12 November

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November 12 is the 316th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are still 49 days left in the year.

Major Events

* 1781 - The English captured Nagapattinam.
* 1847 - British physician Sir James Young Simpson first used chloroform as a sedative.
* 1918 - Austria became a republic.
* 1923 - Princess Maud of Fife married Captain Charles Alexander Carnegie in the Wellington Barracks, London.
* 1925 - The United States and Italy signed a peace treaty.
* 1930 - The first All-Party Conference was held in London. It included 56 Indian and 23 British delegates, but no member of the Indian National Congress.
* 1936 - Temples in Kerala were opened to all Hindus.
* 1953 - Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion resigned from his post.
* 1956 - Morocco, Sudan, and Tunisia joined the United Nations.
* 1963 - A train accident in Japan killed 164 people.
* 1967 - Indira Gandhi was expelled from her party while serving as prime minister.
* 1969 - Indira Gandhi was announced to be separated from primary membership of Congress.
* 1974 - South Africa was suspended from the United Nations General Assembly due to racial policies.
* 1990 - Emperor Akihito ascended to the throne in Japan according to tradition.
* 1995 - Nigeria was suspended from the Commonwealth.
* 2001 - All 260 passengers on an American Airlines plane were killed when it crashed in New York.
* 2002 - The United Nations prepared a new peace plan for Cyprus based on Switzerland's federal structure.
* 2005 - The 13th SAARC Summit began in Dhaka. Indian Prime Minister called for the elimination of terrorism during the summit.
* 2007 - Saudi Prince Alwaleed became the first buyer of Airbus A380 Superjumbo.
* 2008 - The Reserve Bank of India canceled the license of Adalpur Urban Cooperative Bank in Maharashtra.
* 2008 - The K-15 missile, capable of carrying nuclear warheads, was successfully tested from Balasore.
* 2008 - The first unmanned spacecraft, Chandrayaan-1, reached the final orbit around the moon.
* 2009 - India's 'Atulya Bharat' campaign to promote tourism won the World Travel Award-2009.

Births

* 1896 - Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and naturalist
* 1940 - Amjad Khan, famous actor

Deaths

* 1946 - Madan Mohan Malaviya, a prominent freedom fighter, politician, educator, and social reformer.

Important Events and Celebrations

* National Bird Day (Salim Ali's birthday)

External Links

* BBC on this day
* November 12