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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudge_Heffelfinger" title="Pudge Heffelfinger">William Heffelfinger</a></b> was paid $500 by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Athletic_Association" title="Allegheny Athletic Association">Allegheny Athletic Association</a>, becoming the first professional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> player.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudirman" title="Sudirman">Sudirman</a></b> was elected the first commander-in-chief of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_National_Armed_Forces" title="Indonesian National Armed Forces">Indonesian Armed Forces</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Bhola_cyclone" title="1970 Bhola cyclone">The deadliest tropical cyclone in history</a></b> made landfall on the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Pakistan" title="East Pakistan">East Pakistan</a> (Bangladesh), killing at least 250,000 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a> – The first episode of <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_of_the_Summer_Wine" title="Last of the Summer Wine">Last of the Summer Wine</a></b></i>, the longest-running television sitcom in history, premiered on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Agency" title="European Space Agency">European Space Agency</a> lander <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philae_(spacecraft)" title="Philae (spacecraft)">Philae</a></b></i> <i>(artist's impression shown)</i> touched down on <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67P/Churyumov%E2%80%93Gerasimenko" title="67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko">67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko</a></b>, becoming the first spacecraft to land on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet" title="Comet">comet</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Jing_(Ming_dynasty)" title="Zhang Jing (Ming dynasty)">Zhang Jing</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1555); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Christian_Tyler" title="Letitia Christian Tyler">Letitia Christian Tyler</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1790); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansgar_L%C3%B8vold" title="Ansgar Løvold">Ansgar Løvold</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1961); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Yasui" title="Minoru Yasui">Minoru Yasui</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1986)</p>
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