October 1912 in History

Events in History

Oct 2 Gopal Krishna Gokhale, at invitation of Gandhi, arrives in South Africa on a 26-day tour; he also visits Tolstoy Farm

Oct 5 Yanks win final game at Hilltop stadium
Oct 6 Pirates Owen "Chief" Wilson hits record 36th triple of season
Oct 7 The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
Oct 8 Montenegro declares war on Turkey, beginning 1st Balkan War
Oct 14 Bull Moose Teddy Roosevelt shot while campaigning in Milwaukee
Oct 14 Cretan representatives are admitted to the Greek assembly; in doing so the Greek Government challenges the Turkish Government
Oct 17 Bulgaria, Greece & Serbia declares war on Turkey
Oct 18 The Treaty of Lausanne ends the Tripolitan War between Turkey and Italy
Oct 18 The First Balkan War breaks out, with Bulgaria, Serbia, and Greece opposed to Turkey
Oct 19 Tripoli (Libya) passes from Turkish to Italian control
Oct 20 Cort Theater opens at 148 W 48th St NYC
Oct 26 Serbian troops over run Skopje (Uskup)
Oct 26 Woolwich Foot Tunnel under the Thames river in England opens

Oct 2 Eric Wilson, VC/British Lt Col
Oct 4 John de Mol, Dutch accordianist/producer (Baantjer, Pril Geluk)
Oct 5 Fritz Fischer (medical doctor), Nazi war criminal
Oct 6 Anthony Cuthbert Baines, writer/curator
Oct 7 Fernando Belaúnde Terry, President of Peru (d. 2002)
Oct 10 Charles Henry Madge, poet writer/sociologist
Oct 14 Helmut Schelsky, German sociologist (Sociology of Sex)
Oct 17 John Paul I [Albino Luciano], 263rd Roman Catholic pope (1978), born in Canale d'Agordo, Belluno, Veneto region of Northern Italy
Oct 25 Minnie Pearl [Sarah Ophelia Colley], American country comedienne (Grand Old Opry, Hee-Haw), born in Centerville, Tennessee (d. 1996)
Oct 28 Richard Doll, English epidemiologist (d. 2005)
Oct 31 Ollie Johnston, American animator and the last living member of Disney's Nine Old Men, born in Palo Alto, California (d. 2008)

Oct 4 Gen Zeledon, Nicaraguan opponent of US occupation, is executed
Oct 6 August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94, Nobel 1909), dies at 83
Oct 9 Millie & Christine McCoy, American Siamese twins born slaves, die at 61
Oct 24 Louis van Haecke, Flemish chaplain/author (Zeesterre), dies at 83
Oct 30 James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)