What Happened on November 12?
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EVENTS ON NOVEMBER 12
Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina
Year:
1941
World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
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Soviet Union
Year:
1941
World War II: Temperatures around Moscow drop to −12 °C (10 °F) as the Soviet Union launches ski troops for the first time against the freezing German forces near the city.
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World War II
Year:
1940
World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces.
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Vyacheslav Molotov
Year:
1940
World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
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San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
Year:
1936
In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
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Economy of Nazi Germany
Year:
1938
Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Elimination of Jews from Economic Life prohibiting Jews from selling goods and services or working in a trade, totally segregating Jews from the German economy.
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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal
Year:
1942
World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal. The battle lasts for three days and ends with an American victory.
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Royal Air Force
Year:
1944
World War II: The Royal Air Force sink the German battleship Tirpitz, moored off Tromsø, Norway.
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Warren Harding (climber)
Year:
1958
A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
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Ketch
Year:
1961
Terry Jo Duperrault is the sole survivor of a series of brutal murders aboard the ketch Bluebelle.
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BIRTHS ON NOVEMBER 12
Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley
Year of birth:
1926
Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chieveley, English lawyer and judge (died 2016)
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Sam Jones (musician)
Year of birth:
1924
Sam Jones, American bassist, cellist, and composer (died 1981)
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Ian Graham
Year of birth:
1923
Ian Graham, English archaeologist and explorer (died 2017)
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Loriot
Year of birth:
1923
Loriot, German humorist, actor, and director (died 2011)
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Yutaka Taniyama
Year of birth:
1927
Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician and theorist (died 1958)
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Grace Kelly
Year of birth:
1929
Grace Kelly, American actress, later Princess Grace of Monaco (died 1982)
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John McGahern
Year of birth:
1934
John McGahern, Irish author and educator (died 2006)
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Vavá
Year of birth:
1934
Vavá, Brazilian footballer and manager (died 2002)
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Michael Ende
Year of birth:
1929
Michael Ende, German author and fiction writer (died 1995)
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Rubén Bonifaz Nuño
Year of birth:
1923
Rubén Bonifaz Nuño, Mexican poet and scholar (died 2013)
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DEATHS ON NOVEMBER 12
Madan Mohan Malaviya
Year of death:
1946
Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (born 1861)
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Albert Bond Lambert
Year of death:
1946
Albert Bond Lambert, American golfer and pilot (born 1875)
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Umberto Giordano
Year of death:
1948
Umberto Giordano, Italian composer (born 1867)
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Julia Marlowe
Year of death:
1950
Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (born 1865)
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Norman Bethune
Year of death:
1939
Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (born 1890)
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John Cady (golfer)
Year of death:
1933
John Cady, American golfer (born 1866)
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Joseph James Cheeseman
Year of death:
1896
Joseph James Cheeseman, Liberian politician, 12th President of Liberia (born 1843)
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William Henry Barlow
Year of death:
1902
William Henry Barlow, English engineer (born 1812)
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Percival Lowell
Year of death:
1916
Percival Lowell, American astronomer, mathematician, and author (born 1855)
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F. Holland Day
Year of death:
1933
F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (born 1864)
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HOLIDAYS ON NOVEMBER 12
Nilus of Sinai
Christian feast day: Nilus of Sinai
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Public holidays in Taiwan
Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)
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Saint Machar
Christian feast day: Machar
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Saint Renatus
Christian feast day: René d'Angers
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Theodore the Studite
Christian feast day: Theodore the Studite
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Father's Day
Father's Day (Indonesia)
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Public holidays in Azerbaijan
Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)
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November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Livinus
Christian feast day: Livinus of Ghent
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Margarito Flores García
Christian feast day: Margarito Flores García
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