On this day 12th November
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Facts
764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, capital of Chinese Tang Dynasty, occupy for fifteen days
1927 Leon Trotsky expelled from Soviet Communist Party, paving way for Joseph Stalin
1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins between Allied and Japanese forces in Solomon Islands (WWII)
1968 US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas, court declares unconstitutional Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools
1970 Cyclone Bhola makes landfall in East Pakistan killing up to 500,000 - deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded
1990 Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web
Deaths
1094 King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)
1434 King Louis III of Naples
1852 Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22
1916 Percival Lowell, American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) and founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, dies of a stroke at 61
1962 Sid Tomack, actor (Gillis-Life of Riley, My Friend Irma), dies at 55
1981 William Holden, American actor (Network, The Wild Bunch, Breezy), slips on a rug and bleeds to death at 63
2001 Tony Miles, English chess player (b. 1955)
2003 Jonathan Brandis, American actor (Lucas Wolenczak-seaQuest DSV), commits suicide at 27
Born on this day
1980 Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor (The Notebook, Drive), born in London, Ontario
1982 Anne Hathaway, American actress (Les Misérables, The Dark Knight Rise), born in NYC, New York
William Holden
Tony Miles
Wow, Anne Hathaway is younger than Ryan Gosling!
Yes, amazing, seems like she has been around a long time, can you believe its 11 years since the Devil Wears Prada!
Yeah she is, that's why I thought she was older than Ryan
I liked that movie !
There was an interview done by Meryl Streep to Anna Wintour recently. Pretty funny, she wanted to bring up Devil Wears Prada but Anna didn't wanna get on it 😂
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History this date in the world. Very useful for my knowledge.
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