What happened on November 12 ?

1493 - Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)

1528 - Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)

1606 - Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)

1615 - Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)

1651 - Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Mexican scholar, nun, and writer of the baroque school.

1729 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)

1755 - Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Prussian general (d. 1813)

1795 - Thaddeus William Harris, American naturalist (d. 1856)

1815 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American women's rights activist (d. 1902)

1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)

1833 - Alexander Borodin, Russian composer (d. 1887)

1840 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)

1842 - John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919)

1850 - Mikhail Chigorin, Russian chess player (d. 1908)

1866 - Sun Yat-sen, first President of the Republic of China (d. 1925)

1881 - Maximilian von Weichs, German field marshal (d. 1954)

1886 - Ben Travers, British playwright (d. 1980)

1889 - DeWitt Wallace, American magazine publisher (d. 1981)

1896 - Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987)

1898 - Leon ?tukelj, Slovene gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and athlete (d. 1999)

1903 - Jack Oakie, American actor (d. 1978)

1908 - Harry Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1999)

1915 - Roland Barthes, French critic and writer (d. 1980)

1917 - Jo Stafford, American singer

1920 - Richard Quine, American actor (d. 1989)

1922 - Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)

1923 - Vicco von Bülow, German graphic artist, actor and film director

1929 - Michael Ende, German writer (d. 1995)

1929 - Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco, American actress (d. 1982)

1930 - Ann Flood, American actress

1934 - Charles Manson, American cult leader and mass murderer

1936 - Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee

1943 - Brian Hyland, American singer

1943 - Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright

1944 - Booker T. Jones, American musician, singer, and songwriter (Booker T and the MG's)

1944 - Al Michaels, American television sportscaster

1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer, songwriter, and musician

1958 - Megan Mullally, American actress

1961 - Nadia Comaneci, Romanian gymnast

1961 - Enzo Francescoli, Uruguayan footballer

1966 - David Schwimmer, American actor

1967 - Michael Moorer, American boxer

1968 - Glenn Gilberti, American professional wrestler

1968 - Sammy Sosa, Dominican Major League Baseball player

1968 - Aaron Stainthorpe, British singer (My Dying Bride)

1969 - Kathleen Hanna, American singer and songwriter

1969 - Heinz-Christian Strache, Austrian politician

1970 - Tonya Harding, American figure skater

1970 - Harvey Stephens, British child actor

1973 - Mayte Garcia, American dancer

1975 - Angela Watson, American actress

1976 - Tevin Campbell, American R&B musician

1976 - Miros?aw Szymkowiak, Polish footballer

1976 - Judith Holofernes, german singer (Wir Sind Helden)

1977 - Dalene Kurtis, American Playboy model

1978 - Andrew Kinlochan, English singer and musician

1979 - Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler

1980 - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor

1981 - DJ Campbell, English football player

1982 - Anne Hathaway, American actress

1984 - Omarion, American R&B musician