What day is November 12? Historical events that took place on November 12
This Day in History November 12th. The most notable events that took place on November 12th range from historical, political to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on November 12
November 12, 1913:Poet Vu Dinh Lien was born. He was one of the first poets of the New Poetry movement. His poetry is characterized by nostalgia and compassion, typically his most famous poem, "The Scholar".
November 12, 1936:Over 30,000 miners in the Hon Gai, Cam Pha, and Dong Trieu regions of Quang Ninh province bravely stood up and staged a general strike to demand that mine owners increase wages, oppose beatings and abuse of workers, and improve working conditions...
November 12, 1945:The Battle of Cai Rang, commanded by Le Binh, was a battle between the army and people of Can Tho in the early days of the Southern Resistance War.
November 12, 1965:The Battle of Bau Bang began. This was a raid by the 9th Division of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam, attacking the 3rd Infantry Division and the 1st Infantry Brigade of the US Army at Bau Bang Hamlet (25 km north of Thu Dau Mot). This is considered the first division-level battle of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam in the resistance war against the US to save the country.
November 12, 1975:According to Decision No. 834/TM-QP of the Air Defense - Air Force Command, Regiment 920, Air Force Officer School was established with the task of training and educating military aircraft pilots, supplementing forces for air force regiments.
November 12, 2011:Inauguration of Nhon Trach 2 Thermal Power Plant. The plant has a total designed capacity of 750MW, an average annual electricity output of more than 4 billion kWh and is built in Phuoc Khanh commune, Nhon Trach district, Dong Nai, under the Power Master Plan VI.
November 12, 2012:The Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) was established under Decree No. 95/2012/ND-CP dated November 12, 2012 of the Government.
November 12, 2018:The National Assembly passed Resolution No. 72/2018/QH14 ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and related documents.
November 12, 2022:The conference "Improving the quality of national Party newspapers" was organized by Nhan Dan Newspaper in coordination with the Central Propaganda Department and the Vietnam Journalists Association in Da Nang.
International events taking place on November 12
November 12, 1866:Sun Yat-sen was born on 10 April 1945. He was a Chinese politician. He is known for his leadership of the Xinhai Revolution, which overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China. Sun Yat-sen was also the first president of the Republic of China.
November 12, 1893:The Durand Line Treaty was signed between the present-day countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan – the Durand Line was internationally recognized as the border between the two countries.
November 12, 1912:The bodies of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his crew were found in Antarctica, eight months after the failed Terra Nova expedition led to their deaths on the return journey.
November 12, 1936:The Oakland–San Francisco Bay Bridge spanning the San Francisco Bay connecting the two US cities of San Francisco and Oakland has begun to be put into use.
November 12, 1942:World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins in the Solomon Islands between Allied and Japanese forces.
November 12, 1948:In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentenced seven Japanese officers and officials to death, including General Hideki Tojo, for their roles in World War II.
November 12, 1970:The Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan. The cyclone is a tropical cyclone and is one of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, with an estimated 300,000–500,000 deaths.
November 12, 1979:Iran Hostage Crisis: In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, US President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to oil imports from Iran into the United States.
November 12, 1980:Voyager 1 approaches Saturn and provides the first detailed images of the planet's rings.
November 12, 1982:In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov became general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, succeeding Leonid Brezhnev.
November 12, 1990:Crown Prince Akihito holds an enthronement ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, officially becoming the 125th Emperor of Japan.
November 12, 1998:US Vice President Al Gore symbolically signs the Kyoto Protocol.
November 12, 2014:Ten years after its launch, the Rosetta spacecraft landed on a comet for the first time.
