Today in History
12 November
184 births · 99 deaths · 62 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1897
Karl Marx (composer)
German composer and music teacher
Notable Births
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Leonardo Puglisi
b. 2007
Australian journalist (born 2007)
Paolo Banchero
b. 2002
American basketball player (born 2002)
Raffey Cassidy
b. 2001
English actress (born 2001)
Choi Yoo-jung (singer)
b. 1999
South Korean singer and actress (born 1999)
Jules Koundé
b. 1998
French footballer (born 1998)
Elias Pettersson
b. 1998
Swedish ice hockey player (born 1998)
Dexter Lawrence
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Karl Marx (composer)
b. 1897
German composer and music teacher
Notable Deaths
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Roy Haynes
d. 2024
American jazz drummer and group leader (1925–2024)
John Horgan
d. 2024
Premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022
Song Jae-rim
d. 2024
South Korean actor and model (1985–2024)
Thomas E. Kurtz
d. 2024
American computer scientist and educator (1928–2024)
Timothy West
d. 2024
English actor (1934–2024)
Don Walsh
d. 2023
American oceanographer (1931–2023)
Stan Lee
d. 2018
American comic book writer (1922–2018)
Louis III of Anjou
d. 1434
Duke of Anjou (1403-1434)
On This Day in History
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2022
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in mid-air over Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow, killing six.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
2021
The Los Angeles Superior Court formally ends the 14-year conservatorship to pop singer Britney Spears.
Los Angeles County Superior Court
2020
The PlayStation 5 is released.
PlayStation 5
2017
The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.
2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake
2015
Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
Suicide attack
2014
The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
Philae (spacecraft)
2014
An Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter is shot down by Azerbaijani forces, killing all three people on board.
Mil Mi-24
2011
Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the Euro area crisis.
Silvio Berlusconi