On this day... November 12:

On this day...

November 12:  Birth of Bahá'u'lláh, a holy day in the Bahá'í Faith 1330 – Led by voivode Basarab I, Wallachian forces defeated the Hungarian army in an ambush at theBattle of Posada. 1892 – William Heffelfinger (pictured) was paid $525 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player on record. 1944 – Second World War: The Royal Air Force sank the German battleship Tirpitz on the ninth attempt, resulting in about 1,000 deaths of the sailors on board. 1996 – A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines cargo plane collided in mid-air near New Delhi, killing 349 people. 2006 – Although the Georgian government declared it illegal,South Ossetia held a referendum on independence, with about 99 percent of voters supporting, to preserve the region's status as a de facto independent state.