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 286th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 29, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,192 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 ‘dihectaoctacontahexagon’ 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 109 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 4,313 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 12 Historical Events
- 1582 –Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1654 –The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
- 1773 –America‘s first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds’in Virginia
- 1901 –President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the “Executive Mansion” to the White House.
- 1915 –World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
- 1933 –The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
- 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
- 1964 –The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits
- 1983 –Japan’s former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail.
- 1988 –Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down executional style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
Who were born on October 12?
- 1490 –Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (d. 1548)
- 1860 –Elmer Sperry, American inventor (d. 1930)
- 1875 –Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)
- 1945 –Aurore Clément, French actress
- 1969 –Željko Milinovič, Slovenian footballer
- 1974 –Stephen Lee, English snooker player
- 1980 –Ledley King, English footballer
- 1983 –Alex Brosque, Australian soccer player
- 1985 –Mike Green, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 –Tyler Blackburn, American actor and singer
Who died on October 12?
- 1491 –Fritz Herlen, German artist (b.c. 1449)
- 1600 –Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)
- 1845 –Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780)
- 1933 –John Lister, English politician (b. 1847)
- 1946 –Joseph Stilwell, American general (b. 1883)
- 1956 –Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (b. 1872)
- 1958 –Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
- 1996 –René Lacoste, French tennis player (b. 1904)
- 1996 –Roger Lapébie, French cyclist (b. 1911)
- 2006 –Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (b. 1919)
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