November 12

What happened on November 12 in history

5 events fall on November 12, from 1035 to 1990. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on November 12

  1. 1035

    Cnut the Great dies

    The ruler of England, Denmark and Norway dies at Shaftesbury.

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  2. 1927

    Trotsky is expelled from the party

    Stalin removes his last serious rival from the Communist Party.

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  3. 1936

    The Bay Bridge opens

    Traffic crosses between San Francisco and Oakland for the first time.

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  4. 1970

    The Bhola cyclone

    The deadliest tropical cyclone on record strikes East Pakistan.

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  5. 1990

    The web gets a proposal

    Berners-Lee and Cailliau circulate the formal WorldWideWeb plan at CERN.

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