What Happened In November 2012 In History

Historical Events for November, 2012

• 1st » A fuel tank truck 2012 Riyadh truck crash e.g crashes and explodes in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh killing 26 people and injuring 135.
• 6th » Tammy Baldwin, becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.
• 7th » An 2012 Guatemala earthquake e.g earthquake off the Pacific coast of Guatemala kills at least 52 people.
• 9th » A train carrying liquid fuel 2012 Burma train crash called crashes and bursts into flames in northern Burma, killing 27 people and injuring 80 others.
• 11th » A 2012 Shwebo earthquake named strong earthquake with the Moment magnitude scale named magnitude 6.8 hits northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
• 14th » Israel launches a Operation Pillar of Defense known as major military operation in the Gaza Strip, as hostilities with Hamas escalate.
• 15th » Xi Jinping becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and a new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee is inaugurated.
• 15th » Four people are killed and 16 others are injured in the Midland train wreck after a Union Pacific train struck a parade float in Midland, Texas.
• 17th » At least 50 schoolchildren are killed in Manfalut train accident or an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt.
• 18th » Nintendo releases the Wii U.
• 21st » At least 28 are wounded after a 2012 Tel Aviv bus bombing e.g bomb is thrown onto a bus in Tel Aviv.
• 22nd » Ceasefire begins between Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Israel after eight days of violence and 150 deaths.
• 24th » 2012 Dhaka fire e.g A fire at a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, kills at least 112 people.
• 30th » An Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane belonging to Aéro-Service, 2012 Aéro-Service Ilyushin Il-76T crash or crashes into houses near Maya-Maya Airport during a thunderstorm, killing at least 32 people.

Famous Deaths for November 2012

• 1st » Brad Armstrong (wrestler) named Brad Armstrong, American wrestler (b. 1961)
• 1st » Chong Chee Kin, Singaporean journalist (b. 1973)
• 1st » Agustín García Calvo, Spanish poet, playwright, and philosopher (b. 1926)
• 1st » Geoffrey Lofthouse, Baron Lofthouse of Pontefract, English politician (b. 1925)
• 1st » Jan Louwers, Dutch footballer (b. 1930)
• 1st » Mitch Lucker, American singer-songwriter (Suicide Silence) (b. 1984)
• 1st » Pascual Pérez (baseball) known as Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball player (b. 1957)
• 1st » Omry Ronen, American academic (b. 1937)
• 1st » Jonathan Street, English author (b. 1943)
• 1st » Edwin Q. White, American journalist (b. 1922)
• 1st » Chen Zude, Chinese Go (game) e.g Go player (b. 1944)
• 2nd » Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar, Indian-American mathematician and academic (b. 1930)
• 2nd » Milt Campbell, American decathlete (b. 1933)
• 2nd » Robert Morton Duncan, American soldier and judge (b. 1927)
• 2nd » Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (b. 1926)
• 2nd » Hans Lindgren, Swedish actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 2nd » Pino Rauti, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 2nd » János Rózsás, Hungarian author (b. 1926)
• 2nd » Han Suyin, Chinese-Swiss physician and author (b. 1916)
• 2nd » Roger Wood (journalist) e.g Roger Wood, Belgian-American journalist (b. 1925)
• 2nd » Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu, Indian politician (b. 1957)
• 3rd » Odd Børretzen, Norwegian author and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 3rd » George Chesterton, English cricketer and coach (b. 1922)
• 3rd » Tommy Godwin (cyclist born 1920) named Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist, coach, and manager (b. 1920)
• 3rd » Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and academic (b. 1940)
• 3rd » Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician, 18th List of Governors of Gujarat or Governor of Gujarat (b. 1923)
• 3rd » Eugenija Pleškytė, Lithuanian actress (b. 1938)
• 3rd » Ingegerd Troedsson, Swedish politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden (b. 1929)
• 6th » Panbanisha, American chimpanzee (b. 1985)
• 6th » Joel Connable, American journalist (b. 1973)
• 6th » Charles Delporte (artist) or Charles Delporte, Belgian painter and sculptor (b. 1928)
• 6th » Clive Dunn, English actor and singer (b. 1920)
• 6th » Vladimír Jiránek, Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
• 6th » Theodore T. Jones, American lawyer and judge (b. 1944)
• 6th » Maxim of Bulgaria, Bulgarian patriarch (b. 1914)
• 6th » Ivor Powell, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1916)
• 6th » Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
• 6th » Bohdan Tsap, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 7th » Carmen Basilio, American boxer (b. 1927)
• 7th » Aleksandr Berkutov, Russian rower (b. 1933)
• 7th » Heinz-Jürgen Blome, German footballer (b. 1946)
• 7th » Ellen Douglas, American author (b. 1921)
• 7th » Sandy Pearson, Australian general (b. 1918)
• 7th » Darrell Royal, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
• 7th » Arthur K. Snyder, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 7th » Elliott Stein, American historian and journalist (b. 1928)
• 8th » Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (b. 1916)
• 8th » György Danis, Hungarian physician and politician (b. 1945)
• 8th » Roger Hammond (actor) e.g Roger Hammond, English actor (b. 1936)
• 8th » Lee MacPhail, American businessman (b. 1917)
• 8th » Pete Namlook, German composer and producer (b. 1960)
• 8th » Robert Swenning, American figure skater (b. 1924)
• 8th » Peggy Vaughan, American author (b. 1936)
• 9th » Leaford Bearskin, American colonel and tribal chief (b. 1921)
• 9th » Milan Čič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 5th List of Prime Ministers of the Slovak Socialist Republic known as Prime Minister of the Slovak Socialist Republic (b. 1932)
• 9th » Iurie Darie, Romanian actor (b. 1929)
• 9th » Joseph D. Early, American politician (b. 1933)
• 9th » Major Harris (singer) named Major Harris, American singer (The Delfonics) (b. 1947)
• 9th » Bobbi Jordan, American actress (b. 1937)
• 9th » Herbie Kronowitz, American boxer and referee (b. 1923)
• 9th » Helen Mussallem, Canadian nurse (b. 1914)
• 9th » Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
• 9th » Pat Renella, American actor (b. 1929)
• 9th » Jim Sinclair (politician) called Jim Sinclair, Canadian politician (b. 1933)
• 9th » James L. Stone, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1922)
• 9th » Bill Tarmey, English actor and singer (b. 1941)
• 10th » Mynavathi, Indian actress (b. 1935)
• 10th » John Louis Coffey, American lawyer and judge (b. 1922)
• 10th » Eric Day, English footballer (b. 1921)
• 10th » Eric Devenport, English bishop (b. 1926)
• 10th » Marian Lines, English actress, author, and composer (b. 1933)
• 10th » Mitsuko Mori, Japanese actress (b. 1920)
• 10th » Piet van Zeil, Dutch politician, Ministry of Economic Affairs (Netherlands) known as Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs (b. 1927)
• 11th » Lam Adesina, Nigerian politician, Governor of Oyo State (b. 1939)
• 11th » Joe Egan (rugby league) e.g Joe Egan, English rugby player and coach (b. 1919)
• 11th » Tomaž Ertl, Slovenian politician (b. 1932)
• 11th » Iqbal Haider, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1945)
• 11th » Rex Hunt (governor) or Rex Hunt, English lieutenant, pilot, and diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (b. 1926)
• 11th » Victor Mees, Belgian footballer (b. 1927)
• 11th » Ilya Oleynikov, Russian actor (b. 1947)
• 11th » Harry Wayland Randall, American photographer (b. 1915)
• 11th » Tarachand Sahu, Indian politician (b. 1947)
• 11th » Hal Ziegler, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 12th » Anthony di Bonaventura, American pianist and academic (b. 1929)
• 12th » Angela Cropper, Trinidadian diplomat (b. 1946)
• 12th » Bob French, American drummer and radio host (b. 1928)
• 12th » Hans Hammarskiöld, Swedish photographer (b. 1925)
• 12th » Michel Hrynchyshyn, Canadian-French bishop (b. 1929)
• 12th » Sergio Oliva, Cuban-American bodybuilder (b. 1941)
• 12th » Fred Ridgeway, Irish-English actor (b. 1953)
• 12th » Daniel Stern (psychologist) e.g Daniel Stern, American psychologist and theorist (b. 1934)
• 12th » Ronald Stretton, English-Canadian cyclist (b. 1930)
• 12th » John Winter (architect) e.g John Winter, English architect (b. 1930)
• 13th » Murray Arnold, American basketball player and coach (b. 1938)
• 13th » Will Barnet, American painter and illustrator (b. 1911)
• 13th » Erazm Ciołek (photographer) named Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer and author (b. 1937)
• 13th » Kenneth Cragg, English priest and scholar (b. 1913)
• 13th » Yao Defen, Chinese giant (b. 1972)
• 13th » Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1929)
• 13th » Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (b. 1965)
• 13th » John Sheridan (rugby league) called John Sheridan, English rugby player and coach (b. 1933)
• 13th » Ray Zone, American historian, author, and illustrator (b. 1947)
• 14th » Alexandro Alves do Nascimento, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
• 14th » Enrique Beech, Filipino target shooter and footballer (b. 1920)
• 14th » Brian Davies (rugby league) called Brian Davies, Australian rugby player (b. 1930)
• 14th » Martin Fay, Irish fiddler (The Chieftains) (b. 1936)
• 14th » Joe Gilliam, Sr., American football player and coach (b. 1923)
• 14th » Gail Harris (baseball) known as Gail Harris, American baseball player (b. 1931)
