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 317^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 30, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,856,160 minutes 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 ‘trihectadecaheptagon’ 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 78 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 4,344 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 12 Historical Events

• 1439 –
  Plymouth, England, becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
• 1905 –
  Norway holds a referendum in favor of monarchy over republic.
• 1920 –
  Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
• 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.
• 1969 –
  Vietnam War: My Lai Massacre – Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.
• 1978 –
  Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop of Rome.
• 1981 –
  Space Shuttle program: mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
• 2003 –
  Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (501 km/h) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
• 2011 –
  Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.

Who were born on November 12?

• 1898 –
  Leon Štukelj, Slovene gymnast (d. 1999)
• 1919 –
  Jackie Washington, Canadian blues musician (d. 2009)
• 1923 –
  Vicco von Bülow, German film director (d. 2011)
• 1949 –
  Ron Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey coach (d. 1992)
• 1952 –
  Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
• 1953 –
  Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer and guitarist
• 1954 –
  Rob Lytle, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1958 –
  Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
• 1978 –
  Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian-born German actress
• 1980 –
  Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor

Who died on November 12?

• 1035 –
  King Cnut the Great, Danish-born King of Denmark, England and Norway (b. 985 or 995)
• 1434 –
  King Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)
• 1939 –
  Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 1969 –
  Liu Shaoqi, Chinese revolutionary, and statesman (b. 1898)
• 1976 –
  Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894)
• 1993 –
  H. R. Haldeman, American White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)
• 2001 –
  Albert Hague, German-born American actor and songwriter (b. 1920)
• 2003 –
  Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)
• 2008 –
  Catherine Baker Knoll, American politician (b. 1930)
• 2010 –
  Karl Plutus, Estonian jurist and centenarian (b. 1904)