Lloyd, American actor and singer (The Blanks) [category: Births]
• 1963: Susumu Terajima, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1964: David Ellefson, American bass player and songwriter (Megadeth, Avian, F5, Killing Machine) [category: Births]
• 1964: Vic Chesnutt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (brute. and The Undertow Orchestra) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1964: Wang Kuang-hui, Taiwanese baseball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1965: Lex Lang, American voice actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1965: Taher Saifuddin, Indian spiritual leader, 51st Da'i al-Mutlaq (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Grant Nicholas, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Feeder and Raindancer) [category: Births]
• 1967: Iryna Khalip, Belarusian journalist [category: Births]
• 1967: Michael Moorer, American boxer [category: Births]
• 1968: Aaron Stainthorpe, English-German singer-songwriter (My Dying Bride) [category: Births]
• 1968: Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Glenn Gilbertti, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1968: Kathleen Hanna, American singer-songwriter (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin) [category: Births]
• 1968: Sammy Sosa, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Sharon Shannon, Irish accordion player [category: Births]
• 1968: Equatorial Guinea joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1969: Ian Bremmer, American political scientist and author [category: Births]
• 1969: Jason Cundy, English footballer and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1969: Johnny Gosch, American kidnap victim [category: Births]
• 1969: Iskander Mirza, Pakistani politician, 1st President of Pakistan (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Liu Shaoqi, Chinese politician, 2nd Chairman of the People's Republic of China (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre – Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story. [category: Events]
• 1970: Craig Parker, Fijian-New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Elektra, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Harvey Spencer Stephens, English actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Weeping Tile and The Saddletramps) [category: Births]
• 1970: Tonya Harding, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1970: The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history. [category: Events]
• 1970: The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1972: Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Rudolf Friml, Czech composer (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Ethan Zohn, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1973: Mayte Garcia, American dancer, singer, and actress (The New Power Generation) [category: Births]
• 1973: Radha Mitchell, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Tamala Jones, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Angela Watson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Jason Lezak, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1975: Nina Brosh, Israeli model and actress [category: Births]
• 1975: The Comoros joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1976: Judith Holofernes, German singer-songwriter (Wir sind Helden) [category: Births]
• 1976: Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Richelle Mead, American author [category: Births]
• 1976: Tevin Campbell, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer, co-founded Mikoyan (b. 1893) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Benni McCarthy, South African footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Dalene Kurtis, American model [category: Births]
• 1977: Lee Murray, English mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1978: Aaron Heilman, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-German actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Ashley Williams, American actress [category: Births]
• 1978: Lena Yada, American actress, model, surfer and wrestler [category: Births]
• 1978: Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop of Rome. [category: Events]
• 1979: Corey Maggette, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Lucas Glover, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1979: Matt Cappotelli, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Matt Stevic, Australian umpire [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1980: Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor and singer (Dead Man's Bones) [category: Births]
• 1980: Shaun Cooper, American bass player (Taking Back Sunday, Straylight Run, and Destry) [category: Births]
• 1980: Trent Acid, American wrestler (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1980: The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings. [category: Events]
• 1981: Annika Becker, German pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1981: D. J. Campbell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: William Holden, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Space Shuttle program: mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice. [category: Events]
• 1982: Anne Hathaway, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Mikele Leigertwood, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov becomes the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev. [category: Events]
• 1983: Carlton Cole, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Charlie Morton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean race car driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Omarion, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (B2K) [category: Births]
• 1984: Sandara Park, South Korean singer and actress (2NE1) [category: Births]
• 1984: Sepp De Roover, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Arianny Celeste, American model [category: Births]
• 1986: Evan Yo, Taiwanese singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1986: Nedum Onuoha, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Robert Müller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1987: Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, poet, and actor (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Russell Westbrook, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1990: Florent Manaudou, French swimmer [category: Births]
• 1990: Harmeet Singh, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch. [category: Events]
• 1990: Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web. [category: Events]
• 1991: Dili Massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor. [category: Events]
• 1992: Adam Larsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1992: Giulietta, Australian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1993: H. R. Haldeman, American diplomat, 4th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Wilma Rudolph, American runner (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date. [category: Events]
• 1997: Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. [category: Events]
• 1999: The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale. [category: Events]
• 2000: Franck Pourcel, French orchestra leader (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Leah Rabin, German-Israeli wife of Yitzhak Rabin (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Albert Hague, German-American actor and composer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops. [category: Events]
• 2001: In 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. [category: Events]
• 2003: Cameron Duncan, New Zealand director (b. 1986) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Tony Thompson, American drummer (Chic and Power Station) (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Iraq war: in Nasiriya, 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. [category: Events]
• 2003: Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 kilometres per hour (311 mph)) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles. [category: Events]
• 2005: William G. Adams, Canadian politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Jacob E. Smart, American general (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ira Levin, American author (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Khanmohammad Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Catherine Baker Knoll, American politician, 30th Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Riot Squad, The Dirty Mac, and Ramatam) (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Henryk Górecki, Polish composer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis. [category: Events]
• 2012: Angela Cropper, Trinidadian diplomat and politician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Anthony di Bonaventura, American pianist and academic (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bob French, American drummer and radio host (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Daniel Stern, American psychologist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fred Ridgeway, Irish actor (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Winter, English architect (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Michel Hrynchyshyn, Canadian-French bishop (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ronald Stretton, English cyclist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• _: Arsatius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, celebration started at sunset the day before. (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Azerbaijan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cumméne Fota [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Emilian of Cogolla [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Josaphat Kuntsevych [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nilus of Sinai [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Patiens [category: Holidays and observances]