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 285th day of the year 2013 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, 2013 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 23,025,600 minutes 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.
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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 111 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 295 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Out of the blue someone is thinking of you today. If that special someone wants to buy a gift for you, which one will you choose: gift baskets, mini laptops or training shoes?
October 12 Historical Events
- 1216 –King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
- 1492 –Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached India
- 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
- 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.
- 1928 –An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
- 1933 –The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
- 1945 –World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
- 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?
- 1865 –Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
- 1880 –Louis Hémon, French novelist (d. 1913)
- 1894 –Elisabeth of Romania (d. 1956)
- 1913 –Alice Chetwynd Ley, British romance writer (d. 2004)
- 1937 –Robert Mangold, American artist
- 1945 –Aurore Clément, French actress
- 1958 –Bryn Merrick, British musician, (The Damned)
- 1963 –Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer
- 1970 –Tanyon Sturtze, American baseball player
- 1981 –Tom Guiry, American actor
Who died on October 12?
- 1632 –Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
- 1678 –Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
- 1898 –Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (b. 1816)
- 1915 –Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
- 1920 –Yu Gwan-sun, Korean independence leader (b. 1904)
- 1924 –Anatole France, French author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
- 1987 –Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887)
- 1993 –Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1902)
- 2007 –Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (b. 1934)
- 2010 –Belva Plain, American novelist (b. 1919)
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