November 12th, 1297

Born on November 12th, 1297

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on November 12th?

November 12th, 1911

The Corozal, the most powerful dredger built to that time, was launched in London for service in construction of the Panama Canal.

November 12th, 1920

The Kingdom of Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes signed the Treaty of Rapallo to establish national borders east of the Adriatic Sea.

November 12th, 1956

Suez Crisis: During an invasion of Rafah, Israeli soldiers shot and killed an estimated 111 Palestinian refugees and local inhabitants.

November 12th, 2014

The European Space Agency's lander Philae touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.

November 12th, 2006

Although the Georgian government declared it illegal, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with more than 99 percent of voters in favour of preserving the region's status as a de facto independent state.

November 12th, 2001

American Airlines Flight 587 crashed into residential buildings five minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, killing a total of 265 people.

November 12th, 1996

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people, the deadliest such collision in history.

November 12th, 1991

Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators protesting the occupation of East Timor in the capital Dili, killing at least 250 people.

November 12th, 1973

The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.

November 12th, 1970

The deadliest tropical cyclone in history made landfall on the coast of East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.

November 12th, 1948

Former Japanese prime minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death for war crimes alongside generals Iwane Matsui, Akira Mutō and Kenji Doihara by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.

November 12th, 1945

Sudirman was selected the first commander-in-chief of the Indonesian Armed Forces.

November 12th, 1944

Second World War: In Operation Catechism, the Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz (video featured) near Tromsø, Norway, killing about 1,000 sailors on board.

November 12th, 1942

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the decisive engagement in a series of sea battles between Allied and Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal campaign in the Solomon Islands, began.

November 12th, 1940

World War II: Free French forces captured Gabon from Vichy France.

Public holidays on November 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on November 12th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1297 is a normal year and no leap year.

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