• 14th » Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960)
• 14th » Lucien Laferte, Canadian ski jumper (b. 1919)
• 14th » Paddy Meegan, Irish footballer (b. 1922)
• 14th » Luíz Eugênio Pérez, Brazilian bishop (b. 1928)
• 14th » Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Nigerian physician and politician (b. 1933)
• 15th » Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician (b. 1954)
• 15th » Luís Carreira, Portuguese motorcycle racer (b. 1976)
• 15th » Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (b. 1983)
• 15th » K. C. Pant, Indian politician, 18th Minister of Defence (India) named Indian Minister of Defence (b. 1931)
• 15th » José Song Sui-Wan, Chinese-Brazilian bishop (b. 1941)
• 15th » Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian trombone player, composer, and conductor (b. 1940)
• 15th » Khin Maung Toe, Burmese singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)
• 16th » Leo Blair (senior) known as Leo Blair, English lawyer, academic, and author (b. 1923)
• 16th » John Chapman (evangelist) known as John Chapman, Australian evangelist (b. 1930)
• 16th » Subhash Dutta, Bangladeshi actor and director (b. 1930)
• 16th » Patrick Edlinger, French mountaineer (b. 1960)
• 16th » Jefferson Kaye, American radio announcer (b. 1936)
• 16th » Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian engineer and politician, 3rd Vice President of Ghana (b. 1946)
• 16th » Eliyahu Nawi, Iraqi-Israeli lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1920)
• 16th » Bob Scott (rugby) named Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1921)
• 17th » Ponty Chadha, Indian businessman (b. 1957)
• 17th » Armand Desmet, Belgian cyclist (b. 1931)
• 17th » Lea Gottlieb, Hungarian-Israeli fashion designer, founded the Gottex called Gottex Company (b. 1918)
• 17th » Arnaud Maggs, Canadian photographer (b. 1926)
• 17th » Freddy Schmidt, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 17th » Billy Scott (singer) called Billy Scott, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)
• 17th » Bal Thackeray, Indian politician (b. 1926)
• 17th » Margaret Yorke, English author (b. 1924)
• 18th » Emilio Aragón Bermúdez, Spanish clown, singer, and accordion player (b. 1929)
• 18th » Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian-American chess player (b. 1957)
• 18th » Phoebe Hearst Cooke, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1927)
• 18th » Ian Kirkpatrick (South African rugby player) or Ian Kirkpatrick, South African rugby player and coach (b. 1930)
• 18th » Neva Jane Langley, American model, Miss America 1953 (b. 1933)
• 18th » Philip Ledger, English organist, composer, and academic (b. 1937)
• 18th » William McCarthy, Baron McCarthy, English politician (b. 1925)
• 18th » Kenny Morgans, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1939)
• 18th » Ed Richards (fencer) named Ed Richards, American fencer (b. 1929)
• 18th » Helmut Sonnenfeldt, German-American politician and scholar (b. 1926)
• 20th » Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1975)
• 20th » Pedro Bantigue y Natividad, Filipino bishop (b. 1920)
• 20th » David C. Copley, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1952)
• 20th » William Grut, Swedish pentathlete (b. 1914)
• 20th » Ivan Kušan, Croatian author (b. 1933)
• 20th » Flora Martirosian, Armenian singer (b. 1957)
• 21st » Dann Cahn, American producer and editor (b. 1923)
• 21st » Nick Discepola, Italian-Canadian businessman and politician (b. 1949)
• 21st » Mr. Food, American chef and author (b. 1931)
• 21st » Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1943)
• 21st » Șerban Ionescu, Romanian actor (b. 1950)
• 21st » Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist (b. 1987)
• 21st » Austin Peralta, American pianist and composer (b. 1990)
• 21st » Deborah Raffin, American actress and producer (b. 1953)
• 21st » Algirdas Šocikas, Lithuanian boxer (b. 1928)
• 21st » Emily Squires, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1941)
• 22nd » Frank Barsalona, American talent agent (b. 1938)
• 22nd » Pearl Laska Chamberlain, American pilot (b. 1909)
• 22nd » Bryce Courtenay, South African-Australian author (b. 1933)
• 22nd » Bennie McRae, American football player (b. 1939)
• 22nd » P. Govinda Pillai, Indian journalist and politician (b. 1926)
• 22nd » Mel Shaw, American animator and screenwriter (b. 1914)
• 22nd » K. H. Ting, Chinese bishop (b. 1915)
• 22nd » Jan Trefulka, Czech author (b. 1929)
• 23rd » Veerapandy S. Arumugam, Indian politician (b. 1937)
• 23rd » José Luis Borau, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 23rd » Chuck Diering, American baseball player (b. 1923)
• 23rd » Lawrence Guyot, American activist (b. 1939)
• 23rd » Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1931)
• 23rd » Diana Isaac, English-New Zealand businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1921)
