What happened on November 12 ?

607 - Pope Boniface III

1035 - Canute the Great

1094 - King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)

1434 - King Louis III of Naples

1555 - Stephen Gardiner, English stateman

1595 - John Hawkins, English shipbuilder and trader (b. 1532)

1667 - Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)

1671 - Thomas Fairfax, English Civil War general (b. 1612)

1742 - Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)

1757 - Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)

1836 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)

1865 - Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)

1916 - Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. 1855)

1939 - Norman Bethune, Canadian doctor and humanitarian (b. 1890)

1941 - Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, American mobster (b. 1907)

1948 - Umberto Giordano, Italain composer (b. 1867)

1955 - Alfréd Hajós, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1878)

1976 - Walter Piston, American composer (b. 1894)

1981 - William Holden, American actor (b. 1918)

1984 - Chester Himes, American author (b. 1909)

1990 - Eve Arden, American actress (b. 1908)

1993 - H. R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff (b. 1926)

1994 - Wilma Rudolph, American runner (b. 1940)

1997 - Carlos Surinach, Spanish composer (b. 1915)

2001 - Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)

2003 - Jonathan Brandis, American actor (b. 1976)

2003 - Penny Singleton, American actress (b. 1908)

2003 - Tony Thompson, American drummer (CHIC, Power Station) (b. 1954)

2003 - Kay E. Kuter, American actor (b. 1925)

2005 - William G. Adams, former mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. (b. 1923)