Born on November 12
November 12 birthdays & history
If you were born on November 12, you share a birthday with Sun Yat-sen, Auguste Rodin and Anne Hathaway. November 12 babies are Scorpio, with topaz as their birthstone and the chrysanthemum as their birth flower. November 12 is the 317th day of the year in leap years (316th in other years).
Famous people born on November 12
- 1866Sun Yat-sen, Chinese physician and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China
- 1840Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker
- 1982Anne Hathaway, American actress
- 1817Bahá'u'lláh, Persian spiritual leader, founded the Baháʼí Faith
- 1842John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1961Nadia Comăneci, Romanian gymnast and coach
- 1833Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist
- 1980Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor, producer and singer
- 1915Roland Barthes, French philosopher, theorist, and critic
- 1945Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
What happened on November 12
- 1835Construction is completed on the Wilberforce Monument in Kingston Upon Hull.
- 1892William Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player.
- 1893Abdur Rahman Khan accepts the Durand Line as the border between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Raj.
- 1905Norway holds a referendum resulting in popular approval of the Storting's decision to authorise the government to make the offer of the throne of the newly independent country.
- 1911The Corozal, at the time the most powerful dredger ever built, was launched in Renfrew, Scotland, for service in the construction of the Panama Canal.
- 1936In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
- 1954Ellis Island ceases operations.
- 1956Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia join the United Nations.
- 1958A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
- 1973The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC.
- 2006South Ossetia held a referendum on independence from Georgia; more than 99 percent of voters were in favour of maintaining the region's status as a de facto independent state.
- 2014The European Space Agency's lander Philae touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.
Also observed on November 12
- Birth of Sun Yat-Sen, also Doctors' Day and Cultural Renaissance Day. (Republic of China)
- Constitution Day (Azerbaijan)
- Father's Day (Indonesia)
- National Health Day (Indonesia)
- National Youth Day (East Timor)
- World Pneumonia Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is November 12?
People born on November 12 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is topaz and their birth flower is the chrysanthemum.
Which famous people were born on November 12?
Sun Yat-sen (1866), Auguste Rodin (1840), Anne Hathaway (1982), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), John William Strutt (1842), Nadia Comăneci (1961) were all born on November 12.
What happened on November 12 in history?
Among other things: in 1973, The first episode of Last of the Summer Wine, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the BBC; in 2006, South Ossetia held a referendum on independence from Georgia; more than 99 percent of voters were in favour of maintaining the region's status as a de facto independent state; in 2014, The European Space Agency's lander Philae touched down on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a comet.
Can I get a newspaper front page from November 12?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any November 12 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “November 12”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.