November 12th

November 12  is the 317th day of the year.  There are 49 days remaining until the end of the year.

1859 Jules Leotard performs 1st Flying Trapeze circus act. He also designed garment that bears his name, but he looks a lot better without it.

1920 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected 1st baseball commissioner

1927 1st underwater tunnel, Holland Tunnel connecting New York to New Jersey, but not Holland, opens

1933 1st known photo of Loch Ness monster is taken.

1939 Jews in Lodz Poland are ordered to wear yellow star of David

1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, is closed in favor of greater sporting opportunities.

1955 Date returned to in "Back to the Future" and "Back to the Future II"

1968 US Supreme Court declares that stupid Arkansans are unconstitutional (even though Kansas is part of their state’s name) and overturns law banning teaching evolution in public schools

1981 1st balloon crossing of Pacific is completed, Double Eagle V. Despite rumors to the contrary, there is no 6 year old boy on board.

1990 Akihito becomes 125th Japanese Emperor despite disapproval from certain quarters.

1998 Daimler-Benz completes a merger with Chrysler to form Daimler-Chrysler. Apples and sour grapes?

2011 Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis, government corruption and sex.

1934 Charles Manson, bisexual US cult leader/conspirator/singer-songwriter 

1970 Craig Parker, gay Kiwi actor 

1972 Reynaldo Gianecchini, maybe gay Brazilian model/actor 

1973 Stephane Glas, French rugger/Dieux du Stade model 

1973 Ethan Zohn, US soccer player/Survivor Africa winner 

1974 Aaron Goldscmidt, gay US Amazing Race contestant 

1976 Tevin Campbell, probably gay US singer/once arrested for soliciting a male police officer 

1978 Andrew Kinlochan, gay English singer/Phixx 

1980 Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor 

1983 Carlton Cole, English soccer player 

1988 Isaac Alfiate, emphatically not gay Portugese model/actor (corrected from June 21st)

1981 William Holden, US actor (Sunset Blvd., Bridge on the River Kwai), can’t help it when time runs out

1992 David Oliver, gay US actor (Perry Hutchins-Another World), succumbs to AIDS at 30

2003 Jonathan Brandis, maybe gay US actor (Seaquest), rides with the devil