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What happened in history on this day: November 12?
On November 12 in ...
- 1986 - Australian singer John Farnham releases the album Whispering Jack, which becomes the highest selling album in Australia's history.
Births on November 12
- 1911 - Birth of Buck Clayton AKA Wilbur Dorsey Clayton in Parsons, Kansas, USA; jazz trumpeter (with Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Jazz At The Philharmonic), arranger (for Benny Goodman, Harry James, Count Basie).
- 1917 - Birth of Jo Stafford in Coalinga, California, USA; singer (The Stafford Sisters, The Pied Pipers, "Shrimp Boats Are A-Comin'", "Jambalaya", "Long Ago and Far Away", "You Belong to Me", "Make Love to Me").
- 1918 - Birth of Jo Stafford in Coalinga, California, USA; singer ("I'll Never Smile Again").
- 1931 - Birth of Bob Crewe; record producer (Music to Watch Girls By).
- 1939 - Birth of Ruby Nash Curtis; rhythm-and-blues singer (Ruby and the Romantics).
- 1939 - Birth of Lucia Popp in Uhorská Ves, Czechoslovakia; soprano (Die Zauberflute).
- 1943 - Birth of Brian Hyland in Queens, New York, USA; rocker ("Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini").
- 1943 - Birth of Jimmy Hayes; rhythm-and-blues singer (The Persuasions).
- 1944 - Birth of Booker T. Jones; organist (Booker T. and the MGs - "Green Onions").
- 1945 - Birth of Neil Young in Canada; singer/songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young).
- 1947 - Birth of Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser; rock musician (Blue Oyster Cult).
- 1967 - Birth of Charlie Pennaelino in Queens, New York, USA; rocker (Linear - "I Never Felt This Way").
- 1980 - Birth of Chris Huffman; bassist (Casting Crowns).
Deaths on November 12
- 1992 - Death of Eddie Mayehoff at age 81; actor, bandleader, radio comedy writer, television emcee (Dad - That's My Boy movie, "Jarring" Jack Jackson - That's My Boy TV series).
- 2008 - Death of Mitch Mitchell at age 61, found dead in his hotel room in Portland, Oregon, USA; British drummer (Jimi Hendrix Experience).
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