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November 6, 2012

On November 6, 2012, tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate. The year's #1 song was "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra. Artem Kotenko, Princess Athena of Denmark, Blue Ivy Carter would arrive in the same year.

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2012 (MMXII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2012th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 12th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 3rd year of the 2010s decade.

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On November 6, 2012

  1. 2012 Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.

    American politician and lawyer (born 1962)

    Tammy Suzanne Green Baldwin is an American politician and lawyer serving since 2013 as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin. A member of the Democratic Party, she has also served as the secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017. Baldwin has been the dean of the United States congressional delegation from Wisconsin since 2023, when Representative Ron Kind retired.

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Died on November 6, 2012

Joel Connable American television news anchor (1973–2012)
Clive Dunn English actor (1920–2012)
Frank J. Prial American journalist (1930–2012)

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Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–
Blue Ivy Carter 2012– American singer and actress
Doug the Pug 2012– American celebrity dog
Artem Kotenko 2012– Ukrainian singer
Princess Athena of Denmark 2012–

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