Page 7: Historical Events In November - 12

1976  Walter Hamor Piston, US composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history new Orleans elects first black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial   

1978  On this day in history howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71   

1979  US halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets on November - 12.   

1979  On November - 12 dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85   

1980  On November - 12 nYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana   

1980  US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn on this day in history.   

1980  On November - 12 alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85   

1981  On this day in history 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2)   

1981  On November - 12 first balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V)   

1981  US space shuttle Columbia, first space vehicle to make a second trip, launched on November - 12.   

1982  On November - 12 yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev   

1982  On November - 12 yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader, but not for long   

1983  4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas on this day in history.   

1984  Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" on November - 12.   

1984  On this day in history space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage   

1985  STS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad on November - 12.   

1985  The province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine   

1987  Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75 on November - 12.   

1989  Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years on November - 12.   

1990  On November - 12 dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81   

1991  "Full House" 100th episode-The twins are born on this day in history.   

1991  Christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack on November - 12.   

1992  On this day in history charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81   

1993  Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88 on this day in history.   

1994  Charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history canadian Chris Hadfield flys on the space shuttle as mission specialist   

1995  On this day in history curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85   

1996  On this day in history don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72   

1997  William Matthews, poet, dies at 55 on November - 12.   

2005  On November - 12 united Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan makes his first visit to Iraq since Gulf War II began and urges Iraqis to embrace a process aiming to reconcile all the country's ethnic and religious groups.   

2006  On this day in history gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States.   

2006  The former Soviet republic of South Ossetia holds a referendum on independence from Georgia on November - 12.   

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1493  On November - 12 birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)   

1528  On this day in history birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)   

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on November - 12.   

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on November - 12.   

1651  On November - 12 birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)   

1676  On November - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer   

1729  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on this day in history.   

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on this day in history.   

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on November - 12.   

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on November - 12.   

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on November - 12.   

1434  On this day in history death of king Louis III of Naples   

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies   

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on this day in history.