Oct 12th

Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 12:

1537 Edward VI king of England (1547-53)
1798 Pedro I 1st emperor of Brazil (1822-31), king of Portugal
1840 Helena Modjeska Poland, Shakespearian actress (Juliet)/anti-Russian
1844 George W Cable American writer (Northampton Years)
1855 Arthur Nikisch Szent-Mikl¢s Hungary, conductor (Berlin Philharmonic)
1860 Elmer A Sperry inventor (gyrocompass)
1866 Ramsay MacDonald (L) British PM (1924, 1929-35)
1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams Down Amp England, composer (Hugh the Drover)
1894 Dr Charles Hodge Calif, NYU professor (Answers for Americans)
1896 Eugenio Montale Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)
19-- Jeff Keith rock vocalist (Tesla-Psychotic Supper)
19-- Jim McKrell Little Rock Ark, actor (Semi-Tough)
19-- Julie McWhirter Indianapolis Ind, comedienne (Rich Little Show)
19-- Perle Mesta hostess (Washington DC)
19-- Ronalda Douglas Opelousas La, actress (New Odd Couple)
1906 Joe Cronin baseball (Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres)
1921 Jaroslav Drobny Czech, hockey (Oly-gold-1948), tennis (Wimb-1954)
1923 Jean Nidetch Brooklyn, founded Weight Watchers
1925 William Steinkraus US, equestrian jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1926 Hans Liebold Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy)
1929 Robert Coles Milton Mass, author (Pulitzer 1973)
1932 Dick Gregory comedian/political activist/dietician (Bahamian Diet)
1932 Dusan Makavejev Belgrade Yugoslavia, director (Man is Not a Bird)
1932 Jake Garn (Sen-R-Ut)/astronaut (STS 51D)
1935 Luciano Pavarotti Modena Italy, operatic tenor (Yes, Giorgio)
1936 Tony Kubek shortstop (NY Yankees)/sportscaster (NBC-TV)
1947 Chris Wallace Chic Ill, newscaster (NBC Weekend News)
1948 Rick Parfitt rocker (Status Quo-The Wanderer)
1950 Susan Anton Oak Glen Calif, actress (Golden Girl, Spring Fever)
1951 Bernie Ruoff West Germany, CFL kicker (Winnipeg, Hamilton)
1962 Sid Fernandez Hawaii, pitcher (NY Mets)
1964 Jo Ann Willette actress (Constance-Just 10 of Us, Real Genius)
1968 Adam Rich NYC, actor (Nicholas-8 is Enough, Code Red, Gun Shy)
1969 Kimberly Ann Grimm Mt Lake Park Md, Miss Maryland-America (1991)
1970 Kimberly Hoskins Yuma Arizona, Miss Arizona-America (1991)
1970 Kirk Cameron Panorama City Calif, actor (Mike-Growing Pains)

Deaths which occurred on October 12:

1694 Matsuo Basho greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies
1860 Sir Henry G W Smith leader of British-Indian forces, dies at 73
1864 Roger Taney Supreme Court Chief Justice, dies at 87
1870 Robert E Lee General of the Confederate Army, dies at 63
1945 Jesse James Payne lynched in Madison County Florida
1958 Ed Hinton actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30
1971 Gene Vincent rocker, dies at 36
1985 Johnny Olsen TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75
1987 Alfred M Landon former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100
1987 Philleo Nash US Bureau of Indian Affairs (1961-67), dies at 77
1988 Ken Murray entertainer, dies at 85

On this day...

638 Honorius I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
642 John IV ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1285 180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich Germany, they are set on fire
1492 Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day
1776 British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx
1822 2nd eruption of Galunggung (Java) destroys summit of mountain
1823 Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
1853 John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
1860 British & French troops capture Peking
1861 Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks 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
1886 Hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas
1886 Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Second Stain" (BG)
1891 Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated
1907 Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series
1915 English nurse Edith Cavell executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
1915 Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities
1916 Boston Red Sox beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series
1918 1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)
1918 Cloquet Minn & 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die
1920 Cleve Indians beat Brooklyn Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series
1920 Man O'War's last race & win
1923 NY Giants' Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in the world series (World Series #20)
1924 Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow
1927 Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with the soles of his feet
1929 Cubs blow 8-0 world series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning (World Series #26)
1931 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform
1933 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)
1933 John Dillinger escapes from the Allen County, OH, jail
1941 Russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow
1942 US navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance
1948 Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager
1949 Eugenie Anderson becomes 1st woman ambassador nominated in US
1957 1st coml flight between Calif & Antartica
1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session
1962 US/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications & meteorology
1963 Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel
1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck
1964 Launch of Voskhod 1, 1st 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov)
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 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City
1968 Equatorial Guinea gains independence from Spain (National Day)
1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
1969 KDB-AM in Santa Barbara CA changes call letters to KAPN
1969 Soyuz 7 is launched
1969 Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage
1972 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
1972 Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
1972 Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
1973 Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
1974 1st time Wash Caps are shut out as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
1975 Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries
1975 NASA launches space vehicle S-195
1976 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach & 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 4th test of the 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 Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School
1978 Representatives of Israel & Egypt open talks in Washington
1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record)
1982 Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor gets world series record 5 hits (World Series #79)
1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission
1985 Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize
1986 Calif Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
1987 George Harrison releases "Got My Mind Set On You"
1987 Minnesota Twins beat Detroit Tigers for AL pennant
1988 Israel & China sign trade deal, plan diplomatic relations
1989 Herschel Walker is traded from Cowboys to Vikings for 12 players
1992 Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain

Holidays

Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Equatorial Guinea : Independence Day (1968)
Mexico, Latin America : Dia de la Raza/Day of the Race
Spain : National Day
Sudan : Republican Anniversary Day
US : Official Columbus Day (1492)
Western Samoa : White Sunday (2nd Sunday) - - - - - ( Sunday )
Canada : Thanksgiving Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Florida : Farmers' Day (1915) - - - - - ( Monday )
Hawaii : Discoverer's Day - - - - - ( Monday )
US : Columbus Day (1492) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virgin Is & Puerto Rico : Friendship Day - - - - - ( Monday )

Religious History

1518 Summoned before Cardinal Thomas Cajetan, German reformer Martin Luther, 35, refused to recant the 95 theses he had posted the previous October on the chapel door at Wittenberg Castle.
1812 The Half Moon Bluff Baptist Church was organized near Clifton. It was the first Baptist congregation to be constituted in the American territory now comprising the state of Louisiana.
1883 Birth of C. Harold Lowden, American sacred composer. His most enduring hymn tunes today are GENEVA ("God Who Touchest Earth with Beauty") and LIVING ("Living for Jesus a Life That is True").
1949 American missionary and martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.'
1971 The rock musical "Jesus Christ, Superstar" debuted on Broadway. (Twenty years later, the actor who played the part of Jesus, Jeff Fenholt became a born-again Christian.)

Thought for the day :

" He who is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. "