What Happened In November 1912 In History

Historical Events for November, 1912

• 5th » Woodrow Wilson is elected to the presidency of the United States.
• 12th » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
• 12th » The frozen bodies of Robert Falcon Scott or Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
• 19th » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army Battle of Monastir named captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia (region) known as Macedonia.
• 27th » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
• 28th » Albania Albanian Declaration of Independence or declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1912

• 1st » Gunther Plaut, German-Canadian rabbi and author (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan lieutenant and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006)
• 4th » Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978)
• 7th » Victor Beaumont, German-born British actor (d. 1977)
• 8th » June Havoc, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2010)
• 8th » Stylianos Pattakos, Greek general and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 10th » Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)
• 11th » Thomas C. Mann, American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (d. 1999)
• 14th » Barbara Hutton, American philanthropist (d. 1979)
• 14th » Tung-Yen Lin, Chinese-American engineer, designed the Guandu Bridge (d. 2003)
• 15th » Harald Keres, Estonian physicist (d. 2010)
• 15th » Yi Wu, Japanese-Korean colonel (d. 1945)
• 16th » George O. Petrie called George Petrie, American actor and director (d. 1997)
• 18th » Hilda Nickson, English author (d. 1977)
• 19th » George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2008)
• 20th » Otto von Habsburg, Austrian-German politician (d. 2011)
• 21st » Eleanor Powell, American actress and dancer (d. 1982)
• 24th » Bernard Delfgaauw, Dutch philosopher and academic (d. 1993)
• 24th » Garson Kanin, American director and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 24th » Joan Sanderson, English actress (d. 1992)
• 24th » Charles Schneeman, American soldier and illustrator (d. 1972)
• 24th » Barbara Sheldon, American actress (d. 2007)
• 24th » Teddy Wilson, American pianist and educator (d. 1986)
• 26th » Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
• 28th » Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
• 30th » Jaan Hargel, Estonian flute player, conductor, and educator (d. 1966)
• 30th » Gordon Parks, American photographer and director (d. 2006)

Famous Deaths for November 1912

• 10th » Louis Cyr, Canadian strongman (b. 1863)
• 26th » Patriarch Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834)
• 28th » Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)

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