November 12
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November 12 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 48 days remaining until the end of the year.
[change] Events
- 764 - 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
- 1439 - Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
- 1918 - Austria becomes a republic.
- 1927 - Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin with complete control of the Soviet Union.
- 1942 - World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days.
- 1944 - World War II: The Royal Air Force launches one of the most successful bombing attacks of war and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz off the coast of Norway.
- 1969 - Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre - Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.
- 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.
- 1990 - Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
- 1991 - Dili Massacre, Indonesian forces opened fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
- 2001 - Taliban forces abandon Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Northern Alliance troops.
- 2004 - Official Guided by Voices Day in Los Angeles, California.
- 2004 - Resignation of Colin Powell as Secretary of Defense.
[change] Births
- 1790 - Letitia Christian Tyler, American First Lady, wife of John Tyler (d. 1842)
- 1833 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (d. 1887)
- 1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
- 1929 - Grace Kelly, American actress and Princess of Monaco (d. 1982)
- 1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader
- 1936 - Heiner Zieschang, German mathematician (d. 2004)
- 1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer
- 1982 - Anne Hathaway, American actor
[change] Deaths
- 1035 - Canute the Great, Danish king of England, Denmark, Norway and part of Sweden (b. 995)
- 1595 - John Hawkins, English shipbuilder, merchant, and slavetrader (b. 1532)
- 1612 - Vice Bune Croatian sea captain (b. 1559)
- 1865 - Elizabeth Gaskell, English writer (b. 1810)