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Events on the 12th of October in history

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12 Oct 0539 The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.
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12 Oct 0633 Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by the British under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd.
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12 Oct 0638 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected
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12 Oct 0638 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
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12 Oct 1113 The city of Oradea is first mentioned under the Latin name Varadinum ("vár" means fortress in Hungarian).
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12 Oct 1165 Rambam reaches Jerusalem
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12 Oct 1216 John, King of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.
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12 Oct 1279 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, is said to have inscribed the Dai-Gohonzon.
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12 Oct 1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
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12 Oct 1366 King Frederick III of Siciliy forbids decorations on synagogues
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12 Oct 1398 The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights, who received Samogitia.
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12 Oct 1459 Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated
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12 Oct 1492 Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders
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12 Oct 1492 Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.
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12 Oct 1492 Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day
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12 Oct 1504 Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament
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12 Oct 1509 Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy
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12 Oct 1518 Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther
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12 Oct 1549 John Dudley Earl of Warwick becomes English Premier
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12 Oct 1576 Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as Archduke of Austria
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12 Oct 1582 Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
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12 Oct 1654 Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed
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12 Oct 1654 The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
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12 Oct 1659 English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals
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12 Oct 1692 Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
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12 Oct 1692 The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.
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12 Oct 1702 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron
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12 Oct 1711 Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic Emperor
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12 Oct 1729 Willem KH Friso installed as Viceroy of Gelderland
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12 Oct 1730 Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as King of Denmark
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12 Oct 1748 British and Spanish naval forces engage at the Battle of Havana during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
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12 Oct 1773 America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia.
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12 Oct 1776 British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx
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12 Oct 1792 Columbus Day is 1st celebrated
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12 Oct 1792 First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York City.
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12 Oct 1793 The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina.
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12 Oct 1798 Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg
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12 Oct 1798 Friedrich von Schillers "Wallensteins Lager, " premieres in Weimar
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12 Oct 1799 Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse was the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 meters.
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12 Oct 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.
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12 Oct 1815 Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death
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12 Oct 1822 Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor of the Empire of Brazil.
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12 Oct 1822 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
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12 Oct 1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
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12 Oct 1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
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12 Oct 1833 Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires
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12 Oct 1836 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, New York
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12 Oct 1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
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12 Oct 1854 Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute
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12 Oct 1860 British and French troops capture Beijing
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12 Oct 1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi
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12 Oct 1862 JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"
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12 Oct 1862 Maj General Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Confederate troops in Missisippi
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12 Oct 1862 Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland
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12 Oct 1871 President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
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12 Oct 1871 Criminal Tribes Act (CTA) enacted by British rule in India, which named over 160 local communities 'Criminal Tribes', i.e. hereditary criminals. Repealed in 1949, after Independence of India.
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12 Oct 1872 Montreal Foot Ball Club 1st game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie
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12 Oct 1879 British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan
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12 Oct 1881 Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch
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12 Oct 1886 Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola, Texas
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12 Oct 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" (BG)
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12 Oct 1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Second Stain" (BG)
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12 Oct 1890 Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
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12 Oct 1891 Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
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12 Oct 1892 Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools
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12 Oct 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.
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12 Oct 1899 South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England
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12 Oct 1901 President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
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12 Oct 1903 Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St, New York City
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12 Oct 1907 Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series
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12 Oct 1914 1st battle at Ypres, begins
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12 Oct 1915 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile
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12 Oct 1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities
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12 Oct 1915 World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
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12 Oct 1915 English nurse Edith Cavell executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
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12 Oct 1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities
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12 Oct 1916 Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series
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12 Oct 1917 World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single day loss of life in New Zealand history.
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12 Oct 1918 Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800
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12 Oct 1918 A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
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12 Oct 1918 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
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12 Oct 1918 Cloquet Minn & 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die
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12 Oct 1920 Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
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12 Oct 1920 Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City
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12 Oct 1920 Man O'War's last race & win
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12 Oct 1923 NY Giants' Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in the world series (World Series #20)
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12 Oct 1924 Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
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12 Oct 1925 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
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12 Oct 1925 German-Russian trade agreement signed
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12 Oct 1927 Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with the soles of his feet
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12 Oct 1928 An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston
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12 Oct 1929 Cubs blow 8-0 world series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning (World Series #26)
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12 Oct 1931 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
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12 Oct 1933 The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
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12 Oct 1933 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
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12 Oct 1933 John Dillinger escapes from the Allen County, OH, jail
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12 Oct 1935 Cole Porters musical "Jubilee, " premieres in New York City
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12 Oct 1941 Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
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12 Oct 1942 Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division
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12 Oct 1942 World War II: Japanese ships retreat after their defeat in the Battle of Cape Esperance with the Japanese commander, Aritomo Gotō dying from wounds suffered in the battle and two Japanese destroyers sunk by Allied air attack.
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12 Oct 1942 US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
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12 Oct 1943 US bombs Rabaul, New Britain
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12 Oct 1944 German army retreats from Athens
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12 Oct 1944 World War II: The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders.
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12 Oct 1945 World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
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12 Oct 1948 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
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12 Oct 1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US
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12 Oct 1950 "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances
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12 Oct 1952 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
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12 Oct 1953 US and Greece signs peace treaty (US bases)
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12 Oct 1953 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York City
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12 Oct 1957 "Mask & Gown" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 39 performances
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12 Oct 1957 "Simply Heavenly" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 62 performances
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12 Oct 1957 1st coml flight between California and Antartica
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12 Oct 1957 Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
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12 Oct 1958 CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
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12 Oct 1958 WJRT TV channel 12 in Flint, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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12 Oct 1959 At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
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12 Oct 1960 Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Union colonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe
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12 Oct 1960 Television viewers in Japan unexpectedly witness the assassination of Inejiro Asanuma, leader of the Japan Socialist Party, when he is stabbed and killed during a live broadcast.
