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On this day...
1660 English author John Bunyan was arrested for preaching without a license; refusing to
give up preaching, he remained in jail for 12 years.
1847 The first public demonstration of the use of chloroform as an anesthetic was given
by James Simpson, at the University of Edinburgh.
1859 Jules Léotard, the daring young man on the flying trapeze, made his debut at the
Cirque Napoléon, in Paris.
1912 The remains of English explorer Robert Scott and his companions were found in
Antarctica.
1918 The Republic of Austria was declared, thus ending the Hapsburg dynasty.
1944 The RAF bombed and sank the Tirpitz, the last of the major German battleships.
1974 For the first time since the 1840s, a salmon was caught in the Thames.
1981 The US shuttle Columbia became the first reusable crewed spacecraft, by making its
second trip.
Birthdays which occurred on November 12th:
1790 Letitia Christian Tyler, first wife of President Tyler
1815 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Johnstown NY, suffragist (80 Years & More)
1833 Aleksandr Borodin, Russia, composer (Robert LeDiable)
1840 Auguste Rodin, France, sculptor (Kiss, Thinker)
1841 Lord Rayleigh, England, physicist/chancellor of Cambridge (1908-14)
1866 Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China (ROC & PRC) (traditional)
1889 DeWitt Wallace, St. Paul MN, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921)
1903 Jack Oakie, Sedalia MO, actor (Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award)
1908 Harry A. Blackmun Ill, Supreme Court justice (1970- )
1912 Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans, NFL fullback (NY Giants)
1914 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo (Olympic-gold-1936)
1914 Sylvi Saimo, Finland, 500m kayak (Olympic-gold-1952)
1915 Roland Barthes, French literary critic (L'Empire des Signer)
1918 Jo Stafford, Coalinga California, singer (I'll Never Smile Again)
1920 Richard Quine, Detroit, actor (Clay Pigeon)
1922 Kim Hunter, Detroit, actress (Planet of the Apes, Lilith)
1929 Grace Kelly, Philadelphia, Monaco princess/actress (Philadelphia Story)
1934 Charles Manson, Cincinnati, murderer (Tate-Labianco murders)
1935 Jerry Douglas, actor (John-Young & Restless)
1937 Ina Balin, actress (Danger in Paradise)
1943 Brian Hyland, Queens NY, rocker (She Wore an Itsy Bitsy ... Bikini)
1945 Al Michaels, Brooklyn, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
1945 Neil Young, Canada, singer/songwriter (Cosby, Sills & Young)
1961 Nadia Comaneci, Romania, gymnast (Olympic gold-1976, 80)
1967 Charlie Pennaelino, Queens NY, rocker (Linear-I Never Felt This Way)
1973 Melanie Gaffin, Santa Monica California, actress (Cheryl-Whiz Kids)
1975 Angela Watson, actress (Karen Foster-Step by Step)
1989 Paul Jessup actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)
1989 Ryan Jessup actor (Mikie-Baby Talk)
Deaths which occurred on November 12th:
1035 Canute "The Great" - King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41
1558 Rabbi Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, founder of First Polish Yeshiva
1962 Sid Tomack, actor (Jim Gillis-Life of Riley, My Friend Irma)
1975 Anthony Ross, TV host (Telltale Clue), dies at 69
1987 Roger Lewis, aviation exec (Lockheed, C Wright, Pan Am), dies at 75
1990 Eve Arden, actress (Our Miss Brooks), dies at 82
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