Today in History for 12th November 2017:
Historical Events
1975 – 25th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins
1980 – US space probe Voyager I approaches 77,000-mi (124,000 km) of Saturn
1983 – NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
1990 – Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web
1995 – 45th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Jeff Gordon wins
1998 – NY Islanders tie Detroit Red Wings 1-1, to end 10 game losing streak
Famous Birthdays
1889 – DeWitt Wallace, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921), born in Saint Paul, Minnesota
1927 – Yutaka Taniyama, Japanese mathematician (d. 1958)
1944 – Booker T Jones, organist [or Dec 11]
1969 – Iain Sydie, North York Ontario, badminton player (Olympics-96)
1973 – Colin Morgan, 78 kg judoka (Olympics-96), born in Calgary, Alberta
1975 – Angela Watson, actress (Karen Foster-Step by Step)
Famous Deaths
1595 – John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63
1916 – Percival Lowell, American astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) and founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, dies of a stroke at 61
1925 – Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65
1980 – Alexander Nicolaas Voormolen, Dutch composer, dies at 85
1993 – Anna Stein, actress (Wedding Night), dies of heart attack at 88
1999 – Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr., English thoroughbred horse owner (Bed O’ Roses, Native Dancer), dies at 87