Historical Events In October - 12

1915  On this day in history english nurse Edith Cavell executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)   

1915  On October - 12 theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities   

1915  On this day in history ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile   

1915  On October - 12 edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)   

1916  Boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series on October - 12.   

1917  The First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale on this day in history.   

1917  Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) on October - 12.   

1918  Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die on October - 12.   

1918  First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) on this day in history.   

1918  1st use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital) on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history emil Cossetto, composer   

1919  On this day in history andre Casanova, composer   

1920  On this day in history cleve Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series   

1920  On this day in history alice Childress, US playwright/actress (Wedding Band)   

1921  The birth of Kenneth Griffith, Writer, actor and documentary film maker on this day in history.   

1921  On October - 12 jaroslav Drobny, Czech, hockey (Oly-gold-1948), tennis (Wimb-1954)   

1922  Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 on this day in history.   

1923  On October - 12 nY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series   

1923  On this day in history jean Nidetch, Brooklyn, nutritionist founder (Weight Watchers)   

1923  A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow   

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on October - 12.   

1925  On October - 12 albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8)   

1925  Bill Parkhouse, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59) on October - 12.   

1926  On October - 12 hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy)   

1927  Hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet on October - 12.   

1927  Antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress (True Colors, Wise Guys) on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history thomas Burnett Swann, US, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur)   

1929  On this day in history cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning   

1929  Robert Coles, Milton Mass, author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973) on October - 12.   

1929  On this day in history max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52   

1930  Jack S Gottlieb, composer on October - 12.   

1931  On October - 12 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform   

1931  Raoul Pleskow, composer on this day in history.   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.   

1490  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

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

1558  On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.   

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

0638  On this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

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 this day in history.   

1095  Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on October - 12.   

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on October - 12.   

1320  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on this day in history.   

1343  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies