EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
November 12
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Day 316 of 2026 | Week 46 | 43 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
A Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and a Bell P-63 Kingcobra collide in mid-air over Dallas Executive Airport during an airshow, killing six.
The Los Angeles Superior Court formally ends the 14-year conservatorship to pop singer Britney Spears.
The PlayStation 5 is released.
The 7.3 Mw Kermanshah earthquake shakes the northern Iran–Iraq border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). At least 410 people are killed and over 7,000 are injured.
Two suicide bombers detonate explosives in Bourj el-Barajneh, Beirut, killing 43 people and injuring over 200 others.
The Philae lander, deployed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe, reaches the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.
An Armenian Mil Mi-24 attack helicopter is shot down by Azerbaijani forces, killing all three people on board.
Silvio Berlusconi tenders his resignation as Prime Minister of Italy, effective November 16, due in large part to the Euro area crisis.
A blast in Iran's Shahid Modarres missile base leads to the death of 17 of the Revolutionary Guards members, including Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam, a key figure in Iran's missile program.
Iraq War: In Nasiriyah, Iraq, at least 23 people, among them the first Italian casualties of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, are killed in a suicide bomb attack on an Italian police base.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
French footballer (Atlético Madrid)
French ice dancer (Olympic gold [Gabriella Papadakis] 2022; World C'ship gold 2015–16
American child voice actress (Dora the Explorer
Scottish footballer (Celtic)
American basketball guard (NBA MVP 2017; NBA All-Star Game MVP 2015
Canadian ice hockey player
Australian golfer (PGA Championship 2015
Spanish actor (El Bola
Zimbabwean rally driver
American mixed martial artist (UFC)
South Korean actor (Can This Be Love
Belgian soccer right back (2 caps; FC Eindhoven
English soccer striker (7 caps; Chelsea
American web developer (CEO and co-founder of Reddit)
English footballer
🎯 yow.com Connection
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