Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 12
November 12: Birth of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Faith)
- 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 Grey 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.
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