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What happened in history on this day: November 12?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On November 12 in ...
- 1984 - Lotus Development officially announces Jazz for the Macintosh 512K, a five-in-one application suite incorporating spreadsheet, database, graphics, word processing, and communications functions.
- 1990 - The Fall '90 COMDEX trade show is held in Las Vegas, Nevada, over five days. 1850 exhibitors and 126,000 visitors attend.
- 1997 - Iomega announces it has sold ten million Zip drives.
- 2000 - At the Comdex trade show, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates demonstrates a proposed Tablet PC initiative, which would convert handwritten pen strokes into graphics.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices announces the 950 MHz mobile Duron processor. Price is US$160.
- 2001 - Advanced Micro Devices announces the 1.2 GHz mobile Athlon 4 processor. Price is US$525.
- 2004 - Novell files a lawsuit against Microsoft, claiming the company used anti-competitive tactics against Novell from 1994 to 1996, by withholding technical information about Windows, and using its monopoly power to prevent hardware manufacturers from offering the WordPerfect word processor.
- 1927 - Disney ships the 14th Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, Africa Before Dark, to Winkler Productions.
- 1927 - Disney completes the 16th Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, Bright Lights.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film The Wayward Canary is released. Pluto also appears.
- 1932 - The Mickey Mouse film The Klondike Kid is released. Pluto and Minnie Mouse also appear.
- 1939 - Bela Lugosi spends the day at the Disney Studios posing for animators as a model for the demon Chernabog in the Night on Bald Mountain segment of the film Fantasia.
- 1946 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Song of the South to theaters. Its premiere is held at Loew's Grand theater in Atlanta, Georgia. It cost US$2.125 million to make. The film is based on the book Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris.
- 1954 - Disney releases the Donald Duck film The Flying Squirrel to theaters
- 1957 - Walt Disney Productions stock begins trading on the New York stock exchange.
- 1961 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled Return of True Son. This is part one of the film The Light in the Forest.
- 1984 - Anguilla issues ten postage stamps depicting various Disney characters.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, entitled Polly.
- 1993 - The Village Traders shop opens in World Showcase at EPCOT Center.
- 1993 - Buena Vista Pictures Distribution releases the Walt Disney Pictures / Caravan Pictures live-action feature film The Three Musketeers to theaters in the US.
- 1994 - The ABC TV network airs the Disney movie The Shaggy Dog. This is a remake of the 1959 film.
- 1999 - The Aida musical show opens at the Palace Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Previously ran as Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida
- 2002 - Disney releases the film A Very Merry Pooh Year on DVD and videocassette.
- 2010 - The Disney Channel Original Movie Avalon High airs.
- 2019 - Disney launches the Disney+ video streaming service in the US, Canada, and the Netherlands. Cost is $6.99 per month.
- 1940 - In Canada, Colonel Burns again proposes a parachute force to the Chief of General Staff. The idea is shelved, and no action is taken.
- 1940 - Adolf Hitler issues Directive No. 18. France is to be treated as a non-belligerent power, required to allow German war measures on French territory, and support these measures with her own forces. Gibraltar is to be captured. Possible actions in neighboring countries, both defensive (Spain, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria) and offensive (Egypt, Greece, Russia, England) are to be considered.
- 1942 - The 64th Troop Carrier Group drops its British paratroopers at Bône airfield. The airfield and Bougie harbor are captured, 60 miles from the Tunisian border.
- 1944 - The Japanese army Kamikaze unit Banda attacks and damages the repair ships Egeria and Achilles near Leyte.
- 1944 - Twelve British Lancaster bombers from Lossiemouth, Scotland, carrying special 12,000-pound bombs, attack German battleship Tirpitz. They score three hits, causing a great explosion, sinking the ship near Tromsö, Norway, off Hakey Island.
- 1948 - In Tokyo, Japan, the International War Crimes Tribunal announces final verdicts. It sentences former Japanese President Hedeki Tojo and six other Japanese leaders to death. Sixteen others are sentenced to life in prison.
- 1994 - Marshall Islands issues two postage stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Tirpitz.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. One scene shows children playing in a video game arcade.
- 1999 - Capcom releases the Resident Evil 3: Nemesis video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 2003 - Nokia confirms that hackers have cracked anticopying protections in games designed for the N-Gage video game system.
- 2003 - EA Games releases the Medal of Honor: Rising Sun video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube in the US.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. An army recruiter asks kids "How many of you like video games?".
- 2007 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Galaxy video game for the Nintendo Wii in the USA.
- 2008 - Electronic Arts releases the Mirror's Edge video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 2020 - Sony releases the PlayStation 5 video game system, with DualSense controller. Price is US$500.
- 1914 - Sweden, Denmark, and Norway send identical notes to Britain, Russia, France, and Germany, protesting the closing of shipping routes by mines, and the extensions of ship searches.
- 2001 - Micronesia issues 14 postage stamps for the 100th anniversary of the awarding of Nobel prizes.
- 1986 - Ace Courier Services reports that it cannot locate the packages containing the dollar coin master dies.
