November 12
1927 - Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph Stalin became the ruler of the Soviet Union.
1936 - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., and gave the green light to traffic.
1942 - The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal began.
1948 - Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.
1954 - Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
1970 - The Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The deadliest tropical cyclone on record claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000-500,000 people.
1981 - The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the second time, becoming the first space vehicle to be used more than once.
1990 - Akihito became emperor of Japan.
1997 - Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was convicted in New York.
2001 - American Airlines Flight 587, en route to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground.
2019 - Venice saw its worst flooding in more than 50 years, with the water reaching 6.14 feet (1.87 meters) above average sea level; damage was estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
2021 - A judge in Los Angeles ended the conservatorship that had controlled the life and money of pop star Britney Spears for nearly 14 years.
Birthdays
23 - Raffey Cassidy (actress)
28 - Hanako Greensmith (actress)
32 - Erika Costell (model)
36 - Russell Westbrook (basketball player)
37 - Jason Day (golfer)
42 - Anne Hathaway (actress)
44 - Ryan Gosling (actor)
45 - Cote de Pablo (actress)
45 - Lucas Glover (golfer)
49 - Jason Lezak (swimmer)
54 - Tonya Harding (figure skater)
56 - Sammy Sosa (baseball player)
63 - Nadia Comaneci (gymnast)
66 - Megan Mullally (actress)
79 - Neil Young (singer)
80 - Al Michaels (sportscaster)
81 - Wallace Shawn (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 12
1892 - William "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.
1920 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1953 - The NFL policy of blacking out home games was upheld by Judge Allan K. Grim of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
1967 - The Detroit Lions set a National Football League (NFL) record when they fumbled the ball 10 times. They only lost possession five of the ten times.
1970 - The Cleveland Cavaliers record their first victory, a 105-103 win over the Portland Trailblazers.
1972 - Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins, became the first NFL head coach to win 100 regular season games in 10 seasons.
1995 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton's all-time passing yards record with 47,003.
2019 - Former Houston Astros MLB pitcher Mike Fiers reveals team secretly “stole signs” via camera from visiting teams 2015-17; comms between opposing pitchers & catchers intercepted and relayed to Astros batters.
1927 - Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph Stalin became the ruler of the Soviet Union.
1936 - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., and gave the green light to traffic.
1942 - The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal began.
1948 - Former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.
1954 - Ellis Island officially closed as an immigration station and detention center. More than 12 million immigrants arrived in the United States via Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
1970 - The Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The deadliest tropical cyclone on record claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000-500,000 people.
1981 - The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the second time, becoming the first space vehicle to be used more than once.
1990 - Akihito became emperor of Japan.
1997 - Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was convicted in New York.
2001 - American Airlines Flight 587, en route to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground.
2019 - Venice saw its worst flooding in more than 50 years, with the water reaching 6.14 feet (1.87 meters) above average sea level; damage was estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
2021 - A judge in Los Angeles ended the conservatorship that had controlled the life and money of pop star Britney Spears for nearly 14 years.
Birthdays
23 - Raffey Cassidy (actress)
28 - Hanako Greensmith (actress)
32 - Erika Costell (model)
36 - Russell Westbrook (basketball player)
37 - Jason Day (golfer)
42 - Anne Hathaway (actress)
44 - Ryan Gosling (actor)
45 - Cote de Pablo (actress)
45 - Lucas Glover (golfer)
49 - Jason Lezak (swimmer)
54 - Tonya Harding (figure skater)
56 - Sammy Sosa (baseball player)
63 - Nadia Comaneci (gymnast)
66 - Megan Mullally (actress)
79 - Neil Young (singer)
80 - Al Michaels (sportscaster)
81 - Wallace Shawn (actor)
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Today in Sports History - November 12
1892 - William "Pudge" Heffelfinger became the first professional football player when he was paid a $500 bonus for helping the Allegheny Athletic Association beat the Pittsburgh Athletic Club.
1920 - Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
1953 - The NFL policy of blacking out home games was upheld by Judge Allan K. Grim of the U.S. District Court in Philadelphia.
1967 - The Detroit Lions set a National Football League (NFL) record when they fumbled the ball 10 times. They only lost possession five of the ten times.
1970 - The Cleveland Cavaliers record their first victory, a 105-103 win over the Portland Trailblazers.
1972 - Don Shula, coach of the Miami Dolphins, became the first NFL head coach to win 100 regular season games in 10 seasons.
1995 - Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino breaks Fran Tarkenton's all-time passing yards record with 47,003.
2019 - Former Houston Astros MLB pitcher Mike Fiers reveals team secretly “stole signs” via camera from visiting teams 2015-17; comms between opposing pitchers & catchers intercepted and relayed to Astros batters.
