Historical Events for 12th November 2023

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1873 - Bay District Race Track in San Francisco opens
1919 - Ross and Keith Smith start a 1 month flight from London to Australia
1926 - The first recorded aerial bombing on US soil took place in Williamson County, Illinois, during a feud between rival liquor gangs, the Sheltons and the Birgers
1952 - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape
1953 - David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Prime Minister of Israel
1965 - Venera 2 launched by Soviet Union toward Venus
1982 - KGB Chief Yuri Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as leader of the Soviet Union
1987 - "Teddy and Alice" opens at Minskoff Theater NYC for 77 performances
1995 - 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06
2022 - New Zealand's Black Ferns win Women's World Rugby Championship defeating England 34-31 at Eden Park in Auckland in front of a capacity crowd

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