- 2001 - (to November 13) Stack's of New York sells at auction the finest known 1893-S Morgan dollar for US$414,000, second highest price paid for a Morgan dollar at auction.
- 2009 - The US Mint launches the 2009 Lincoln, Bicentennial cent in Washington D.C. and releases the coin to circulation.
- 2009 - The US Mint unveils the design that will be used for the 1-cent coin beginning in 2010, depicting a Union shield and "ONE CENT" in a banner.
- 1892 - Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football.
- 1892 - Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player.
- 1920 - Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected first US baseball commissioner.
- 1927 - Notre Dame's Fighting Irish sports team changes blue jerseys for green.
- 1931 - NHL's Maple Leaf Gardens opens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Black Hawks 2-1.
- 1933 - First Sunday football game in Philadelphia (previously illegal).
- 1950 - Gene Roberts sets NFL New York Giants rushing record (218 yards) against Chicago Cardinals.
- 1953 - US district Judge Grim rules NFL can black out TV home games.
- 1955 - E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf first inductees in Jockey hall of fame.
- 1964 - Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH.
- 1970 - Cleveland Cavaliers' first NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland Trail Blazers 105-103.
- 1979 - Tony Franklin of Philadelphia Eagles kicks 59-yard field goal.
- 1981 - Billy Martin named American League Manager of the Year (Oakland Athletics).
- 1983 - New Jersey Devils, first overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3.
- 1988 - Japan beats Major League Baseball All-Star team 5-4 in Tokyo (Game 6 of 7).
- 2021 - At United Center in Chicago, Illinois, USA, NHL regular season game: Chicago Blackhawks beats Arizona Coyotes by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Columbus Blue Jackets by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Philadelphia Flyers beats Carolina Hurricanes by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Calgary Flames by score 2-1.
- 2021 - At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Buffalo Sabres beats Edmonton Oilers by score 3-2.
- 1960 - Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude.
- 1963 - US President John Kennedy instructs NASA administrator James Webb to develop a program of "joint space and lunar exploration" with the Soviet Union.
- 1965 - Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus.
- 1980 - The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn, when it flies within 77,000 miles of the planet's cloud-tops and sends the first high resolution images of the world back to scientists on Earth.
- 1981 - Second shuttle mission, first time a spacecraft is launched a second time (Columbia 2).
- 1984 - Space shuttle astronauts snare a satellite; first space salvage.
- 2014 - The Rosetta spacecraft's Philae probe successfully lands on Comet 67P, the first time in history that a spacecraft has landed on such an object.
- 1940 - Blizzard strikes midwestern US, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes).
- 1775 - General George Washington forbids recruiting officers enlisting blacks.
- 1921 - Washington Conference for Limitation of Armaments is held.
- 1928 - British steamer Vestris capsizes and sinks off Virginia, USA, kills 110.
- 1933 - The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago closes (first of two years).
- 1936 - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opens to public use.
- 1940 - Blizzard strikes midwestern US, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes).
- 1946 - First drive-up bank window established (Chicago, Illinois, USA).
- 1946 - RKO Radio Pictures releases Disney's animated and live-action feature film Song of the South to theaters. Its premiere is held at Loew's Grand theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The film is based on the book Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris.
- 1954 - Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closes, after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892.
- 1960 - Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude.
- 1963 - US President John Kennedy instructs NASA administrator James Webb to develop a program of "joint space and lunar exploration" with the Soviet Union.
- 1975 - US Supreme Court Justice William O Douglas retires after 36 years.
- 1979 - In response to the hostage situation in Tehran, U.S. President Jimmy Carter orders a halt to all oil imports into the United States from Iran.
- 1981 - Second shuttle mission, first time a spacecraft is launched a second time (Columbia 2).
- 1984 - Space shuttle astronauts snare a satellite; first space salvage.
- 1987 - Heavy snow closes schools from Washington DC to Maine.
- 1997 - Ramzi Yousef is found guilty of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
- 1998 - Daimler-Benz completes a merger with Chrysler Corporation to form Daimler-Chrysler.
- 2001 - In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587 en route to the Dominican Republic crashes in Queens, New York minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board.
- 2001 - (to November 13) Stack's of New York sells at auction the finest known 1893-S Morgan dollar for US$414,000, second highest price paid for a Morgan dollar at auction.
- 2004 - In Redwood City, California, a jury finds Scott Peterson guilty of the murder of his wife Laci and unborn son Conner.
- 2006 - Gerald Ford surpasses Ronald Reagan as the longest lived President of the United States.
- 2008 - The US Treasury decides not to use money of the Troubled Asset Relief Program to buy mortgage-backed securities, but instead to directly inject cash into selected banks.
- 2013 - Three Studies of Lucian Freud, a series of portraits of Lucian Freud by the British painter Francis Bacon, sells for US$142.4 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for an auctioned work of art.
Other history:
- 1918 - Emperor Karl of Austria-Hungary abdicates, Austria becomes a republic.
- 1933 - First known photo of Loch Ness "monster" is taken.
- 1981 - Second space shuttle mission - first time spacecraft launched twice (Columbia 2).
- 2001 - In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587 en route to the Dominican Republic crashes in Queens, New York minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board.
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