What are the important events that happened on October 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 12: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 12 is the 285^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 29, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,952 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontapentagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 128 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,678 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 12 Historical Events

• 1823 –
  Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
• 1892 –
  The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools, as part of a celebration marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage.
• 1915 –
  World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
• 1917 –
  World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.
• 1918 –
  A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
• 1970 –
  Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas
• 1979 –
  The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, the first of five books in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy comedy science fiction series by Douglas Adams is published.
• 1991 –
  Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic’s Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.
• 1999 –
  The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.
• 2005 –
  The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.

Who were born on October 12?

• 1875 –
  Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)
• 1920 –
  Christopher Soames, Baron Soames, British politician (d. 1987)
• 1929 –
  Nappy Brown, American R&B singer (d. 2008)
• 1953 –
  Les Dennis, British comedian and presenter
• 1957 –
  Kristen Bjorn, British film director
• 1958 –
  Bryn Merrick, British musician, (The Damned)
• 1962 –
  Amanda Castro, Hondurian poet
• 1963 –
  Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer
• 1976 –
  Sarah Lane, American television personality
• 1985 –
  Mike Green, Canadian ice hockey player

Who died on October 12?

• 1176 –
  William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b.c. 1109)
• 1678 –
  Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
• 1933 –
  John Lister, English politician (b. 1847)
• 1954 –
  George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)
• 1967 –
  Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian Socialist politician leader (b. 1910)
• 1970 –
  Mustafa Zaidi, Pakistani poet (b. 1930)
• 1984 –
  Sir Anthony Berry, British politician (b. 1925)
• 1998 –
  Mario Beaulieu, French Canadian politician (b. 1930)
• 2011 –
  Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (b. 1941)
• 2011 –
  Heinz Bennent, German actor (b. 1921)