November 12
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 2001
In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
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Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
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Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record of 501 kilometres per hour (311 mph) for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.
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Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the Euro area crisis.
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The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
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An Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter is shot down by Azerbaijani forces, killing all three people on board.
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Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
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The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.
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The PlayStation 5 is released.
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The Los Angeles Superior Court formally ends the 14-year conservatorship to pop singer Britney Spears.
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A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in mid-air over Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow, killing six.
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The S.S. United States is planned to be sunk off of the coast of Okaloosa County, Florida.
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2007Leonardo Puglisi, Australian journalist
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2002Paolo Banchero, Italian-American basketball player
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2002Tino Livramento, English footballer
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2001Raffey Cassidy, English actress
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1999Choi Yoo-jung, South Korean singer, dancer, rapper, and actress
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1998Jules Koundé, French footballer
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1998Elias Pettersson, Swedish ice hockey player
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1997Dexter Lawrence, American football player
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1995Thomas Lemar, French footballer
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1995xQc, Canadian online streamer
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1994Guillaume Cizeron, French ice dancer
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1993Tomáš Hertl, Czech ice hockey player
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