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12 Oct 1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session
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12 Oct 1962 US / USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology
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12 Oct 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
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12 Oct 1963 "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St. Theater NYC after 16 performances
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12 Oct 1963 After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
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12 Oct 1963 Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel
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12 Oct 1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck
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12 Oct 1964 KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins
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12 Oct 1964 Voskhod 1 launched: 1st flight with 3 Cosmonauts
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12 Oct 1964 WSBK TV channel 38 in Boston, MA (IND / ABC / CBS / NBC) begin
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12 Oct 1964 WUCM TV channel 19 in University Center, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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12 Oct 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
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12 Oct 1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
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12 Oct 1966 Jimi Henrix Experience fors with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
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12 Oct 1967 St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
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12 Oct 1967 Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnam's opposition
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12 Oct 1968 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
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12 Oct 1968 Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain
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12 Oct 1968 Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain
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12 Oct 1968 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City
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12 Oct 1968 Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain (National Day)
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12 Oct 1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
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12 Oct 1969 1st time 5 people in space
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12 Oct 1969 KHOF (now KAGL) TV ch 30 in San Bernardino / Glenda, CA (IND) begins
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12 Oct 1969 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KAPN
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12 Oct 1969 Soyuz 7 is launched
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12 Oct 1969 Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage
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12 Oct 1970 Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
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12 Oct 1970 Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas
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12 Oct 1971 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances
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12 Oct 1972 "Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances
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12 Oct 1972 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
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12 Oct 1972 Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
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12 Oct 1972 Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
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12 Oct 1973 Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
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12 Oct 1973 Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
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12 Oct 1974 1st time Washington Capitals are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
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12 Oct 1975 Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries
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12 Oct 1975 NASA launches space vehicle S-195
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12 Oct 1976 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach & land test (ALT) flight
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12 Oct 1976 Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party
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12 Oct 1977 "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers
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12 Oct 1977 Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to University of California Med School
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12 Oct 1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of
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12 Oct 1977 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise
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12 Oct 1977 Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van
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12 Oct 1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School
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12 Oct 1978 Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancyh Spungen
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12 Oct 1978 Representatives of Israel & Egypt open talks in Washington
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12 Oct 1979 Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa
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12 Oct 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.
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12 Oct 1979 The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip.
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12 Oct 1980 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA
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12 Oct 1980 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
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12 Oct 1981 "Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 48 performances
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12 Oct 1981 15th Country Music Association Award
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12 Oct 1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record)
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12 Oct 1982 Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor gets world series record 5 hits (World Series #79)
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12 Oct 1983 5225 Loral and 5424 Covington
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12 Oct 1983 Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to four years in jail.
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12 Oct 1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
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12 Oct 1984 Brighton hotel bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army attempt to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. Thatcher escapes but the bomb kills five people and wounds 31.
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12 Oct 1985 International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize
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12 Oct 1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission
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12 Oct 1986 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
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12 Oct 1986 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People's Republic of China
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12 Oct 1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William Jr wins
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12 Oct 1987 George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"
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12 Oct 1987 Oscar Arias (Costa Rican President) wins Nobel Peace Prize
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12 Oct 1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
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12 Oct 1988 George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate
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12 Oct 1988 Jaffna University Helidrop: Commandos of Indian Peace Keeping Force raided the Jaffna University campus to capture the LTTE chief and walked into a trap.
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12 Oct 1988 Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
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12 Oct 1988 Birchandra Manu massacre in Tripura, India
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12 Oct 1988 Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
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12 Oct 1989 Musical "Buddy" with Paul Hipp premieres in London
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12 Oct 1989 Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players
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12 Oct 1991 Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
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12 Oct 1991 Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime
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12 Oct 1991 Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
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12 Oct 1991 Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
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12 Oct 1991 Steven Spielberg weds Kate Capshaw
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12 Oct 1991 Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush
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12 Oct 1991 Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic's Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll.
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12 Oct 1992 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die)
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12 Oct 1992 Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets
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12 Oct 1992 Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title
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12 Oct 1992 Howard Stern radio show premieres in Albany New York (WQBK 103.5 & 103.9 FM)
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12 Oct 1992 Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life)
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12 Oct 1992 Washington Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
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12 Oct 1992 A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
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12 Oct 1992 Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain
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12 Oct 1993 "Mixed Emotions" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 48 performances
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12 Oct 1994 Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken
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12 Oct 1994 NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere).
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12 Oct 1995 "Patti LuPone on Broadway" opens at Walter Kerr NYC for 46 performances
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12 Oct 1997 David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club
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12 Oct 1997 Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship
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12 Oct 1997 Transamerica Senior Golf
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12 Oct 1997 Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria that killed 43 at a fake roadblock.
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12 Oct 1999 Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
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12 Oct 1999 The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia
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12 Oct 2000 The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
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12 Oct 2002 Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
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12 Oct 2003 Michael Schumacher wins his sixth Formula One Drivers' championship at the 2003 Japanese Grand Prix to beat the 48 year old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio
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12 Oct 2005 The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
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12 Oct 2013 Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province in Peru.
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12 Oct 2014 Super-cyclone Hudhud in Visakhapatnam, major loss occurs
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