What are the important events that happened on November 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 12: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 12 is the 316^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 30, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,762,905,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectadecahexagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 97 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,709 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 12 Historical Events

• 1439 –
  Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
• 1893 –
  The treaty of the Durand Line is signed between present day Pakistan and Afghanistan; the Durand Line has gained international recognition as an international border between the two nations.
• 1905 –
  Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
• 1941 –
  World War II: The Soviet cruiser Chervona Ukraina is destroyed during the Battle of Sevastopol.
• 1956 –
  Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
• 1958 –
  A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
• 1970 –
  The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous “exploding whale” incident.
• 1978 –
  Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop of Rome.
• 1996 –
  A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
• 2001 –
  Attack on Afghanistan: Taliban forces abandon Kabul, Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Afghan Northern Alliance troops.

Who were born on November 12?

• 1651 –
  Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican mystic and author (d. 1695)
• 1755 –
  Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d. 1813)
• 1910 –
  Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (d. 1981)
• 1911 –
  Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1991)
• 1960 –
  Ismo Alanko, Finnish musician (Hassisen Kone, Sielun Veljet, Ismo Alanko Säätiö)
• 1964 –
  Vic Chesnutt, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1973 –
  Ethan Zohn, American footballer and reality show contestant
• 1975 –
  Jason Lezak, American swimmer
• 1976 –
  Mirosław Szymkowiak, Polish footballer
• 1981 –
  Sergio Floccari, Italian footballer

Who died on November 12?

• 607 –
  Pope Boniface III, Roman-born (birth date unknown)
• 1595 –
  John Hawkins, English shipbuilder and trader (b. 1532)
• 1742 –
  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
• 1865 –
  Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)
• 1933 –
  F. Holland Day, American photographer and publisher (b. 1864)
• 1965 –
  Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Indian-born Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. 1888)
• 1987 –
  Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-Swedish musician (b. 1937)
• 1990 –
  Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)
• 1993 –
  H. R. Haldeman, American White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 2007 –
  Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)