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
- 1492 –Christopher Columbus’s expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached India
- 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.
- 1792 –First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
- 1810 –First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
- 1915 –World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
- 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
- 1970 –Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas
- 1997 –Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria; 43 killed at a fake roadblock.
Who were born on October 12?
- 1860 –Elmer Sperry, American inventor (d. 1930)
- 1935 –Sam Moore, American R&B singer (Sam & Dave)
- 1944 –Angela Rippon, British television personality
- 1949 –Stan Hansen, American professional wrestler
- 1950 –Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor
- 1950 –Susan Anton, American actress
- 1952 –Danielle Proulx, Quebec actress
- 1971 –Steve Johnston, Australian speedway rider
- 1978 –Baden Cooke, Australian cyclist
- 1979 –Steven Agnew, Northern Irish politician
Who died on October 12?
- 638 –Pope Honorius I
- 1095 –Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)
- 1176 –William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician (b.c. 1109)
- 1600 –Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)
- 1679 –William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
- 1924 –Anatole France, French author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1844)
- 1971 –Gene Vincent, American rock musician (b. 1935)
- 2002 –Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (b. 1916)
- 2009 –Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
- 2011 –Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (b. 1941)
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