MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012

Today is Monday, November 12, the 317

th

day of 2012. There are 49 days left in the year.

324 B.C. ― Origin of Era of Alexander

1859 ― Jules Leotard performs first flying trapeze circus act (Paris). He also designed the garment that bears his name

1910 ― First movie stunt; man jumps into Hudson river from a burning balloon

1927 ― Trotsky expelled from Soviet Communist Party; Stalin becomes undisputed dictator

1933 ― First known photo of Loch Ness monster (or whatever) is taken

1933 ― Nazis receive 92 percent of vote in Germany

1941 ― Germany's drive to take Moscow halted

1948 ― Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal

1979 ― U.S. halts Iranian oil imports and freezes Iranian assets

1989 ― Brazil holds first free presidential election in 29 years