On This Day in History November 12, 2023

Historical Events 764  Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an for 15 days, capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty 1927  Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, paving the way for Joseph Stalin to consolidate complete power 1942  WWII Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins between Allied and Japanese forces in Solomon Islands 1968  US Supreme Court: Epperson v. Arkansas, court declares unconstitutional Arkansas law banning teaching evolution in public schools 1970  Cyclone Bhola makes landfall in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) killing up to 500,000, making it the deadliest tropical cyclone ever recorded 1990  The World Wide Web is first proposed by CERN computer scientists Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau More Historical Events

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815 - 1902 Harry Blackmun 1908 - 1999 John William Strutt 1841 - 1919 Neil Young 78th Birthday

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Cnut the Great - 1035 Norman Bethune 1890 - 1939

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November 12: Ben-Hur Turns Author Into a Soldier of Fortune

Lew Wallace always wanted to be a great soldier. He achieved that, but is best remembered as a great writer – the author of Ben-Hur, published on this day.

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