Historical Events In October - 12

1878  On October - 12 karl Buresch, Austria politician   

1879  British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan on this day in history.   

1880  On October - 12 healey Willan, composer   

1881  Henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch on this day in history.   

1881  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer on this day in history.   

1882  Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer on October - 12.   

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

1886  On this day in history hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas   

1886  On this day in history start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Second Stain" (BG)   

1886  Hurricane & sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas on October - 12.   

1886  Karl Dane, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Son of the Sheik) on this day in history.   

1890  On October - 12 luis de Freitas Branco, composer   

1891  Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated on this day in history.   

1891  On October - 12 edith Stein, German philosopher   

1892  On October - 12 pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools   

1893  Pall Isolfsson, composer on October - 12.   

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

1896  Eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975) on October - 12.   

1898  Establishment of the first town council in Mateur on this day in history.   

1899  On October - 12 south Africa Boer Republic declares war on England   

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

1902  On October - 12 dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion)   

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

1903  Grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator on October - 12.   

1905  Rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher on this day in history.   

1906  On October - 12 edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer   

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  Ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street) on this day in history.   

1909  On October - 12 josephine Hutchinson, Seattle WA, actress (Story of Louis Pasteur)   

1911  On October - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 12 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  On October - 12 death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

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

0642  On this day in history johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

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  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on October - 12.   

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