Page 6: Historical Events In October - 12

1933  On October - 12 alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)   

1933  On October - 12 john Dillinger escapes from the Allen County, OH, jail   

1935  On this day in history cole Porters musical "Jubilee," premieres in NYC   

1936  B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies on October - 12.   

1938  Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies on October - 12.   

1939  On this day in history first deportation of Austrian / Moravian Jews to Poland.   

1940  Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 on October - 12.   

1941  On October - 12 germans approach Moscow, partial evacuation of the city.   

1941  Russian govt moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow on this day in history.   

1942  On October - 12 uS navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance   

1942  On October - 12 successful Russian counter attack through 37th Guard division   

1943  US bombs Rabaul, New Britain on October - 12.   

1944  700 Riot Police are called in to restore order at Frank Sinatra Columbus Day appearance in New York City's Paramount Theater on October - 12.   

1944  German army retreats from Athens on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history jesse James Payne, lynched in Madison County Florida   

1946  Joseph W Stilwell, US general (China), dies on October - 12.   

1947  On October - 12 nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42   

1948  Casey Stengel takes over as Yankee manager on October - 12.   

1948  On October - 12 alfred Kerr, writer, dies at 80   

1950  "Call Me Madam" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 644 performances on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62   

1952  Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s v N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons on this day in history.   

1953  US & Greece signs peace treaty (US bases) on October - 12.   

1955  On this day in history -13] Hurricane Connie, kills 43 in NC, SC, Virginia & Maryland   

1956  On October - 12 marga Klompe becomes 1st Dutch women elected minister   

1957  On October - 12 "Mask & Gown" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 39 performances   

1958  On October - 12 ed Hinton, actor (Henderson-I Lived 3 Lives), dies at 30   

1959  On October - 12 arnoldt Bronnen, writer, dies at 63   

1960  Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session on this day in history.   

1960  Inejiro Asanuma, leader Japanese Socialist Party, murdered at 61 on October - 12.   

1962  On October - 12 uS/USSR sign joint space effort in telecommunications and meteorology   

1963  Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel on this day in history.   

1964  Launch of Voskhod 1, First 3 man crew (Komarov, Feokistov, Yegorov) on October - 12.   

1964  J Howard Frazer, USTA pres, dies in office on October - 12.   

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1008  On October - 12 birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on this day in history.   

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

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

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 this day in history.   

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

0642  On October - 12 johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

1093  On October - 12 robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

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

1176  On this day in history death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

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

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on this day in history.