November 12

Events

 * - an troops occupy, the capital of the Chinese , for fifteen days.
 * - Future  marries  according to the wishes of the dying.
 * -, becomes the first town incorporated by the.
 * - The re-establishes.
 * -, the first , is ed.
 * - Sir, a British physician, is the first to use as an.
 * - The treaty of the is signed between present day  and  - the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two sister nations.
 * - ( 12 & ) holds a  in favor of  over.
 * - The frozen bodies of and his men are found on the  in.
 * - becomes a republic.
 * - and the  sign the.
 * - The  is founded on the campus of  in.
 * - is expelled from the, leaving  in undisputed control of the.
 * - takes the first known photos of the.
 * - : The musical  debuts, featuring and  as.
 * - In, the opens to traffic.
 * - announces  plans to make  the "ish homeland", an idea that actually was first considered by  journalist.
 * - : Temperatures around drop to -12 °  and the  launches  for the first time against the freezing  forces near the city.
 * 1941  - The   "" is destroyed during the.
 * - World War II: The between ese and  forces begins near, which would last for three days.
 * - World War II: The launches 29  bombers in one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of war and sinks the  , with 12,000 lb s off ,.
 * - A branch of the in  opens the first ten s.
 * - In, an international s tribunal sentences seven ese military and government officials to death, including General , for their roles in.
 * - : - Independent investigative journalist  breaks the  story.
 * - The attempts to destroy a rotting beached  with explosives, leading to the now infamous  incident.
 * - Vietnam War: As part of,  sets ,  as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000  troops from.
 * - : In response to the hostage situation in, US President orders a halt to all  imports into the  from.
 * - The space probe  makes its closest approach to  and takes first images of its rings.
 * - The becomes the first  to be launched twice.
 * - In the, becomes the general secretary of the 's Central Committee, succeeding.
 * 1982  -, a  leader, is released from a  prison after eleven months.
 * -  is formally installed as, becoming the 125th ese monarch.
 * 1990  -  publishes a formal proposal for the.
 * -, n forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in ,.
 * - Decree of "About introducing " is issued.
 * 1993  - The first  is held in.
 * - Then  symbolically signs the.
 * - A  and a Kazakh  cargo plane collide in mid-air near, killing 349.
 * - is found guilty of masterminding the.
 * - completes a merger with  to form.
 * - The strikes  with a  of 7.2 on the.
 * - In, , an on its way to the , crashes minutes after takeoff from , killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
 * 2001 - : forces abandon, ahead of advancing  troops.
 * - : In, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
 * - The former Soviet republic of holds a  on independence from.

Births

 * -, Italian sculptor (d. )
 * -, Chinese general (d. )
 * -, French princess (d. )
 * -, French Canadian settler (d. )
 * -, English clergyman (d. )
 * -, Mexican mystic and author (d. )
 * -, French explorer (d. )
 * -, Prussian general (d. )
 * -, American naturalist (d. )
 * -, American women's rights activist (d. )
 * -, Prophet Founder of the (d. )
 * -, Russian composer and chemist (d. )
 * -, French sculptor (d. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Russian chess player (d. )
 * -, 1st (d. )
 * -, German field marshal (d. )
 * -, British playwright (d. )
 * -, American magazine publisher (d. )
 * -, Indian ornithologist (d. )
 * -, Slovene gymnast (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. )
 * 1908  -, commandant of Nazi concentration camp (d. )
 * -, American jazz trumpet player (d. )
 * -, French critic and writer (d. )
 * -, French Canadian composer (d. )
 * 1916  -, British racing driver (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, German film director
 * -, jazz bassist (d. )
 * -, Japanese mathematician (d. )
 * -, German writer (d. )
 * 1929  -  (née Grace Patricia Kelly) (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, American songwriter and producer
 * -, American cult leader
 * -, American judge and boxing referee
 * 1936  -, American songwriter and singer (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American singer
 * 1939  -, Slovakian soprano (d. )
 * -, economist and politician
 * 1940  -, German politician
 * -, American singer
 * 1943  -, American actor and playwright
 * -, American musician and songwriter
 * 1944  -, American television sportscaster
 * -, American journalist and author
 * 1945  -, Canadian singer and musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1947  -, French film director and screenwriter
 * 1947  -, American Musician
 * -, American football player
 * -, French Canadian ice hockey coach (d. )
 * -, Greek singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Belgian singer
 * -, Romanian gymnast
 * 1961  -, Uruguayan footballer
 * 1961  -, American film director
 * 1961  -, American violinist
 * -, American author and feminist
 * 1962  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1962  -, American musician and songwriter
 * 1962  -, Norwegian born journalist and television presenter
 * -, American musician
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, American boxer
 * 1967  -, British singer
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1968  -, Dominican  player
 * 1968  -, British singer
 * -, American political scientist
 * 1969  -, American kidnap victim
 * 1969  -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, American female professional wrestler
 * 1970  -, American figure skater
 * 1970  -, New Zealand actor
 * 1970  -, British child actor
 * -, Greek footballer
 * -, American dancer
 * 1973  -, Australian actress
 * 1973  -, Canadian voice actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, Israeli model and actress
 * 1975  -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * 1976  -, German singer
 * 1976  -, Polish footballer
 * -, American  model
 * 1977  -, South African footballer
 * -, English singer and musician
 * 1978  -, German Romanian actress
 * 1978  -, American actress
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1979  -, American professional basketball player
 * 1979  -, Chilean actress
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * 1980  -, Canadian actor
 * -, English football player
 * -, American actress
 * -, football player
 * -, American musician
 * 1984  -, South Korean actor
 * 1984  -, English actress
 * -, Taiwanese singer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths

 * - King (b. )
 * - King
 * -, English statesman
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English shipbuilder and trader (b. )
 * -, Danish statesman (b. )
 * -, English Civil War general (b. )
 * -, German physician and chemist (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, Argentine military leader and politician (b. )
 * -, English novelist (b. )
 * -, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. )
 * -, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. )
 * -, American mobster (b. )
 * -, German mathematician (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, Hungarian swimmer (b. )
 * -, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. )
 * -, Czech composer of operettas (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, White House Chief of Staff (b. )
 * -, American runner (b. )
 * -, Spanish composer (b. )
 * -, wife of , (b. )
 * 2000  -, French popular orchestra leader (b. )
 * -, English chess player (b. )
 * -, New Zealand director (b. )
 * 2003  -, American actor (b. )
 * 2003  -, American actress (b. )
 * 2003  -, American drummer  (b. )
 * 2003  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, former mayor of , , (b. )
 * - General, leader  (b. )
 * -, Indian cricketer (b. )
 * 2007  -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, Indian cricketer (b. )
 * 2007  -, American novelist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * : Holy Day,
 * National Holiday: Birth of (observed in  and )