Historical Events In October - 12

1878  On this day in history karl Buresch, Austria politician   

1879  On this day in history british troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan   

1880  On this day in history healey Willan, composer   

1881  On October - 12 henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch   

1881  On October - 12 carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer   

1882  On October - 12 hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer   

1884  Godfrey Tearle, English/US actor (39 Steps) on this day in history.   

1886  Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas on this day in history.   

1886  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Second Stain" (BG) on this day in history.   

1886  Hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas on this day in history.   

1886  On October - 12 karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Son of the Sheik)   

1890  On October - 12 luis de Freitas Branco, composer   

1891  On October - 12 astronomical Society of France is inaugurated   

1891  On this day in history edith Stein, German philosopher   

1892  Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools on October - 12.   

1893  Pall Isolfsson, composer on October - 12.   

1894  Charles Hodge, Calif, NYU professor (Answers for Americans) on this day in history.   

1896  On October - 12 eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)   

1898  On this day in history establishment of the first town council in Mateur.   

1899  On this day in history south Africa Boer Republic declares war on England   

1901  On October - 12 theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House"   

1902  Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion) on this day in history.   

1903  Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator   

1905  Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher on October - 12.   

1906  Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer on October - 12.   

1907  Cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series on October - 12.   

1907  Wolfgang Fortner, composer on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street)   

1909  Josephine Hutchinson, Seattle WA, actress (Story of Louis Pasteur) on October - 12.   

1911  On this day in history louis M de Guiringaud, French foreign minister (1976-78)   

1913  John McGraw, after drinking, blames Wilbert Robinson's coaching mistakes for World Series lose, Robertson blames McGraw & is fired on October - 12.   

1913  William James Moyce, armaments scientist on October - 12.   

1914  1st battle at Ypres, begins on October - 12.   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on October - 12.   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on October - 12.   

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12.   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on this day in history.   

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12.   

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  On October - 12 death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

1320  On this day in history michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  On October - 12 reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies