Notable Historical Events on October 12th
October 12th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
539 |
The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. |
BC AD | |
638 |
Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected |
642 |
John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope |
1165 |
Rambam reaches Jerusalem |
1216 |
King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge |
1279 |
Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon |
1285 |
180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire |
1366 |
King Frederick III of Siciliy forbids decorations on synagogues |
1398 |
The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights, who received Samogitia. |
1459 |
Battle at Ludford Bridge: Richard of York defeated |
1492 |
Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders |
1492 |
Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall on Caribbean island he names San Salvador (likely Watling Island, Bahamas). The explorer believes he has reached East Asia (OS 21 Oct) |
1504 |
Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament |
1509 |
Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy |
1518 |
Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther |
1549 |
John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier |
1576 |
Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Holy Roman Emperor |
1609 |
Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice" published in London |
1654 |
The Delft Explosion (gunpowder) devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100. |
1659 |
English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals |
1711 |
Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor |
1729 |
Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland |
1730 |
Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark |
1773 |
America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia |
1775 |
US Navy forms |
1776 |
British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx |
1792 |
First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York |
1798 |
Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg |
1798 |
Friedrich von Schiller's "Wallensteins Lager" premieres in Weimar |
1815 |
Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death |
1822 |
Second eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain |
1823 |
Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs) |
1833 |
Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires |
1836 |
18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY |
1850 |
First women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens |
1853 |
John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans |
1854 |
Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute |
1860 |
British & French troops capture Beijing |
1861 |
Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi |
1862 |
JEB Stuart completes his "second ride around Mcclellan" |
1862 |
Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi |
1862 |
Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland |
1871 |
US President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan |
1872 |
Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie |
1879 |
British troops occupy Kabul, Afghanistan |
1881 |
Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch |
1886 |
Hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas |
1886 |
Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" (BG) |
1891 |
Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated |
1892 |
US Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools during Columbus Day |
1898 |
Establishment of the first town council in Mateur. |
1899 |
South Africa Boer Republic declares war on Britain |
1900 |
The first modern submarine is commissioned by the U.S.Navy as the USS Holland, named for its designer John Philip Holland |
1901 |
Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" |
1903 |
Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC |
1907 |
Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series |
1913 |
John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw & is fired |
1914 |
1st battle at Ypres begins |
1915 |
Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile |
1915 |
Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities |
1916 |
Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series |
1917 |
The First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale |
1918 |
Cloquet fire kills 453 and injures or displaces 52,000 people |
1920 |
Cleve Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series |
1920 |
Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ & NYC |
1920 |
Man O'War's last race & win |
1920 |
Soccer team Quick '20 forms |
1923 |
NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series |
1924 |
Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow |
1925 |
Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) |
1925 |
German-Russian trade agreement signed |
1927 |
Hermann Goerner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet |
1928 |
1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) |
1929 |
Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning |
1931 |
1st International Conference on Calendar Reform |
1933 |
Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially) |
1933 |
John Dillinger escapes from jail in Allen County, Ohio |
1933 |
Gangster George Francis Barnes, aka Machine Gun Kelly, is sentenced to life imprisonment |
1935 |
Cole Porters musical "Jubilee," premieres in NYC |
1941 |
Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow |
1942 |
Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division |
1942 |
US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance |
1943 |
US bombs Rabaul, New Britain |
1944 |
German army retreats from Athens |
1948 |
Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager |
1950 |
"Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances |
1952 |
Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s v N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons |
1952 |
KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1953 |
US & Greece signs peace treaty (US bases) |
1955 |
-13] Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti |
1956 |
Marga Klompe becomes first Dutch women elected minister |
1957 |
"Mask & Gown" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 39 performances |
1957 |
"Simply Heavenly" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 62 perfs |
1957 |
1First commercial flight between California & Antartica |
1957 |
Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize |
1958 |
CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium |
1958 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR |
1958 |
WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting |
1959 |
At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde. |
1960 |
JFK & Richard Nixon's third presidential debate |
1960 |
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe on his desk at UN General Assembly session |
1960 |
Inejiro Asanuma is assassinated in Japan by Otoya Yamaguchi, a 17-year-old. The camera was rolling at that time. |
1961 |
"Let It Ride" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 68 performances |
1961 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1962 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1962 |
US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology |
1962 |
Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages |
