Historical Events on October 12

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• 539 BC The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon
• 638 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected

• 642 John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
• 1160 Maurice de Sully is elected bishop of Paris, will initiate plan to build Notre Dame
• 1165 Jewish rabbi and philosopher Moses ben Maimon (aka Maimonides or the Rambam) reaches Jerusalem

• 1279 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon
• 1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany and 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

• 1509 Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy

• 1549 John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, forces the Duke of Somerset out of his office as Lord Protector.
• 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" Parliament dimisses 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 asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia
• 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 of Naples sentenced to death
• 1822 Second eruption of Galunggung in Java destroys summit of mountain
• 1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
• 1836 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY
• 1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans


• 1854 Lincoln University founded in Pennsylvania as Ashmun Institute

• 1860 British & French troops capture Beijing
• 1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi

• 1862 Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate 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
• 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

• 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, Robinson blames McGraw & is fired
• 1914 The First Battle of Ypres begins

• 1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citizens who identify themselves with dual nationalities
• 1915 Despite international protest, Edith Cavell an English nurse in Belgium, is executed by the Germans for aiding the escape of Allied prisoners
• 1916 Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series
• 1918 Cloquet fire kills 453 and injures or displaces 52,000 people
• 1920 Cleveland 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
• 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)

• 1935 Cole Porters musical "Jubilee" premieres in NYC
• 1941 Soviet government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis forces close in on Moscow
• 1942 Successful Soviet 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 (India) his 1st first class cricket centuries
• 1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 1953 US & Greece sign peace treaty (US bases)
• 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 performances
• 1957 First commercial flight between California & Antarctica
• 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 Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma is assassinated with a sword during a televised debate live on TV by 17-year old nationalist Otoya Yamaguchi
• 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 San Francisco's Oakland Bay Bridge converted to 1-way on each deck
• 1964 KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins
• 1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, first time 3 people in space (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
• 1964 American Don Schollander swims an Olympic record 53.4s to beat Briton Robert McGregor by 0.1s and win the 100m freestyle gold medal in Tokyo; first of Schollander's 4 gold medals at the Games

• 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 performances
• 1968 IXX Summer Olympic Games open at Mexico City, Mexico; first Olympics in Latin America
• 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 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 7 is launched
• 1970 Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
• 1971 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances
• 1972 "Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances
• 1972 46 sailors injured in race riot on American aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk
• 1972 Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
• 1972 Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
• 1972 MLB American League Championship: Oakland Athletics beat Detroit Tigers, 3 games to 2
• 1973 Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
• 1973 US President Richard Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President
• 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 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Philadelphia Phillies, 3 games to 0
• 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

• 1979 Typhoon Tip becomes the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded with peak sustained winds of 305km/h (190mph) and a wind diameter of 2,220km (1,380mi)
• 1979 The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in Guam, in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip

• 1980 "Your Arm's Too Short to Box" closes at Ambassador NYC after 149 performances


• 1980 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat & Tears concert in LA
• 1980 MLB National League Championship: Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Astros, 3 games to 2
• 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 gets World series record 5 hits
• 1983 5225 Loral & 5424 Covington

• 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for maintenance 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

• 1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William Jr wins

• 1987 Oscar Arias (Costa Rican Pres) wins Nobel Peace Prize
• 1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers, 9-5 in ALCS Game 5 at Tiger Stadium for 4-1 series win; go on to win club's first Baseball World Series
• 1988 George H. W. Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in their second presidential debate
• 1988 Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations

• 1988 MLB National League Championship: Los Angeles Dodgers beat New York Mets, 4 games to 3
• 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
• 1990 MLB National League Championship: Cincinnati Reds beat Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 2
• 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 Professional wrestler Rip is 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 Observing Project 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 Wash Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
• 1993 "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
• 1993 MLB American League Championship: Toronto Blue Jays beat Chicago White Sox, 4 games to 2
• 1994 Contact with NASA Venus orbitter Magellan broken
• 1994 Iranian Fokker F28 explodes between Isfahan and Tehran, killing 66
• 1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances
• 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

• 2000 American destroyer 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

• 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Final, Home Depot Center, Carson, CA: Nia Künzer scores winner in sudden death extra time as Germany beats Sweden, 2-1

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