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Today in History

October 12 - Today in History
By Staff
Oct 12, 2008 - 12:00:00 AM

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0638 - Honorius I dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope; Pope Severinus elected
0642 - John IV dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope
1165 - Rambam reaches Jerusalem
1285 - 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
1320 - Michael IX Paleologi, Emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies
1366 - King Frederick III of Siciliy forbids decorations on synagogues
1459 - Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated
1492 - Columbus arrives in Bahamas [real Columbus Day]
1492 - Flemish rebel leader Philip van Kleef surrenders
1504 - Queen Isabella I of Spain signs her testament
1509 - Emperor Maximilian leaves Italy
1518 - Pontifical ambassador interrogates Martin Luther
1549 - John Dudley earl of Warwick becomes English premier
1576 - Maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies
1576 - Rudolf II succeeds Maximilian II as arch duke of Austria
1609 - Children's rhyme "Three Blind Mice," published in London
1654 - Kruittoren van Delft, explodes, 50-100 killed
1659 - English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals
1692 - Massachusetts Bay discontinues witch trials
1702 - Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch and English fleet destroy and occupy Spanish silver fleet and French squadron
1711 - Karel VI Habsburg crowned Roman Catholic emperor
1729 - Willem KH Friso installed as viceroy of Gelderland
1730 - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies
1730 - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
1775 - US Navy forms
1776 - British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in Bronx
1792 - Columbus Day is first celebrated
1798 - Flemish uprising against French occupied Boerenkrijg
1798 - Friedrich von Schillers "Wallensteins Lager," premieres in Weimar
1815 - Ex-king Joachim Murat van Naples sentenced to death
1822 - Second eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
1823 - Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
1850 - First women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens
1853 - John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
1854 - Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute
1860 - British and French troops capture Beijing
1861 - Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi
1862 - JEB Stuart completes his "2nd ride around McClellan"
1862 - Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn assumes command of Conf troops in Missisippi
1862 - Skirmish at Monocacy, Maryland
1870 - Robert E Lee, General of Confederate Army, dies at 63
1871 - President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
1872 - Montreal Foot Ball Club first game playing Quebec City to 0-0 tie
1879 - British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan
1881 - Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch
1886 - Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas
1886 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of 2nd Stain" (BG)
1891 - Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
1892 - Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools
1899 - South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England
1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"
1903 - Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC
1907 - Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series
1913 - John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw and is fired
1914 - First battle at Ypres begins
1915 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile
1915 - Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens who identify themselves, with dual nationalities
1916 - Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series
1918 - First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
1918 - Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die
1918 - Forest fire in Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin kills about 800
1920 - Cleveland Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
1920 - Construction begins on Holland Tunnel connecting NJ and NYC
1920 - Man O'War's last race and win
1920 - Soccer team Quick '20 forms
1923 - NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series
1924 - Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
1925 - Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)
1925 - German-Russian trade agreement signed
1927 - Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet
1929 - Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning
1931 - First International Conference on Calendar Reform
1933 - Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
1933 - John Dillinger escapes from Allen County, Ohio jail
1940 - Hitler begins operation-Seel�we (invasion of England)
1941 - Russian government moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
1942 - Successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division
1942 - US Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
1943 - US bombs Rabaul, New Britain
1944 - German army retreats from Athens
1948 - Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
1949 - Eugenie Anderson becomes first woman ambassador nominated in US
1953 - US and Greece signs peace treaty (US bases)
1955 - -13] Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia and Maryland
1955 - -13] Hurricane Hazel, kills 68 in Haiti
1956 - Marga Klomp� becomes first Dutch women elected minister
1957 - First coml flight between Calif and Antartica
1957 - Canadian Prime Minister Lester Bowles Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize
1958 - CVP wins municipal elections in Belgium
1958 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1960 - John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon's third presidential debate
1960 - Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session
1961 - "Let It Ride" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 68 performances
1961 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1962 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1962 - US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology
1963 - "Student Gypsy" closes at 84th St Theater NYC after 16 performances
1963 - Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel
1963 - At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck
1964 - First time 3 people in space
1964 - KCSM TV channel 60 in San Mateo-SF, CA (PBS) begins
1964 - Launch of Voskhod 1, first 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
1964 - Voskhod 1 launched: first flight with 3 cosmonauts
1966 - Jimi Henrix Experience fors with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell
1967 - St Louis Cards beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
1968 - "Noel Coward's Sweet Potato" closes at Barrymore NYC after 17 perfs
1968 - 19th Olympic games open at Mexico City, Mexico
1968 - Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Guinea) declares independence from Spain
1968 - Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is first woman to light Olympic flame
1969 - First time 5 people in space
1969 - Soyuz 7 is launched
1969 - Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage
1970 - Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
1972 - 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
1972 - Billy Harris failed in first Islander penalty shot
1972 - Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
1973 - Israeli counter offensive in southern Syria
1973 - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
1973 - Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
1974 - First time Wash Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
1975 - Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became first Irish-born saint in 7 centuries
1975 - Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19)
1975 - NASA launches space vehicle S-195
1976 - Fourth Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight
1976 - Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party
1977 - "Throwaway Game" Catfish Hunter loses WS 6-1 resting Yank pitchers
1977 - Fourth test of space shuttle Enterprise
1977 - Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van
1977 - US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of
1977 - Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School
1978 - Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington
1978 - Sid Vicious charged in murder of girlfriend Nancyh Spungen
1979 - Pressure in nucleus of tropical cyclone at Guam hits record 870 hpa
1980 - 7 stabbed at Blood, Sweat and Tears concert in LA
1982 - Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits
1984 - IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying, 5 die
1985 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission
1985 - International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize
1985 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 - California Angels within one pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
1987 - 21st Country Music Assn Award: Hank William Jr wins
1987 - George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"
1987 - Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
1987 - Oscar Arias (Costa Rican Pres) wins Nobel Peace Prize
1988 - George Bush and Michael Dukakis meet in 2nd debate
1988 - Israel and China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
1989 - Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players
1990 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1991 - Boxer Hector Comacho arrested for driving while getting oral sex
1991 - Mike Lerch of Princeton ties NCAA record with 370 receiving yards
1991 - Statler Brothers Show premieres on TNN
1991 - Steven Spielberg weds Kate Capshaw
1991 - Wrestler Rip Oliver forced to retire after being injured by Crush
1991 - Doug Flutie of BC Lions sets CFL passing record of 582 yards despite losing to Edmonton 45-38 in overtime
1992 - 5.8 earthquake at Cairo (at least 510 die)
1992 - Arecibo radio telescope begins Microwave search for occupied planets
1992 - Brett "Hitman" Hart beats Ric Flair for WWF Heavyweight title
1992 - Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain
1992 - Microwave Observing Project begins (seeking alien life)
1992 - Washington Redskin Art Monk sets NFL record with 820th reception
1994 - Contact with Venus orbitter Magellan broken
1994 - Iranian Fokker's F28 explode between Isfahan and Teheran: 66 killed
1997 - David Duval wins Michelob Championship at Kingsmill Golf Club
1997 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Samsung World Championship
1997 - John Denver, country star (Country Boy), dies in plain crash at 53
1999 - Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup
1999 - The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born
2000 - The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39
2002 - Terrorists detonate bombs in Paddy's Pub and the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300
2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit

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