Tukuk-OS📅 November 12
21 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on November 12? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2014 — The European Space Agency's lander Philae touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.
European Space AgencyPhilae (spacecraft)67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
- 2011 — An explosion in the Shahid Modarres missile base led to the deaths of 17 members of the Revolutionary Guards, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.
Bid Kaneh explosionIslamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsHassan Tehrani Moghaddam
- 2006 — Although the Georgian government declared it illegal, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with more than 99 percent of voters in favour of preserving the region's status as a de facto independent state.
South Ossetia2006 South Ossetian independence referendumList of states with limited recognition
- 2001 — American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.
American Airlines Flight 587John F. Kennedy International Airport
- 1996 — A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people, the deadliest such collision in history.
SaudiaKazakhstan Airlines1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
- 1991 — Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor in the capital Dili, killing at least 250 people.
- 1973 — The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.
- 1970 — The Oregon Highway Division unsuccessfully attempted to destroy a rotting beached sperm whale near Florence, Oregon, with dynamite.
Oregon Department of TransportationExploding whaleSperm whale
- 1970 — The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the coast of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.
- 1956 — Suez Crisis: During an invasion of Rafah, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an estimated 111 Palestinian refugees and local inhabitants.
- 1944 — Second World War: In Operation Catechism, the Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz (video featured) near Tromsø, Norway, killing about 1,000 sailors on board.
- 1942 — World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.
- 1940 — World War II: Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrived in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis powers.
- 1940 — World War II: Free French forces captured Gabon from Vichy France.
- 1932 — At the request of the Government of Western Australia, the Australian military officially resumed fighting the Emu War after their prior withdrawal.
Government of Western AustraliaAustralian Defence ForceEmu War
- 1928 — The British ocean liner SS Vestris sank in the western Atlantic Ocean, killing 111 people.
- 1920 — The Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes signed the Treaty of Rapallo to establish national borders east of the Adriatic Sea.
Kingdom of ItalyKingdom of YugoslaviaTreaty of Rapallo (1920)
- 1912 — Eight months after perishing during the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, the bodies of Robert Falcon Scott (pictured) and his companions were discovered on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
- 1911 — The Corozal, the most powerful dredger built to that time, was launched in London for service in construction of the Panama Canal.
- 1892 — William Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player.
Pudge HeffelfingerAllegheny Athletic AssociationAmerican football
- 1330 — Led by the voivode Basarab I, Wallachian forces defeated the Hungarian army in an ambush at the Battle of Posada (depicted).
Births
- 2007 — Leonardo Puglisi, Australian journalist
- 2002 — Paolo Banchero, Italian-American basketball player
- 2002 — Tino Livramento, English footballer
- 2001 — Raffey Cassidy, English actress
- 1999 — Choi Yoo-jung, South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, and actress
- 1998 — Jules Koundé, French footballer
- 1998 — Elias Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player
- 1997 — Dexter Lawrence, American football player
- 1995 — Thomas Lemar, French footballer
- 1995 — xQc, Canadian online streamer
- 1994 — Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer
- 1994 — Kseniya Alexandrova, Russian model (died 2025)
Deaths
- 2024 — Roy Haynes, American drummer and composer (born 1925)
- 2024 — John Horgan, Canadian politician and diplomat, 36th Premier of British Columbia (born 1959)
- 2024 — Song Jae-rim, South Korean actor and model (born 1985)
- 2024 — Thomas E. Kurtz, American computer scientist and educator (born 1928)
- 2024 — Timothy West, English actor (born 1934)
- 2023 — Don Walsh, American oceanographer (born 1931)
- 2021 — Chung-Yun Hse, wood scientist (born 1935)
- 2018 — Stan Lee, American comic book writer, editor, and publisher (born 1922)
- 2016 — Lupita Tovar, Mexican-American actress (born 1910)
- 2016 — Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Egyptian actor (born 1946)
- 2015 — Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer (born 1983)
- 2015 — Jihadi John, terrorist (born 1988)
Observances & holidays
- Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)
- Christian feast day: Arsatius
- Christian feast day: Astrik (or Anastasius) of Pannonhalma
- Christian feast day: Cumméne Fota
- Christian feast day: Cunibert
- Christian feast day: Emilian of Cogolla
- Christian feast day: Imerius of Immertal
- Christian feast day: Josaphat Kuntsevych (Roman Catholic Church, Greek Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Lebuinus (Liafwine)
- Christian feast day: Livinus of Ghent
- Christian feast day: Machar
- Christian feast day: Margarito Flores García
- Christian feast day: Nilus of Sinai
- Christian feast day: Patiens
- Christian feast day: René d'Angers
- Christian feast day: Theodore the Studite
- Christian feast day: Ymar
- Christian feast day: November 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)
- Father's Day (Indonesia)
- National Health Day (Indonesia)
- National Youth Day (East Timor)
- World Pneumonia Day
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