November 12
November 12 is the 316-day Gregorian calendar and the 317-day leap years.
Events
1857: Moldova were introduced postage stamps, printed with a bull's head, the old emblem of Moldova, today some of the most valuable stamps in the world
1878: ILCaragiale read at the banquet "Junimea", his first creative drama "Stormy Night"
1884: In Timisoara was introduced for the first time in Europe, electric street lighting
1912: Spanish Prime Minister José Manuel Canalejas is assassinated by anarchist Pardiñas
1918: Austria becomes a republic
1919: First flight from England to Australia was made by Ross and Keith Smith, who took off from Hounslow, near London (in December 13 and landed in Darwin city).
1959: It was opened in Belgrade, the first Romanian industrial exhibition in the postwar period, organized by the Chamber of Commerce
1990: The published proposal Tim Berners-Lee that led to the development of the Web Wide World
1990: Akihito ascends the throne as Emperor of Japan - traditionally the 125th direct descendant of Jimmu the legendary first emperor Japanese.
Births
1840: Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and graphic artist (d. 1917)
1842: John William Strutt Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904 (d. 1919)
1862: Basil Goldis Romanian politician, honorary member of the Romanian Academy (d. 1934)
1866: Sun Yat-sen, Chinese revolutionary (d. 1925)
1912: Emil Botta, poet, novelist and theater and film Romanian actor (d. 1977)
George Emil Palade, scientist Romanian-born American, Nobel Prize for Medicine (1974) (d. 2008)
1914: Peter Whitehead, English pilot (d. 1958)
1929: Grace Kelly, American actress, Princess of Monaco (d. 1982)
Michael Ende, German writer (d. 1995)
1955: Sorin cartridge, Romanian footballer and coach
1961: Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast
1978: Alexandra Maria Lara, Romanian actress
Deaths
607: Pope Boniface III
1623: Jehoshaphat Kuncevic, Greek Catholic Archbishop
1869: George Asachi, Romanian writer (b. 1788)
1912: José Canalejas, Spanish politician (b. 1854)
2000: Henry Mălineanu, Romanian composer (b. 1920)
Celebrate
St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, St.. Nile Hermit (Orthodox calendar)
St. John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria, St.. Nile hermit, St. Josaphat Kuncevic (Greek Catholic calendar)
St. Josaphat, bishop martyr (d. 1623) (Roman Catholic calendar)
Romania
Scout Day
Day military geodetic
