What Day of the Week

November 12, 2020 is the 317^th day of the year 2020 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 49 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is jeudi.

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Here’s the November calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

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• 1793

  Jean Sylvain Bailly, the first Mayor of Paris, is guillotined.
• 1892

  William “Pudge” Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
• 1933

  Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster.
• 1936

  In California, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
• 1970

  The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous “exploding whale” incident.
• 1990

  Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
• 1991

  Dili Massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
• 1996

  A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349. The deadliest mid-air collision to date.
• 2001

  In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
• 2011

  Silvio Berlusconi resigns as Prime Minister of Italy due, in large part, to the European sovereign debt crisis.

• 1615

  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
• 1684

  Edward Vernon, English Royal Navy admiral (d. 1757)
• 1815

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffragette (d. 1902)
• 1833

  Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
• 1916

  Paul Emery, English racing driver (d. 1993)
• 1922

  Kim Hunter, American actress (d. 2002)
• 1938

  Benjamin Mkapa, Tanzanian politician
• 1952

  Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
• 1975

  Nina Brosh, Israeli model and actress
• 1984

  Conrad Rautenbach, Zimbabwean rally driver

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