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What happened in history on this day: November 12?
On November 12 in ...
- 1775 - General George Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks.
- 1921 - Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments is held.
- 1928 - British steamer Vestris capsizes and sinks off Virginia, USA, kills 110.
- 1933 - The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago closes (first of two years).
- 1936 - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to public use.
- 1940 - Blizzard strikes midwestern US, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes).
- 1946 - First drive-up bank window established (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
- 1946 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Song of the South to theaters. Its premiere is held at Loew's Grand theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The film is based on the book Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris.
- 1954 - Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closes, after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892.
- 1960 - Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude.
- 1963 - US President John Kennedy instructs NASA administrator James Webb to develop a program of "joint space and lunar exploration" with the Soviet Union.
- 1975 - US Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas retires after 36 years.
- 1979 - In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all oil imports into the United States from Iran.
- 1981 - Second shuttle mission, first time a spacecraft is launched a second time (Columbia 2).
- 1984 - Space shuttle astronauts snare a satellite; first space salvage.
- 1987 - Heavy snow closes schools from Washington DC to Maine.
- 1997 - Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- 1998 - Daimler-Benz completes a merger with Chrysler Corporation to form Daimler-Chrysler.
- 2001 - In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587 en route to the Dominican Republic crashes in Queens, New York minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board.
- 2001 - (to November 13) Stack's of New York sells at auction the finest known 1893-S Morgan dollar for US$414,000, second highest price paid for a Morgan dollar at auction.
- 2004 - In Redwood City, California, a jury finds Scott Peterson guilty of the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner.
- 2006 - Gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States.
- 2008 - The US Treasury decides not to use money of the Troubled Asset Relief Program to buy mortgage-backed securities, but instead to directly inject cash into selected banks.
- 2013 - Three Studies of Lucian Freud, a series of portraits of Lucian Freud by the British painter Francis Bacon, sells for US$142.4 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art.
Births on November 12
- 1889 - Birth of DeWitt Wallace in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921).
- 1903 - Birth of Lewis Delaney Offield AKA Jack Oakie in Sedalia, Missouri, USA; actor (Benzino Napaloni - The Great Dictator, The Real McCoys, Bonanza, 1974 Photoplay Award) (dies 1978).
- 1908 - Birth of Harry A Blackmun in Illinois, USA; Supreme Court justice (1970-).
- 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").
- 1920 - Birth of Richard Quine in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actor/director (The Mickey Rooney Show, Clay Pigeon, Hec Ramsey, Project UFO, How to Murder Your Wife, Bell Book and Candle, Sex and the Single Girl).
- 1922 - Birth of Kim Hunter AKA Janet Cole in Detroit, Michigan, USA; actress (A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Academy award), Planet of the Apes, Lilith, Playhouse 90, The Edge of Night, All My Children, The Education of Max Bickford).
- 1934 - Birth of Ann Flood in Jamaica, New York, USA; actress (As the World Turns, Edge of Night, All My Children, Search for Tomorrow, One Life to Live).
- 1934 - Birth of Charles Manson [No Name Maddox] in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; criminal (Tate-Labianco).
- 1937 - Birth of Richard H Truly in Fayette, Mississippi, USA; Rear Admiral US Navy/astronaut (STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8).
- 1943 - Birth of Brian Hyland in Queens, New York, USA; rocker ("Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini").
- 1944 - Birth of Al Michaels in Brooklyn, New York, USA; sportscaster (ABC Monday Night Baseball/Football).
- 1967 - Birth of Charlie Pennaelino in Queens, New York, USA; rocker (Linear - "I Never Felt This Way").
- 1973 - Birth of Melanie Gaffin in Santa Monica, California, USA; actress (Cheryl - Whiz Kids).
Deaths on November 12
- 1993 - Death of Harry. R. Haldeman, Chief of Staff for President Richard Nixon, American Watergate scandal figure (born 1926).
- 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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