Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 12

November 12: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, a holy day in the Bahá'í Faith.

Leon Trotsky

• 1927 - Leon Trotsky (pictured) was expelled from the Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.

• 1936 - In California, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened to traffic.

• 1970 - The Oregon Highway Division attempted to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the exploding whale incident.

• 1991 - Indonesian forces opened fire on student demonstrators in the Díli Massacre.

• 2001 - Taliban forces abandoned Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, ahead of advancing Northern Alliance troops.

Recent days: November 11 – November 10 – November 9

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• October 31
• November 1
• November 2