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The week can sometimes feel long, stressful, or overwhelming-we hear ya. For that reason, we like to take a little break from that. Saturday morning we simply take a “scroll down memory lane.”
A simple peek back at events that happened on this day in history before we venture out into a new day and record more moments. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, November 12th, the 316th day of the year. There are 49 days until the end of the year.
On this day:
In 1920, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was appointed the first Commissioner of Baseball.
In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union.
In 1936, the Oakland Bay Bridge opened.
In 1942, the World War Two naval battle of Guadalcanal began. The Americans went on to win a major victory over the Japanese forces.
In 1954, Ellis Island closed after processing more than 20-million immigrants since it opened in New York Harbor in 1892.
In 1971, President Nixon announced the withdrawal of 45-thousand U.S. troops from Vietnam.
In 1984, Madonna released her breakthrough album “Like A Virgin.”
In 1994, Olympic Hall-of-Famer Wilma Rudolph died at the age of 54. She won three sprinting gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games.
In 2001, an American Airlines Airbus en route from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to the Dominican Republic crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 265 people.
In 2011, pop star Justin Timberlake made good on his date promise to Corporal Kelsey De Santis by attending a Marine Corps ball in Richmond, Virginia. De Santis had invited Timberlake to the event in a YouTube video earlier in the year.
In 2013, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat named One World Trade Center the tallest building in the United States, replacing Chicago’s Willis Tower.
In 2014, The Philae [[ FEE-lay ]] space probe landed on Comet 67P. It was the first soft landing on a comet.
In 2016, Sting became the first performer to take the stage at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris a year after ISIS terrorists killed nearly 100 people inside.
In 2019, The Walt Disney Company launched its streaming service Disney+.
And that brings us here to this day.
So whatever your own 11.12.2022 brings, here’s hoping there are moments along the way for you to record on the pages of your own personal history book.
Thanks for stopping by!
