What Happened in November 2012

Historical Events

Nov 1 2 Iranian fighter jets fire on a US General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drone in international air space
Nov 1 22 people are killed and 111 injured after a fuel tanker explodes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Country Music Association Awards

Nov 1 46th Country Music Association Awards: Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert win

Country Singer-Songwriter Miranda Lambert

Nov 1 Acid is poured over a 15-year-old girl by her parents after being seen talking to a young man in an "honour killing" in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Nov 1 Google's Gmail becomes the world's most popular email service
Nov 1 Scientists detect evidence of light from the universe's first stars, predicted to have formed 500 million years after the big bang
Nov 1 Yellow fever kills 32 people and sickens 50 more in Darfur, Sudan
Nov 2 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 1 winners: Hightail, Calidoscopio, Flotilla, Beholder, Zagora, Royal Delta
Nov 2 New York City Marathon: cancelled because of the effects of Hurricane Sandy in NYC the week before
Nov 3 Breeders' Cup Horse Racing, Santa Anita Racetrack; Day 2 winners: George Vancouver, Groupie Doll, Tapizar, Mizdirection, Shanghai Bobby, Little Mike, Trinniberg, Wise Dan, Fort Larned
Nov 3 Syrian rebels launch a major assault on Taftanaz airbase
Nov 4 Bishop Tawadros appointed as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church
Nov 4 Federation Cup Women's Tennis, Prague, Czech Republic: Lucie Šafářová beats Jelena Janković of Serbia 6-1, 6-1 to give the home team a 3-1 win in the final
Nov 4 Syrian rebels capture a major oil field in Deir ez-Zor Governorate
Nov 5 50 Syrian military personnel are killed by a suicide car bomb in Hama
Nov 5 Widespread flooding in Nigeria kills 363 people and displaces 2.1 million
Nov 6 5 people are shot at a poultry processing plant in Fresno, California

Obama Defeats Romney

Nov 6 Barack Obama is re-elected as US President, defeating Republican candidate Mitt Romney

Governor of Massachusetts and US Senator Mitt Romney

Elizabeth Warren

Nov 6 Elizabeth Warren becomes the first female Senator from Massachusetts

Nov 6 Green Moon wins the Melbourne Cup race at Flemington

Tammy Duckworth

Nov 6 Tammy Duckworth becomes the first disabled woman and first person born in Thailand to be elected to US Congress, representing Illinois

Nov 7 48 people are killed by a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Guatemala
Nov 7 Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approve measures for same-sex marriage
Nov 9 25 people are killed and 62 injured after a train carrying liquid fuel bursts into flames in Burma
Nov 9 An Algerian C-295 military transport plane crashes near Avignon, France, killing 6 people
Nov 10 17 people are killed in a helicopter crash as a result of bad weather in Turkey
Nov 10 20 Syrian troops are killed by suicide bombings in Daara
Nov 10 22nd College Football Holy War: Notre Dame beats Boston College 21-6 in Chestnut Hill
Nov 10 27 people are killed and dozens injured in a prison conflict in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nov 10 Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum opens at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, designed by Zaha Hadid [1]
Nov 10 Israeli counter strike on Palestinian militants in Gaza kills 5 and injure 30
Nov 10 The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeat Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes
Nov 11 12 people are killed by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Burma
Nov 12 Into the Silence by Wade Davis wins the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize

Sakic, Sundin, Bure and Oates

Nov 12 Joe Sakic, Mats Sundin, Pavel Bure and Adam Oates are inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame

Đoković's Second ATP

Nov 12 Novak Đoković of Serbia wins his second season-ending ATP World Tour Finals tennis title beating 6-time champion Roger Federer 7-6, 7-5 in the final in London. England

Nov 13 3 Syrian tanks enter the demilitarized zone of Golan Heights
Nov 13 Revival of Rupert Holmes' musical "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", based on an unfinished work of Charles Dickens, opens at Studio 54, NYC; runs for 136 performances

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2

Nov 14 "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2", based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, is released

Nov 14 A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece
Nov 14 CFBDSIR 2149-0403 is discovered, the closest rogue planet to earth (100 light-years away)
Nov 15 At least 95 people are killed in Syrian conflicts
Nov 15 Deep Horizon Oil Spill: BP settles for $4.5 Billion
Nov 15 The Eurozone economy returns to recession with a fall of 0.1% in GDP in the third quarter of 2012 following a fall of 0.2% in the previous quarter
Nov 16 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 2' grosses $500 million in 24 hours to become the biggest entertainment launch of all time
Nov 17 50 schoolchildren and a bus driver are killed after a train collides with a school bus in Manfalut, Egypt
Nov 18 101st Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Spain in Prague (3-2)

