October 12, 2024 is the 286th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is sábado.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
October 12 Historical Event(s)
1918
A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
1928
An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
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.
1953
“The Caine Mutiny Court Martial” opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York
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
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.
1986
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit the People’s Republic of China
1999
Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.
2002
Terrorists detonate bombs in 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.
Who were born on October 12?
1798
Pedro I of Brazil (d. 1834)
1913
Alice Chetwynd Ley, British romance writer (d. 2004)
1947
George Lam, Hong Kong singer
1959
Anna Escobedo Cabral, 42nd Treasurer of the United States
1968
Bill Auberlen, American race car driver
1973
Lesli Brea, Dominican baseball player
1973
Martin Corry, English rugby player
1976
Sarah Lane, American television personality
1990
Henri Lansbury, English footballer
2001
Raymond Ochoa, American actor
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