What are the important events that happened on November 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 12: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 12 is the 316^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 30, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,381,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecahexagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 97 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,709 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 12 Historical 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.
• 1912 –
  The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• 1936 –
  In California, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
• 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.
• 1956 –
  Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• 1970 –
  The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
• 1978 –
  Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop of Rome.
• 1981 –
  Space Shuttle program: mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
• 1999 –
  The Düzce earthquake strikes Turkey with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale.
• 2011 –
  Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.

Who were born on November 12?

• 1881 –
  Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (d. 1948)
• 1897 –
  Karl Marx, German composer (d. 1985)
• 1916 –
  Paul Emery, English racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1955 –
  Katharine Weber, American novelist
• 1969 –
  Ian Bremmer, American political scientist
• 1970 –
  Tonya Harding, American figure skater
• 1975 –
  Jason Lezak, American swimmer
• 1976 –
  Judith Holofernes, German singer (Wir sind Helden)
• 1979 –
  Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
• 1984 –
  Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver

Who died on November 12?

• 1035 –
  King Cnut the Great, Danish-born King of Denmark, England and Norway (b. 985 or 995)
• 1667 –
  Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)
• 1836 –
  Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
• 1955 –
  Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)
• 1969 –
  Liu Shaoqi, Chinese revolutionary, and statesman (b. 1898)
• 1987 –
  Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish musician (b. 1937)
• 1993 –
  H. R. Haldeman, American White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 2005 –
  William G. Adams, Canadian politician (b. 1923)
• 2007 –
  Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
• 2008 –
  Catherine Baker Knoll, American politician (b. 1930)