12 November: On This Day In History | What Special Day Is Today?

12 November: In a year, the 12th of November is the 316^th day as per the Georgian Calendar. In a leap year, it is the 317^th day of the year.

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12 November: On This Day In History | What Special Day Is Today?

What Happened Today? On This Day in History: 12 November

Art & Artists

- 1859 – Jules Léotard performed the first act using a flying trapeze (without a safety net) in Paris. He popularized a one-piece costume which was named after him later.
- 1931 – Opening of Abbey Road Studios in London where the Beatles recorded many albums there.
- 2018 – Stan Lee, the comic book writer from America died at 95. He helped in the creation of iconic characters/stories such as the Avengers, the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, etc.

Science & Technology

- 1833 – North America witnessed the spectacular show of the Leonid meteor shower (associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle). People saw hundreds of thousands of meteors falling from the sky in one night.
- 1984 – First space salvage operation (involving space walks) by American astronauts.

Leaders & Politics

- 1900 – Enthronement of Akihito as the Japanese Emperor. As per the tradition, Akihito was the 125th direct offspring of Japan’s legendary first emperor Jimmu.
- 1912 – Assassination of Spanish Prime Minister Jose Canalejas by the anarchist Manuel Pardinas.
- 1930 – The first Round Table Conference in London between Britain and India to discuss India’s future constitution.

People & Society

- 1954 – The closure of the immigration reception center situated at Ellis Island (New York) The center processed and decided the fate of more than 12 million immigrants.
- 1971 – Establishment of the Arches National Park which is a sandstone formation in a desert region.

Disasters: Natural & Man-made

- 1970 – The Bhola cyclone hit (struck on 11^th Nov but destruction happened on 12^th Nov) Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) that destroyed the thickly inhabited Ganges-Brahmaputra deltaic region. It was possibly the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. No less than 300,000 people were killed in this deadliest natural disaster.
- 1991 – Protesters open fire on the Indonesian forces in Dili, East Timor which took 250 lives.

Discoveries & Explorations

- 1980 – The U.S. spacecraft Voyager 1, launched by NASA, reached Saturn.
- 1981 – Launch of STS-2 space shuttle mission by NASA.

Leisure & Sports

- 1994 – Death of Wilma Rudolph, the American sprinter who won three gold medals (in the 100-meter, 200-meter, and 4×100-meter relay events) in the Rome Summer Olympics held in 1960.
- 1982 – Zaheer Abbas, the Pakistani cricketer gets his 100th 100 in first-class cricket.

Birth Anniversaries (12 November)

- 1815 – Elizabeth Cady Stanton (American feminism activist)
- 1840 – Auguste Rodin (French sculptor)
- 1866 – Sun Yat-Sen (A great leader from China)
- 1945 – Neil Young (Filmmaker and musician from Canada)
- 1961 – Nadia Comaneci (The Romanian is the first gymnast who scored the perfect 10 points at the Olympics)

Death Anniversaries (12 November)

- 1035 – Canute the Great (Danish King)
- 1939 – Norman Bethune (Canadian physician)
- 2001 – Tony Miles (Chess Grandmaster from England
- 2003 – Penny Singleton (Actress from America)

What Special Day is Today: (12 November)

- World Pneumonia Day
- Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)
- National Youth Day (East Timor)
- National Health Day (Indonesia)
- Father’s Day (Indonesia)

Conclusion

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