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What happened in history on this day: October 12?
On October 12 in ...
- 1776 - British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx.
- 1837 - Act of Congress provides for issue of $10 million of Treasury notes.
- 1861 - Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks USA's Richmond on Mississippi River.
- 1862 - Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi, CSA.
- 1886 - Hurricane and sea surge kill 250 at Indianola, Texas, USA.
- 1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities.
- 1918 - First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital).
- 1918 - Cloquet, Minnesota, USA and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die.
- 1928 - An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1933 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially).
- 1933 - John Dillinger escapes from the Allen County, Ohio, jail.
- 1942 - US navy defeats Japanese in Battle of Cape Esperance.
- 1957 - First commercial flight between California and Antarctica.
- 1962 - US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology.
- 1972 - 46 sailors injured in race riot on US aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.
- 1973 - US President Richard Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President.
- 1977 - US Supreme Court hears arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to University of California Medical School.
- 1982 - 38.6 cm (15.2 inches) of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record).
- 1986 - The Golden Horseshoe Revue show closes in Disneyland. It is the longest running show in history, at nearly 50,000 performances.
- 1988 - NeXT launches its first public debut of the NeXT Computer at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California.
- 1995 - Walt Disney World in Florida welcomes its 500-millionth guest.
- 1998 - The Congress of the United States passes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
- 2000 - In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, who placed a small boat laden with explosives along-side the United States Navy destroyer, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
- 2007 - Oracle announces a hostile bid of US$6.7 billion for BEA company.
- 2017 - The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO, and is immediately followed by Israel.
Births on October 12
- 1894 - Birth of Dr Charles Hodge in California, USA; NYU professor (Answers for Americans).
- 1900 - Birth of Jane Ace in Kansas City, Kansas, USA; actress (Easy Aces radio show).
- 1923 - Birth of Jean Nidetch in Brooklyn, New York, USA; founded Weight Watchers.
- 1929 - Birth of Robert Coles in Milton, Massachusetts, USA; author (Pulitzer Prize 1973).
- 1947 - Birth of Chris Wallace in Chicago, Illinois, USA; newscaster (NBC Weekend News, Fox News Sunday).
- 1950 - Birth of Susan Anton in Oak Glen, California, USA; actress-singer (Golden Girl, Spring Fever, Baywatch, Stop Susan Williams).
- 1962 - Birth of Sid Fernandez in Hawaii, USA; pitcher (New York Mets).
- 1968 - Birth of Adam Rich in New York City; actor (Nicholas - Eight is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy).
- 1969 - Birth of Kimberly Ann Grimm in Mount Lake Park, Maryland, USA; Miss Maryland-America (1991).
- 1970 - Birth of Kimberly Hoskins in Yuma, Arizona, USA; Miss Arizona-America (1991).
- 1970 - Birth of Kirk Cameron in Panorama City, California, USA; actor (Mike - Growing Pains).
Deaths on October 12
- 1864 - Roger Taney, US Supreme Court Chief Justice, dies at age 87.
- 1870 - Robert E Lee, General of the Confederate Army, dies at age 63.
- 1987 - Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Governor, dies at his Topeka home at 100.
- 1987 - Philleo Nash, US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at age 77.
- 1989 - Death of Jay Ward at age 79 of cancer; animation producer (Rocky and His Friends).
- 1997 - Death of John Denver at age 53 when his plane crashes into Monterey Bay in Northern California; singer/songwriter ("Rocky Mountain High", "Take Me Home, Country Roads").
- 1999 - Death of Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player (born 1936).
- 2003 - Death of Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (born 1931).
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