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On This Day (November 12): Your quick daily trip back in time.
Fatih Taskiran
November 12, 2025
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🌟Editor's Note
Good morning — it’s Wednesday, November 12. Today, we're talking about Ben-Hur, Trotsky's expulsion, Cyclone Bhola, WWW's birth, and much more. It’s all quick, sharp, and packed with insight! Let’s dive in!
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🚀 Time Machine
-764 | Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was occupied by Tibetan troops for 15 days. |
-1880 | Lew Wallace's best-selling novel "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" was published. |
-1927 | Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, allowing Joseph Stalin to consolidate power. |
-1942 | Guadalcanal campaign begins between Allied and Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands; US forces win after intense fighting. |
-1954 | Ellis Island, the gateway to America, closed after processing over 12 million immigrants since 1892. |
-1970 | Up to 500,000 people were killed by Cyclone Bhola, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded. |
-1990 | World Wide Web was invented by CERN computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee. |
-1990 | Crown Prince Akihito becomes Japan's 125th emperor two years after the death of his father. |
-2021 | LA judge ended Britney Spears' conservatorship, which controlled almost everything about her life for 14 years. |
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📸 Snapshot
On this day, Buzz Aldrin took the first "space selfie" during the Gemini 12 mission, 1966
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