Perry and Bieber Win

Nov 18 40th American Music Awards: Katy Perry & Justin Bieber win

Nov 18 Brad Keselowski driving for Penske Racing finishes 5th in the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Miami Speedway to clinch the Nascar Sprint Cup
Nov 18 Israeli Gaza rocket strikes kill 80 alleged terrorist targets

Lewis Hamilton

Nov 18 Lewis Hamilton wins the 2012 US Formula One Grand Prix

Nov 19 Plymouth Crown Court clears two farmers of health and safety offenses related to giant hay bale death of ELO cellist Mike Edwards [1]
Nov 20 Toshiba unveils a robot designed to help in nuclear disasters
Nov 21 An Israel and Hamas ceasefire is negotiated
Nov 21 Chelsea Manager Roberto Di Matteo is sacked and replaced by Rafael Benítez
Nov 22 2 people are killed and 120 injured after a 100-vehicle pile-up in dense fog in Texas
Nov 22 6 attacks across Pakistan kill 37 people and injure 92
Nov 23 JR Tokai unveil a maglev LO train prototype capable of travelling up to 500km per hour
Nov 24 77th Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 49-0 in Tuscaloosa
Nov 24 Ernest Bai Koroma is re-elected President of Sierra Leone
Nov 24 Gangnam Style becomes the most viewed Youtube video surpassing 808 million views
Nov 24 The continued NHL lockout results in all games to December 14 being cancelled
Nov 25 100th CFL Grey Cup, Rogers Center, Toronto: Toronto Argonauts defeat Calgary Stampeders, 35-22; Argos owner David Braley first team boss to win back-to-back Grey Cups with 2 different teams (also 2011 champion BC Lions
Nov 25 11 people are killed and 30 are wounded by twin car bombs hitting a Protestant church in Nigeria
Nov 25 16 people are killed and 44 injured after a wedding party bus plunges 300 ft down a gorge in India
Nov 25 26th Soul Train Music Awards: Miguel, Beyoncé win

Nov 25 German Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel finishes 4th in season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix at Autódromo José Carlos Pace to claim his 3rd consecutive F1 World Drivers Championship by 3 points from Fernando Alonso

Nov 26 10 children are killed and 15 people are injured after a Syrian government Jet drops a cluster bomb on a playground
Nov 26 The cost of Hurricane Sandy to New York is announced to be $32 Billion
Nov 27 29 people are killed and 126 are wounded by 8 car bombings across Iraq
Nov 27 The Eurozone announces that it will make loans of 43.7 billion euros to Greece

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Nov 28 "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" 1st of the Hobbit film series, directed by Peter Jackson, starring Martin Freeman and Ian McKellen, premieres in Wellington, New Zealand

Film Director, Producer, and Screenwriter Peter Jackson

Nov 28 54 people are killed and 120 are injured by two car bombs in Damascus, Syria
Nov 29 30 people are killed and 100 are wounded by bombs in Hillah and Karbala, Iraq
Nov 29 Luiz Felipe Scolari takes over as Brazilian Football coach
Nov 29 The UN votes to approve Palestine’s status change from an observer to an observer state
Nov 30 At least 32 people are killed in a Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane crash in the Congo

Events in 2012

Famous Weddings

Nov 2 BMX icon TJ Lavin weds longtime fiancee Roxanne Siordia (32) in Las Vegas
Nov 3 Olympic gymnast Carly Patterson (24) weds Mark Caldwell (27) at the Main Street Garden Park in Dallas, Texas
Nov 3 Professional bull rider Luke Snyder (30) weds Jennifer Manna (34) at Big Cedar Lodge outside of Branson, Missouri

James Blake

Nov 9 Tennis player James Blake (32) weds publicist Emily Snider (37) Del Mar, California

Nov 10 Actor Ben Hollingsworth (28) weds lingerie designer Nila Myers in Malibu

Hope Solo

Nov 13 Soccer goalkeeper and a double Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo (31) weds former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens (33) in Washington

Nov 17 Award-winning Chinese actress Chen Yao (33) weds cinematographer Yu Cao in Queenstown, New Zealand

