Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 12
- 1927 - Leon Trotsky 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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