Page 8: Historical Events In November - 12

2011  Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis on this day in history.   

2012  Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history european Space Agency's Rosetta lands the Philae probe on the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko   

2017  On November - 12 7.3 earthquake hits near Halabjal, Iraq, on border with Iran, killing over 500 people, with 7,000 injured   

2017  On this day in history for the first time Prince Charles lays the wreath to Great Britain's war dead, replacing Queen Elizabeth   

2017  On this day in history a magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the border region between Iraq and Iran leaving at least 530 dead and over 70,000 homeless.   

2018  Israeli secret operation in Gaza kills eight including one Israeli and an Hamas Commander, igniting tensions with retaliatory rocket attack from Gaza on November - 12.   

2018  Former US First lady Michelle Obama publishes her memoir "Becoming" on this day in history.   

2019  550th anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak - the founder of Sikhism celebrated in India and Pakistan on November - 12.   

2020  Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers resign en masse, in response to four lawmakers' disqualification made by the government on November - 12.   

2021  LA judge rules to end Britney Spears ' conservatorship, which had controlled almost all aspects of her life for 14 years on November - 12.   

2021  Taylor Swift releases her directorial debut the short film "All Too Well" alongside her re-recorded album "Red (Taylor's Version)" on November - 12.   

2024  Justin Welby announces his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury following the publication of a report critical of his handling of the abuse of children within the Church of England by John Smyth on November - 12.   

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

1528  On November - 12 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  On November - 12 birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)   

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on November - 12.   

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

1729  On this day in history birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)   

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on November - 12.   

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

1094  On November - 12 death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)   

1202  On November - 12 knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39   

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

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65   

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.   

1567  On November - 12 anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74