This Day In History
November 12
Abigail Adams leads rhetorical charge against Britain First meteor shower on record The destruction of Atlanta begins U.S. reconsiders war with Plains Indians DeWitt Wallace, founder of Reader's Digest, is born Pudge Heffelfinger becomes first pro football player Allied fleet enters Dardanelles Brits sink the battleship Tirpitz Japanese war criminals sentenced Ellis Island closes Goldenrod sets the land-speed record Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran Voyager I flies near Saturn William Holden, star of Sunset Boulevard and Network, dies Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union Akihito enthroned as emperor of Japan High school sweethearts murder their newborn child Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York Toby Keith has his third straight #1 country album with Shock'n Y'all Scott Peterson convicted
Abigail Adams leads rhetorical charge against Britain First meteor shower on record The destruction of Atlanta begins U.S. reconsiders war with Plains Indians DeWitt Wallace, founder of Reader's Digest, is born Pudge Heffelfinger becomes first pro football player Allied fleet enters Dardanelles Brits sink the battleship Tirpitz Japanese war criminals sentenced Ellis Island closes Goldenrod sets the land-speed record Seymour Hersh breaks My Lai story Nixon sets new deadline for next troop withdrawal Carter shuts down oil imports from Iran Voyager I flies near Saturn William Holden, star of Sunset Boulevard and Network, dies Yuri Andropov assumes power in the Soviet Union Akihito enthroned as emperor of Japan High school sweethearts murder their newborn child Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York Toby Keith has his third straight #1 country album with Shock'n Y'all Scott Peterson convicted
