As we speak is Tuesday, Nov. 12, the 317th day of 2024. There are 49 days left within the yr.
As we speak in historical past:
On Nov. 12, 2019, Venice noticed its worst flooding in additional than 50 years, with the water reaching 6.14 ft (1.87 meters) above common sea degree; injury was estimated within the a whole lot of tens of millions of {dollars}.
Additionally on this date:
In 1927, Josef Stalin turned the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Get together.
In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and a number of other different World Conflict II Japanese leaders have been sentenced to loss of life by a struggle crimes tribunal.
In 1954, Ellis Island formally closed as an immigration station and detention heart. Greater than 12 million immigrants arrived in the USA by way of Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954.
In 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The deadliest tropical cyclone on report claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000-500,000 folks.
In 2001, American Airways Flight 587, en path to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport, killing all 260 folks on board and 5 folks on the bottom.
In 2021, a choose in Los Angeles ended the conservatorship that had managed the life and cash of pop star Britney Spears for almost 14 years.
As we speak’s Birthdays:
Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 81.
Rock musician Booker T. Jones is 80.
Sportscaster Al Michaels is 80.
Singer-songwriter Neil Younger is 79.
Creator Tracy Kidder is 79.
Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island is 75.
Actor Megan Mullally is 66.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Nadia Comăneci (koh-muh-NEECH’) is 63.
Olympic gold medal swimmer Jason Lezak is 49.
Golfer Lucas Glover is 45.
Actor Ryan Gosling is 44.
Actor Anne Hathaway is 42.
Golfer Jason Day is 37.
NBA level guard Russell Westbrook is 36.
