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 317th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 30, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,936 hours 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 ‘trihectadecaheptagon’ 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 78 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 4,344 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 12 Historical Events
- 1555 –The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.
- 1920 –Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
- 1942 –World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days.
- 1956 –Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
- 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.
- 1978 –Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop of Rome.
- 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.
- 1981 –Space Shuttle program: mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
- 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.
- 2003 –Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 km/h) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
Who were born on November 12?
- 1817 –Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual figure (d. 1892)
- 1889 –DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (d. 1981)
- 1890 –Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (d. 1974)
- 1936 –Mills Lane, American jurist, TV personality, and boxing referee
- 1943 –Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
- 1955 –Katharine Weber, American novelist
- 1967 –Michael Moorer, American boxer
- 1968 –Aya Hisakawa, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1983 –Charlie Morton, American baseball player
- 1987 –Bryan Little, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on November 12?
- 1094 –King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
- 1757 –Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)
- 1865 –Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)
- 1948 –Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (b. 1867)
- 1965 –Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Indian-born Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
- 1997 –Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)
- 2003 –Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
- 2007 –Ira Levin, American novelist (b. 1929)
- 2007 –Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
- 2008 –Mitch Mitchell, English drummer (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1947)
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