Page 7: Historical Events In November - 12

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

1977  New Orleans elects first black mayor, Ernest (Dutch) Morial on November - 12.   

1978  Howard Swanson, composer, dies at 71 on November - 12.   

1979  On this day in history uS halts Iranian oil imports &freezes Iranian assets   

1979  Dimitri Tiompkin, composer, dies at 85 on November - 12.   

1980  On this day in history nYC Mayor Ed Koch admits to trying marijuana   

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

1980  Alexander "Alex" Nicholas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85 on November - 12.   

1981  2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) on November - 12.   

1981  First balloon crossing of the Pacific is completed (Double Eagle V) on November - 12.   

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

1982  Yuri Andropov becomes soviet leader, succeeding Mr Brezhnev on this day in history.   

1982  Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as Soviet leader, but not for long on November - 12.   

1983  On November - 12 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas   

1984  Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" on this day in history.   

1984  On November - 12 space shuttle astronauts snared a satellite first space salvage   

1985  On November - 12 sTS 61-B vehicle moves to the launch pad   

1985  The province of Ontario looses its Standard & Poors triple A credit rating on November - 12.   

1987  On November - 12 heavy snow closes schools from DC to Maine   

1987  On November - 12 roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75   

1989  Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years on this day in history.   

1990  Dave Willock, actor (Queen of Outer Space), dies at 81 on November - 12.   

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

1991  On this day in history christopher Hayes, dies of heart attack   

1992  Charles "Honi" Coles, tap dancer, dies of cancer at 81 on November - 12.   

1993  On this day in history anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88   

1994  On this day in history charles "Honi" Coles, dancer (1983 Tony award), dies at 81   

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

1995  On November - 12 curley Fox, fiddler, dies at 85   

1996  On November - 12 don Kenyon, cricketer, dies at 72   

1997  William Matthews, poet, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

2005  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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.   

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 November - 12.   

1606  On November - 12 birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)   

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

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on this day in history.   

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on November - 12.   

1729  On November - 12 birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)   

0607  On November - 12 boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies   

1035  On this day in history canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41   

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

1202  On this day in history knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39   

1434  Death of King Louis III of Naples on November - 12.   

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  On November - 12 anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74