Today is 12 November and this happened on this date in the past:
1️⃣ The great Leonid meteor shower, in which hundreds of thousands of meteors were observed in one night, was seen on 12 November 1833 all over North America, initiating the first serious study of meteor showers.
2️⃣ On this day in 1859, the first flying trapeze act was performed, by Jules Léotard, without a net, in Paris; a one-piece garment that he popularized was named after him. Because it was in France I think that @Etienne, @Sabri_KC and @Lianshen should also do an acrobat act like Jules Léotard! 😛 😛
3️⃣ Spanish Prime Minister José Canalejas was assassinated on 12 November 1912 by the anarchist Manuel Pardiñas.
4️⃣ On this day in 1931, Abbey Road Studios opened in London and was later made famous by the Beatles, who recorded most of their albums there.
5️⃣ The immigration reception centre at Ellis Island, New York, which processed more than 12 million immigrants, was closed on 12 November 1954.
6️⃣ On 12 November 1970, the Bhola cyclone struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing hundreds of thousands of people in the densely populated Ganges-Brahmaputra delta; it was perhaps the deadliest tropical cyclone in recorded history and one of the greatest natural disasters.
7️⃣ The Arches National Park - a desert area of sandstone formations in eastern Utah - was established on this day in 1971; the region had been designated a national monument in 1929.
8️⃣ The U.S. space probe Voyager 1 reached the planet Saturn.
9️⃣ As Italy struggled amid the euro-zone debt crisis, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi submitted his letter of resignation on 12 November 2011; four days later he was succeeded by Mario Monti. @Pennarossa2024, @Simone724 and @PaulGolem do people in Italy like Berlusconi or not? And do you like the prime minister now in Italy? 🙄🙄
🔟 Japanese Emperor Akihito - according to tradition, the 125th direct descendant of Jimmu, Japan's legendary first emperor - was formally enthroned on this day in 1990, nearly two years after the death of his father, Hirohito.
1️⃣1️⃣ These people were born on this day: Chinese leader Sun Yat-sen (1866), American actress and princess of Monaco Grace Kelly (1929), American criminal and cult leader Charles Manson (1934), Canadian musician and filmmaker Neil Young (1945) and Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci (1961).