Famous Deaths

Nov 1 Pascual Pérez, Dominican baseball pitcher (MLB All Star 1983; Atlanta Braves), dies during apparent home robbery at 55
Nov 1 Welton Taylor, American microbiologist, inventor and civil rights activist (developed tests for salmonella), dies at 92 [1]
Nov 2 Milt Campbell, American decathlete (Olympic gold 1956), dies from prostate cancer and diabetes at 78
Nov 3 Tommy Godwin, British track cyclist (Great Britain coach; 2 x Olympic bronze 1948; President British Cycling Federation), dies at 91
Nov 4 Ted Curson, American jazz trumpeter, dies from a heart attack at 77
Nov 5 Charles V. Bush, African-American pioneer (1st African-American US Air Force Academy Graduate and US Supreme Court Page), dies from colon cancer at 72
Nov 5 Elliott Carter, American composer, dies from natural causes at 103
Nov 5 Stalking Cat [Dennis Avner], American body modifier, dies at 54
Nov 6 Clive Dunn, British actor (Dad's Army, The Avengers), dies from complications following an operation at 92
Nov 6 M-16 [Ernest Mateen], American cruiserweight boxing champion, dies at 46
Nov 7 Carmen Basilio, American boxer (World Welterweight title 1955-56; Middleweight title 1957-58), dies from pneumonia at 85
Nov 7 Cleve Duncan, American rocker (The Penguins - "Earth Angel"), dies at 78
Nov 8 Lee MacPhail, American Baseball Hall of Fame executive (AL President 1974-83; Baltimore Orioles, NY Yankees), dies at 95
Nov 8 Lucille Bliss, American voice actress (Cinderella, The Secret of NIMH), dies from natural causes at 96
Nov 9 Bill Tarmey, English actor (Coronation Street), dies at 71
Nov 9 Joseph D. Early, American politician (Rep-D-MA, 1975-93), dies at 79

Nov 9 Major Harris, American R&B singer ("Love Won't Let Me Wait"), dies from congestive heart and lung failure at 65
Nov 11 Rex Hunt, British diplomat and Governor of the Falkland Islands (1982-1985), dies at 86
Nov 12 Deborah Raffin, American model, actress (The Ransom; 40 Carats; Touched By Love, 7th Heaven), and audiobook publisher, dies of leukemia at 59
Nov 12 Sergio Oliva, American body builder (The Myth, IFBB Mr. Olympia, 1967-9), dies at 71
Nov 12 Willis Whitfield, American physicist and inventor of the clean room, dies at 92 [1]
Nov 14 Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian political activist, killed by an airstrike at 53
Nov 14 Brian Davies, Australian rugby league forward (27 Tests, 6 World Cup; Queensland 31 games; Brothers, Canterbury-Bankstown), dies at 82
Nov 16 Bob Scott, New Zealand rugby union fullback (17 Tests; Auckland RU), dies at 91
Nov 17 Margaret Yorke, English crime fiction writer, dies at 88
Nov 18 Elena Donaldson-Akhmilovskaya, Russian Woman Grandmaster of chess, dies from brain cancer at 55
Nov 18 Philip Ledger, British organist, composer, conductor, and academic (King's College Cambridge), dies of cancer at 74
Nov 19 Boris Strugatsky, Soviet-Russian science fiction author (Tale of Troika), dies at 79
Nov 19 Warren Rudman, American politician (Sen-R-NH, 1980-93), dies at 82
Nov 20 Michael Dunford, British guitarist and songwriter (The Nashville Teens, 1960-63; Renaissance - "Scheherazade"), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 68
Nov 20 William Grut, Swedish pentathlete, dies at 98

Nov 20 Wim van Gennep, Dutch dance band singer and keyboardist (De Heikrekels - "Waarom heb jij me laten staan?"), dies at 87
Nov 22 Bryce Courtenay, South African-born Australian novelist, dies from stomach cancer at 79
Nov 22 David Allyn [Albert DiLello], American jazz singer (Boyd Raeburn Band), dies at 93 [1]

Larry Hagman (1931-2012)

Nov 23 American actor (I Dream of Jeannie, JR-Dallas), dies of complications from throat cancer at 81

Nov 24 Christopher "Chris" Stamp, British music producer, psychodrama therapist and manager (The Who; Jimi Hendrix), dies of cancer at 70
Nov 24 Héctor Camacho, Puerto Rican boxer (WBC super featherweight 1983-84, WBC lightweight 1985-87, WBO Jr. welterweight twice 1989-1992), dies from gunshot wounds at 50
Nov 25 David Sexton, English football manager, dies at 82
Nov 25 Dinah Sheridan, British actress (Genevieve, The Railway Children, Don't Wait Up), dies at 92
Nov 25 Earl "Speedoo" Carroll, American doo-wop vocalist (Cadillacs; The Coasters), dies of complications from diabetes and a stroke at 75
Nov 25 Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician, dies at 81
Nov 26 Joseph Murray, English plastic surgeon, dies from a hemorrhagic stroke at 93
Nov 27 Jan Maegaard, Danish composer and musicologist (Triptykon), dies at 86
Nov 27 Marvin Miller, American Baseball HOF executive (Executive Director MLB Players Association 1966-82), dies at 95
Nov 27 Mickey Baker, American guitar player ("Love is strange"), dies at 87
Nov 28 Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer, dies at 90
Nov 29 Merv Pregulman, American NFL linebacker (Green Bay Packers), dies at 90
Nov 30 I. K. [Inder Kumar] Gujral, Indian politician, Prime Minister of India (1997-98), dies at 92
Nov 30 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets; Karachi, Punjab, Rawalpindi), dies at 78

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