Right this moment is Tuesday, Nov. 12, the 317th day of 2024. There are 49 days left within the yr.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Nov. 12, 2019, Venice noticed its worst flooding in additional than 50 years, with the water reaching 6.14 ft (1.87 meters) above common sea stage; harm was estimated within the lots of of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}.
Additionally on this date:
In 1927, Josef Stalin turned the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Occasion.
In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other different World Battle II Japanese leaders have been sentenced to loss of life by a warfare crimes tribunal.
In 1954, Ellis Island formally closed as an immigration station and detention heart. Greater than 12 million immigrants arrived in the USA through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
In 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The deadliest tropical cyclone on document claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000-500,000 folks.
In 2001, American Airways Flight 587, en path to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport, killing all 260 folks on board and 5 folks on the bottom.
In 2021, a choose in Los Angeles ended the conservatorship that had managed the life and cash of pop star Britney Spears for practically 14 years.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 81.
Rock musician Booker T. Jones is 80.
Sportscaster Al Michaels is 80.
Singer-songwriter Neil Younger is 79.
Writer Tracy Kidder is 79.
Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island is 75.
Actor Megan Mullally is 66.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Nadia Comăneci (koh-muh-NEECH’) is 63.
Olympic gold medal swimmer Jason Lezak is 49.
Golfer Lucas Glover is 45.
Actor Ryan Gosling is 44.
Actor Anne Hathaway is 42.
Golfer Jason Day is 37.
NBA level guard Russell Westbrook is 36.
