http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=leadstoryIn doing my daily round of the site, I cannot but be surprised at everything that happened on October 12 through the years.
For starters, an adventurous Genoan plopped on a little Island of the coast of China - (well, he THOUGHT he was off the coast of China).
From there, a lot more can be written other events of the day ....
MORE GENERAL INTEREST
1810 The origin of Oktoberfest
1915 British nurse executed in WWI
1945 Conscientious objector wins Medal of Honor
1964 USSR leads the space race
1984 IRA bombs hotel in Brighton hoping to kill UK PM
1990 Dad passes away after a long illness.
2000 USS Cole attacked by terrorists
AUTOMOTIVE
1993 Toyota's One-Millionth Camry
US CIVIL WAR
1870 Robert E. Lee dies
COLD WAR
1960 Nikita Khrushchev throws a tantrum at the United Nations
CRIME
1998 The victim of an anti-gay assault dies
ENTERTAINMENT
1938 Production starts on The Wizard of Oz
LITERARY
1912 Actress, playwright, novelist Alice Childress is born
OLD WEST
1940 The Cowboy actor Tom Mix dies in an Arizona car accident
VIETNAM WAR
1972 Racial violence breaks out aboard U.S. Navy ships
WALL STREET
1837 Congress Fails to Calm Panic
WORLD WAR II
1946 Gen. Joseph Stilwell dies
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