• 23rd » Tadeusz Kwapień, Polish skier (b. 1923)
• 23rd » Go Native, Irish race horse (b. 2003)
• 23rd » Nelson Prudêncio, Brazilian triple jumper (b. 1944)
• 23rd » Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (b. 1936)
• 24th » Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer and singer (b. 1962)
• 24th » Alec Campbell (archaeologist) known as Alec Campbell, English-Botswana archaeologist (b. 1932)
• 24th » Ardeshir Cowasjee, Pakistani journalist and philanthropist (b. 1926)
• 24th » Antoine Kohn, Luxembourgian footballer and manager (b. 1933)
• 24th » Tony Leblanc, Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 24th » Frank Pittman, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1935)
• 24th » Chris Stamp, English-American manager and producer (b. 1942)
• 24th » Jimmy Stewart (baseball) named Jimmy Stewart, American baseball player and manager (b. 1939)
• 24th » Nicholas Turro, American chemist and academic (b. 1938)
• 24th » Ernie Warlick, American football player (b. 1932)
• 25th » Juan Carlos Calderón, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
• 25th » Earl Carroll (vocalist) or Earl Carroll, American singer (The Cadillacs and The Coasters) (b. 1937)
• 25th » Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (b. 1931)
• 25th » Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (b. 1930)
• 25th » Dinah Sheridan, English actress (b. 1920)
• 25th » Lary J. Swoboda, American educator and politician (b. 1939)
• 25th » Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (b. 1933)
• 25th » Simeon ten Holt, Dutch composer (b. 1923)
• 25th » Carlisle Towery, American basketball player (b. 1920)
• 26th » Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 26th » Bill Hollar, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 26th » Peter Marsh (athlete) named Peter Marsh, Australian table tennis player (b. 1948)
• 26th » Joseph Murray, American surgeon, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
• 26th » P. K. Venukuttan Nair, Indian actor (b. 1931)
• 26th » M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author (b. 1919)
• 26th » Martin Richards (producer) known as Martin Richards, American theater and film producer (b. 1932)
• 27th » Mickey Baker, American guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia) (b. 1925)
• 27th » Jim Davis (Indiana politician) or Jim Davis, American politician (b. 1928)
• 27th » Ab Fafié, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 27th » Érik Izraelewicz, French journalist and author (b. 1954)
• 27th » Pascal Kalemba, Congolese footballer (b. 1979)
• 27th » Ladislas Kijno, French painter (b. 1921)
• 27th » Marvin Miller, American union leader (b. 1917)
• 27th » Herbert Oberhofer, Australian footballer (b. 1955)
• 27th » Assane Seck, Senegalese politician, Foreign Minister of Senegal (b. 1919)
• 27th » Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
• 27th » Jack Wishna, American businessman, co-founded Rockcityclub (b. 1958)
• 28th » Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
• 28th » José Maria Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1944)
• 28th » Jakes Gerwel, South African academic and activist (b. 1946)
• 28th » Don Rhymer, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1961)
• 28th » Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (b. 1940)
• 28th » Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
• 28th » Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (b. 1926)
• 29th » Joelmir Beting, Brazilian journalist (b. 1936)
• 29th » Joe Kulbacki, American football player and author (b. 1938)
• 29th » Susan Luckey, American actress and singer (b. 1938)
• 29th » Sherab Palden Beru, Tibetan painter (b. 1911)
• 29th » Marie-Jacques Perrier, French actress, singer, and fashion designer (b. 1924)
• 29th » Merv Pregulman, American football player and businessman (b. 1922)
• 29th » Buddy Roberts, American wrestler and manager (b. 1945)
• 29th » Klaus Schütz, German politician (b. 1926)
• 29th » Joyce Spiliotis, American politician (b. 1946)
• 29th » Benjamin Tatar, American actor (b. 1930)
• 30th » Rogelio Álvarez, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1938)
• 30th » Mario Ardizzon, Italian footballer (b. 1938)
• 30th » Jamelle Folsom, American wife of Jim Folsom (b. 1927)
• 30th » I. K. Gujral, Pakistani-Indian politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (b. 1919)
• 30th » Munir Malik, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1931)
• 30th » Dolores Mantez, English actress (b. 1936)
• 30th » Susil Moonesinghe, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th List of Chief Ministers of Western Province known as Chief Minister of Western Province (b. 1930)
• 30th » Homer R. Warner, American cardiologist and academic (b. 1922)

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