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On This Day · The 285th day of the year

October 12

As calendar dates go, October 12 keeps a short memory — its record stays close to the present. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

♎ZodiacLibra ◈BirthstoneOpal ❀Birth flowerMarigold

Libra is the sign for October 12 — read more on the Libra page, or see October's birthstone & birth flower.

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What happened on October 12?

October 12 is the 285th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1798 and 2013. Famous people born on October 12 include Pedro I of Brazil, Bode Miller and Dietrich von Hildebrand.

Released on October 12

Movies, games, albums & shows

2022

  • Game Undecember
  • Game LEGO Bricktales
  • Game PC Building Simulator 2
  • TV Chainsaw Man

2021

  • Game Lone Echo II
  • Game Circuit Superstars
  • Game Back 4 Blood
  • TV Chucky

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1798

    Peasants' War (1798)

  2. 1799

    Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin

  3. 1890

    Uddevalla Suffrage Association

  4. 1892

    Pledge of Allegiance

  5. 1915

    World War I

  6. 1928

    Iron lung

  7. 1960

    Nikita Khrushchev

  8. 1979

    Typhoon Tip

  9. 1984

    Provisional Irish Republican Army

  10. 2013

    Collapse of the Space Building

Famous birthday twins

Born on October 12

Pedro I of Brazil

b. 1798

Bode Miller

b. 1977

Dietrich von Hildebrand

b. 1889

Željko Milinovič

b. 1969

Luciano Pavarotti

b. 1935

Arthur Nikisch

b. 1855

August Horch

b. 1868

Christian Gmelin

b. 1792

Deaths

  • 2024Alex Salmond
  • 2011Dennis Ritchie
  • 2006Gillo Pontecorvo
  • 1924Anatole France
  • 1492Piero della Francesca
  • 1320Michael IX Palaiologos

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Louis Brisson
  • —Christian feast day: Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)
  • —Christian feast day: Fiacc
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar)
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of Aparecida
  • —Christian feast day: Radim Gaudentius (Czech Republic)
  • —Christian feast day: Seraphin of Montegranaro
  • —Christian feast day: Wilfrid of Ripon

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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