October 12

Events

 * - The army of of  takes.
 * - of  loses his crown jewels in, probably near , perhaps near
 * - 's expedition makes landfall in the, specifically in . The explorer believes he has reached
 * - Because of the implementation of the this day does not exist in this year in, ,  and.
 * - The devastates the city in the, killing more than 100.
 * - The were ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor.
 * - America's first opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in
 * - First celebration of in the  held in
 * - The cornerstone of, the oldest state university building in the , is laid on the campus of the
 * - First : The n royalty invites the citizens of to join the celebration of the marriage of  to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
 * - is proclaimed the emperor of the.
 * -, of , sells the first.
 * - The first women's college opens, in.
 * - The is first recited in unison by students in US s.
 * - Establishment of the first town council in.
 * -  of  declares war with.
 * -  officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the.
 * - : nurse  is executed by a  firing squad for helping  soldiers escape from
 * - The First, now
 * - A kills 453 people in.
 * - An respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital,
 * - The Disciplinary Barracks on, is acquired by the
 * - This and the next day,  kill 11,000  in, .  6 massacres most of the remaining Jews of the city, marching them to a ravine where they were killed.
 * - : ese ships retreat after their defeat in the  with the Japanese commander,  dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese s sunk by  air attack.
 * - "" opens at ,
 * - At the national congress of in  a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form.
 * - : pounds his shoe on a desk at  General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of  colonialist policy being conducted in
 * 1960  -  is assassinated in  by, a 17-year-old. The camera was rolling at that time.
 * - Infamous strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages
 * - The launches the  into Earth  as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without s
 * - : US Secretary of State states during a news conference that proposals by the  for peace initiatives were futile because of 's opposition
 * - becomes independent from
 * - : US President announces that the  will withdraw 40,000 more troops before
 * - En route to the, a brawl involving more than 100 sailors breaks out aboard the  aircraft carrier
 * - The announces that  is the successor to the late  as chairman of.
 * - The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during.
 * - 's former Prime Minister is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from  and is sentenced to 4 years in jail.
 * - : survives an , which shredded her bathroom barely two minutes after she had left it.
 * - and  visit the
 * - Two officers of the are gunned down executional style in the,.
 * -, previously chosen by republic's , is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.
 * - loses  contact with the  as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of  (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere either  or ).
 * - in ; 43 killed at a fake roadblock.
 * - takes power in  from  through a bloodless.
 * 1999  - : The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.
 * - The is badly damaged in, by two , killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39
 * - Terrorists in  and the  in , , killing 202 and wounding over 300.
 * - The second   launched carrying  and  for five days in orbit.
 * - A law is passed in that makes denying the  a crime.
 * 2006  - An enormous  snow storm drops about 2 feet of heavy, water-laden snow on Western New York knocking out power for up to 10 days in some cases, and destroying or damaging tens of thousands of trees. The storm caused more than 1 billion dollars worth of damage.

