Today is Tuesday, November twelfth, the 317th day of 2024. There are 49 days left within the 12 months.
Today in history:
On November 12, 2019, Venice experienced its worst flooding in greater than 50 years, with water reaching 6.14 feet (1.87 meters) above average sea level; Damage was estimated at a whole bunch of thousands and thousands of dollars.
Also on this date:
In 1927, Joseph Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union when Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party.
In 1948, former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and a number of other other Japanese World War II leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.
In 1954, Ellis Island was officially closed as an immigration station and penitentiary. Between 1892 and 1954, greater than 12 million immigrants got here to the United States through Ellis Island.
In 1970, the Bhola cyclone hit East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The deadliest tropical cyclone on record claimed an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 lives.
In 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, en path to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the bottom.
In 2021, a Los Angeles judge ended the conservatorship that had controlled pop star Britney Spears' life and money for nearly 14 years.
Today's birthdays:
- Actor and playwright Wallace Shawn is 81.
- Rock musician Booker T. Jones is 80.
- Sportscaster Al Michaels is 80.
- Singer-songwriter Neil Young is 79.
- Author Tracy Kidder is 79.
- Democratic Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island is 75 years old.
- Actress Megan Mullally is 66.
- Olympic gold medalist gymnast Nadia Comăneci (koh-muh-NEECH') is 63 years old.
- Olympic gold medal swimmer Jason Lezak is 49 years old.
- Golfer Lucas Glover is 45.
- Actor Ryan Gosling is 44.
- Actress Anne Hathaway is 42.
- Golfer Jason Day is 37.
- NBA point guard Russell Westbrook is 36.
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