1963 |
"Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 16 performances |
1963 |
Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel |
1963 |
At 4 am, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck |
1964 |
1st time 3 people in space |
1964 |
KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins |
1964 |
Launch of Voskhod 1, first 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov) |
1964 |
WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND/ABC/CBS/NBC) begin |
1964 |
WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting |
1966 |
Jimi Hendrix Experience forms with Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding & Mitch Mitchell |
1967 |
St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series |
1968 |
"Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore NYC after 17 perfs |
1968 |
19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico |
1968 |
Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain |
1968 |
Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame |
1969 |
1st time 5 people in space |
1969 |
KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KAPN |
1969 |
KHOF (now KAGL) TV ch 30 in San Bernardino/Glenda, CA (IND) begins |
1969 |
Soyuz 7 is launched |
1970 |
Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East |
1971 |
"Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 perfs |
1972 |
"Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances |
1972 |
46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk |
1972 |
Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot |
1972 |
Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole |
1973 |
Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria |
1973 |
Juan Peron elected president of Argentina |
1973 |
Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP |
1974 |
1st time Wash Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota |
1975 |
Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries |
1975 |
Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19) |
1975 |
NASA launches space vehicle S-195 |
1976 |
4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach & land test (ALT) flight |
1976 |
Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Zedong as chairman of Communist Party |
1977 |
"Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers |
1977 |
4th test of space shuttle Enterprise |
1977 |
Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van |
1977 |
US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to University of California Med School |
1978 |
Representatives of Israel & Egypt open talks in Washington |
1978 |
Sid Vicious charged with murder of girlfriend Nancy Spungen |
1979 |
Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa |
1979 |
The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip. |
1980 |
"Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador NYC after 149 perfs |
1980 |
7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in LA |
1980 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic |
1981 |
"Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 48 performances |
1981 |
15th Country Music Association Award: Barbara Mandrell & George Jones wins |
1982 |
38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record) |
1982 |
Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits |
1983 |
5225 Loral & 5424 Covington |
1984 |
IRA bombs hotel where British PM Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die |
1985 |
Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission |
1985 |
Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize |
1985 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1986 |
California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox |
1986 |
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China |
1987 |
21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William Jr wins |
1987 |
George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You" |
1987 |
Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant |
1987 |
Oscar Arias (Costa Rican Pres) wins Nobel Peace Prize |
1988 |
George W H Bush & Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate |
1988 |
Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations |
1989 |
Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players |
1989 |
Musical "Buddy" with Paul Hipp premieres in London |
1990 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1991 |
Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex |
1991 |
Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards |
1991 |
Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN |
1991 |
Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush |
1991 |
Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime |
1992 |
5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die) |
1992 |
Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets |
1992 |
Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title |
1992 |
Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain |
1992 |
Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany NY (WQBK 103.5 & 103.9 FM) |
1992 |
Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life) |
1992 |
Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception |
1993 |
"Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances |
1994 |
Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken |
1994 |
Iranian Fokker F28 explode between Isfahan & Teheran: 66 killed |
1995 |
"Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 perfs |
1997 |
David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club |
1997 |
Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship |
1997 |
Transamerica Senior Golf |
1997 |
Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria; 43 killed at a fake roadblock. |
1999 |
Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup. |
1999 |
The Day of Six Billion: the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born. |
1999 |
Pat LaFontaine formally retires from the NHL due to lingering concussion problems |
2000 |
The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39 |
2002 |
Terrorists explode two bombs in Bali's nightclub district killing 202 and injuring 209 mostly foreign tourists |
2005 |
The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit. |
2008 |
Anna Kournikova and Andy Roddick defeat Martina Navratilova and Jesse Levine in a match for charity, raising over $400,000 for the Elton John AIDS Foundation and Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund |
2012 |
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves of an African-led force to oust Islamist militants in northern Mali |
2012 |
The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize, sparking a series of critical commentary |
2013 |
50 people are killed after a truck veers of a cliff in La Convencion Province, Peru |
2013 |
15 people are killed by a series of explosions in a fireworks factory in Vietnam |
2013 |
Timothy Bradley defeats Juan Manuel Márquez to win the WBA Welterweight boxing title |
2014 |
Evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia |
2016 |
Billy Bush to Make Abrupt Exit From NBC After Lewd Tape |
2016 |
Kim Kardashian West sues over claims she faked robbery |
2017 |
At least 23 dead, hundreds missing as winds fan California wildfires |
2017 |
Boy Scouts of America to allow girls to join, earn Eagle Scout rank |
2017 |
Only 16 percent of Puerto Rico has power 3 weeks after Hurricane Maria |
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