Births

 * - of Japan (d. )
 * -, Grand Prince of (d. )
 * -, Italian composer (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * - Archduke (d. )
 * -, French scholar and Jesuit (d. )
 * -, colonial magistrate (d. )
 * -, English churchman (d. )
 * -, Governor of (d. )
 * -, American physician and man (d. )
 * -, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. )
 * -, German chemist (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. )
 * -, Polish-born actress (d. )
 * -, Hungarian conductor (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, English chemist, laureate (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, English occultist and author (d. )
 * -, French novelist (d. )
 * -, n-n poet (d. )
 * -, leader (d. )
 * -, Carmelite Catholic nun and (d. )
 * -, Italian soprano (d. )
 * -, queen of Greece (d. )
 * -, Italian poet, laureate (d. )
 * -, Chinese writer (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * 1908  -, American novelist (d. )
 * -, American poet and translator (d. )
 * 1910  -, New York Yankees announcer
 * -, American actress, playwright, and novelist (d. )
 * -, Uruguayan footballer (d. )
 * -, Quebec politician (d. )
 * -, Irish (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Quebec politician
 * -, American psychologist and author
 * 1929  -, Icelandic-born television presenter (d. )
 * -, American comedian and activist
 * 1932  -, American race car driver
 * -, Canadian painter (d. )
 * -, American architect
 * 1934  -, Russian mathematician
 * -, Italian tenor (d. )
 * 1935  -, American R&B singer
 * 1935  -, English football player and manager
 * -, Australian racing driver (d. )
 * 1937  -, American artist
 * -, American broadcaster
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, British television personality
 * -, French actress
 * 1945  -, professional wrestler
 * -, American journalist
 * 1947  -, Hong Kong singer
 * -, British musician
 * -, American actress
 * 1950  -, American politician
 * 1950  -, Japanese actor
 * -, first American woman in space
 * 1951  -, American politician
 * -, Quebec actress
 * -, British comedian/TV presenter
 * 1953  -, French politician
 * -, Croatian general
 * 1955  -, Canadian musician
 * -, British film director
 * -, 42nd
 * -, American actor
 * 1962  -, American jazz musician
 * 1962  -, Macedonian President
 * 1962  -, American actress
 * -, American professional bull rider, (d. )
 * 1963  -, Japanese anime director
 * 1963  -, Northern Irish footballer
 * 1963  -, Dominican baseball player
 * -, defenseman
 * -, Canadian actor
 * 1966  -, Dutch football player
 * 1966  -, Northern Irish musician and author
 * -, American race car driver
 * 1968  -, Australian actor and singer
 * 1968  -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * 1969  -, Canadian NHL hockey player
 * 1969  -, American baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * 1970  -, baseball player
 * 1970  -, American football and basketball player
 * -, South Korean actor, composer and singer
 * 1971  -, American baseball player
 * -, Russian supermodel and actress
 * 1972  -, Argentine racing driver
 * 1972  -, Belgian football player
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * 1973  -, professional wrestler
 * -, English snooker player
 * 1974  -, Canadian actress
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American television personality
 * -, Canadian actress
 * 1977  -, African-American rapper
 * 1977  -, American alpine ski-racer
 * 1977  -, Venezuelan footballer
 * -, Australian cyclist
 * -, American singer
 * -, English footballer
 * 1981  -, American actor
 * 1981  -, Scottish international footballer
 * 1981  -, Indian actress
 * -, Irish singer
 * -, Australian footballer
 * 1983  -, Internet Celebrity; Fashionist
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American actor
 * 1986  -, German footballer
 * -, American singer and actress
 * 1992  -, American actor

Deaths

 * -, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda
 * - Margrave (b. )
 * -, English politician
 * -, co-ruling
 * -, German artist
 * -, Italian painter
 * -, French explorer and colonizer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Japanese painter (b. )
 * -, Spanish Jesuit (b. )
 * -, Japanese samurai commander (b. )
 * -, Marshal of France (b. )
 * -, English magistrate (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, Austrian jurist (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, British field marshal (b. )
 * -, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, American Confederate general (b. )
 * -, French sculptor and painter (b. )
 * -, Danish nobleman and politician (b. )
 * -, American abolitionist minister (b. )
 * -, English nurse (b. )
 * -, French author, laureate (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, U.S. general (b. )
 * -, American pilot (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, American actor, director, and producer (b. )
 * -, Japanese politician (b. )
 * -, Swiss chemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Indian politician leader
 * -, Norwegian figure skater (b. )
 * -, Pakistani poet (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * 1971  -, pioneering American rock'n'roll musician (b. )
 * -, girlfriend of Sex Pistol (b. )
 * -, Wrestling manager
 * -, British politician (bombing victim) (b. )
 * -, American game show announcer (b. )
 * 1985  -, American musician; member of  (b. )
 * -, Governor of Kansas (b. )
 * -, author of children's books (b. )
 * -, American popular pianist (b. )
 * 1989 - , American animator (, etc.) (b. )
 * -, Russian novelist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 1993  -, Russian footballer (b. )
 * -, poet and politician (b. )
 * -, French cyclist (b. )
 * 1996  -, French tennis player (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, American murder victim (b. )
 * 1998  -, French Canadian politician (b. )
 * -, American basketball player (b. )
 * -, British politician (b. )
 * -, American bandleader and musician (b. )
 * 2002  -, French diver (b. )
 * -, Australian politician (b. )
 * 2003  -, American philanthropist (b. )
 * 2003  -, American jockey (b. )
 * -, American politician and civil rights activist (b. )
 * -, Italian film director (b. )
 * -, Japanese architect (b. )
 * -, Italian film director (b. )
 * -, Japanese architect (b. )

Holidays and observances
October 12 is the of the following  :


 * Saint
 * - (from Spain, )
 * (traditionally) -.
 * El -.
 * - Day, twenty-first day in the
 * - and the day of  (National ).
 * - End of, Muslim's fasting month. Start of ; 1 شوّال 1428, after sunset.
 * El -.
 * - Day, twenty-first day in the
 * - and the day of  (National ).
 * - End of, Muslim's fasting month. Start of ; 1 شوّال 1428, after sunset.