November 12

Friday 12, 2004:

Resignation of Colin Powell as Secretary of State.

Tuesday 12, 1996:

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakh Ilyushin Il-76 cargo plane collide in mid-air near New Delhi, India killing 349.

Wednesday 12, 1969:

Independent investigative journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai story.

Friday 12, 1948:

In Tokyo, an international war crimes tribunal sentences seven Japanese military and government officials to death, including General Hideki Tojo, for their roles in World War II.

Thursday 12, 1942:

World War II: The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal between Japanese and American forces begins near Guadalcanal, will last for three days.