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November 12, 2001 American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure November 12, 1999 Earthquake kills 700 in Duzce, Turkey November 12, 1998 New York Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak November 12, 1997 Dick Vitale signs with ESPN through year 2004 November 12, 1997 Pedro Martinez wins NL Cy Young Award November 12, 1996 Toronto's Pat Hentgen wins AL Cy Young Award November 12, 1995 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 November 12, 1995 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00 November 12, 1995 Last day of Test cricket for Martin Crowe November 12, 1995 Marino breaks Tarkenton's NFL all-time passing yardage mark of 47,003 November 12, 1995 New York MTA raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 November 12, 1995 STS 74 (Atlantis 15), launches into orbit November 12, 1992 New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe is reinstated for 8th time November 12, 1991 "Full House" 100th episode-twins are born November 12, 1991 Atlanta Brave Tom Glavine wins NL Cy Young Award November 12, 1991 Indonesian army shoots on funeral possession: 270-520 die November 12, 1989 "Grand Hotel" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 1018 performances November 12, 1989 Brazil holds 1st free presidential election in 29 years November 12, 1989 George Forest's musical "Grand Hotel," premieres in New York City November 12, 1988 Japan beats MLB All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7) November 12, 1988 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. November 12, 1987 "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 77 performances November 12, 1987 Heavy snow closes schools from Washington D.C. to Maine November 12, 1987 Ulla Weigerstorfer of Austria, 20, crowned 37th Miss World November 12, 1986 France performs nuclear test November 12, 1986 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously November 12, 1985 R. Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match vs. Australia at Brisbane November 12, 1985 STS 61-B vehicle moves to launch pad November 12, 1985 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct November 12, 1984 Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" November 12, 1984 Space shuttle astronauts retreive a satellite - 1st space salvage November 12, 1983 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas November 12, 1983 New Jersey Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3 November 12, 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site November 12, 1982 U.S.S.R. KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as U.S.S.R. leader November 12, 1982 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket vs. India, goes to 215 November 12, 1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V November 12, 1981 2nd shuttle mission-1st time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2) November 12, 1981 Bill C. Davis' "Mass Appeal," premieres in New York City November 12, 1981 Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year for the Oakland A's November 12, 1981 Great Britain performs nuclear test November 12, 1981 Pilin Leon of Venezuela, crowned 31st Miss World November 12, 1980 Baltimore's Steve Stone wins AL Cy Young Award November 12, 1980 U.S. space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn November 12, 1979 President Carter announces immediate halt to all imports of Iranian oil November 12, 1979 Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal November 12, 1979 U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets November 12, 1978 "Platinum" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 33 performances November 12, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open November 12, 1977 Ernest N. Morial elected mayor of New Orleans November 12, 1977 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island November 12, 1977 New Orleans elects 1st black mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial November 12, 1975 New York Mets Tom Seaver wins his 3rd Cy Young Award November 12, 1975 Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas retired after 36 years November 12, 1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies November 12, 1973 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 14th String Quartet premieres November 12, 1970 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die November 12, 1970 Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103 November 12, 1970 Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell November 12, 1969 Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union November 12, 1969 Minnesota's Harmon Killebrew is voted AL MVP November 12, 1969 U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 November 12, 1969 WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast November 12, 1968 KSEL (now KAMC) TV channel 28 in Lubbock, Texas (ABC) begins broadcasting November 12, 1968 Supreme Court declares Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools unconstitutional November 12, 1967 Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic November 12, 1967 Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7 November 12, 1966 Dick The Bruiser beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ November 12, 1966 Dodgers complete an 18-game tour of Japan with a 9-8-1 record November 12, 1966 High schooler Robert Smith kills 7 for fame November 12, 1965 Ferdinand Marcos elected president of Philippines November 12, 1965 General strike in Morocco against disappearance of Ben Barka November 12, 1965 Mad Dog Vachon beats Crusher in Denver, to become NWA champ November 12, 1965 Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus November 12, 1964 Jean becomes Grand Duke of Luxembourg November 12, 1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH November 12, 1963 Train crash in Japan, kills 164 November 12, 1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails November 12, 1959 White Sox 2B Nellie Fox wins AL's MVP November 12, 1958 Bob Turley of Yankees wins Cy Young Award November 12, 1956 Largest observed iceberg, 208 by 60 miles, 1st sighted November 12, 1955 1st West German officers sworn in November 12, 1955 Date returned to in "Back to the Future" and "Back to the Future II" November 12, 1955 E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame November 12, 1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed November 12, 1953 David Ben-Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel November 12, 1953 U.S. district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games November 12, 1952 Philadelphia A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP November 12, 1951 "Paint Your Wagon" opens at Shubert Theater New York City for 289 performances November 12, 1951 17 die in a train crash in Woodstock Ala November 12, 1950 Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giant rushing record (218 yds) vs Chic Cards November 12, 1948 Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal November 12, 1947 KPO-AM in San Francisco, California changes call letters to KNBC (now KNBR) November 12, 1947 Schilderijenvervalser Han of Meegeren to 1 years jail sentenced November 12, 1946 1st "autobank" (banking by car) forms (Chicago) November 12, 1946 Walt Disney's "Song Of South" released November 12, 1945 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Cordell Hull (establishing UN) November 12, 1944 RAF sink German battleship "Tirpitz" at Tromso Fjord Norway November 12, 1943 Landwacht (NSB-political party) forms in Netherlands November 12, 1942 In World War II, battle of Guadalcanal began November 12, 1941 Germany's drive to take Moscow halted November 12, 1941 WOV-AM and WNEW-AM in New York City swaps call letters November 12, 1940 Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes) November 12, 1939 Jews in Lodz Poland ordered to wear yellow star of David November 12, 1938 Hermann Goering announces he wants Madagascar as a Jewish homeland November 12, 1936 Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill November 12, 1936 Oakland Bay Bridge opens November 12, 1936 St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt November 12, 1933 1st Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal) November 12, 1933 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Brooklyn Dodgers 32-0 November 12, 1933 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster is taken November 12, 1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany November 12, 1932 24 killed at Lancashire mine explosion November 12, 1931 Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto - Chicago Blackhawks beat Leafs, 2-1 November 12, 1931 Sibelius/Ashton's ballet "Lady of Shalott," premieres in London November 12, 1928 British steamer "Vestris" capsizes and sinks off Virginia, kills 110 November 12, 1927 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey opens November 12, 1927 Notre Dame's Fighting Irish changes blue jerseys for green November 12, 1927 Trotsky expelled from Soviet CP; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator November 12, 1925 U.S. and Italy sign peace accord about war debts November 12, 1924 Yeshivah Slobodka opens a branch in Chevron November 12, 1923 In Germany, Adolf Hitler is arrested for attempt to sieze power November 12, 1921 Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments November 12, 1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner November 12, 1919 Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia November 12, 1918 Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic November 12, 1915 Britain annexes Gilbert and Ellice archipelago November 12, 1915 Theodore W. Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry November 12, 1914 Turks sultan Jamal Pasja declares a German holy war November 12, 1912 Robert Scott's diary and dead body found in Antarctica November 12, 1910 1st Movie stunt: man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon November 12, 1906 C W Gregory (NSW vs. Qld) starts day at 48*, is 366* at stumps November 12, 1900 World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitors November 12, 1899 British troops reach Durban Natal November 12, 1892 Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes 1st pro football player November 12, 1892 Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football November 12, 1885 Montreal and Britannia Football Clubs (QRFU) defeat Ontario Combined Team (ORFU) 3-0 in CRFU Championship game November 12, 1873 Bay District Race Track opens November 12, 1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act (Paris) He also designed garment that bears his name November 12, 1823 Great North Holland Canal (Amsterdam) opens November 12, 1813 Allied troops occupy Zwolle Neth November 12, 1775 General Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks November 12, 1727 France and Bavaria renew secret treaty November 12, 1682 Swedish king Karel XI establishes absolute monarchy November 12, 1673 Dutch troops under Willem III occupy Bonn November 12, 1614 Treaty of Xanten: Guliks-Kleefse War victory ends November 12, 1591 Castiliaans army occupies Zaragoza November 12, 954 Lotharius becomes king of France November 12, 607 Boniface III ends his reign as Catholic Pope November 12, 295 Origin of Era of Ascension |