Historical Events In October - 12

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

1915  Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities on October - 12.  

1915  On October - 12 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 this day in history.  

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

1917  On this day in history hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)  

1918  Cloquet Minn and 25 other communities destroyed by forest fire, 559 die on this day in history.  

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

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

1918  On October - 12 emil Cossetto, composer  

1919  Andre Casanova, composer on this day in history.  

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

1920  On October - 12 alice Childress, US playwright/actress (Wedding Band)  

1921  On this day in history the birth of Kenneth Griffith, Writer, actor and documentary film maker  

1921  Jaroslav Drobny, Czech, hockey (Oly-gold-1948), tennis (Wimb-1954) on October - 12.  

1922  On October - 12 daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33  

1923  NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series on this day in history.  

1923  Jean Nidetch, Brooklyn, nutritionist founder (Weight Watchers) on this day in history.  

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

1924  On October - 12 sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow  

1924  On October - 12 anatole France, writer, dies at 80  

1925  Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) on October - 12.  

1925  On October - 12 bill Parkhouse, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59)  

1926  Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer (Nardo, Italy) on this day in history.  

1927  On this day in history hermann Gorner of Germany raises 24 men weighing 4,123 lbs on a plank with soles of his feet  

1927  On October - 12 antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress (True Colors, Wise Guys)  

1928  Thomas Burnett Swann, US, sci-fi author (Day of Minotaur) on this day in history.  

1929  Cubs blow 8-0 World Series lead, A's score 10 in 1 inning on October - 12.  

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

1929  On October - 12 max Ettlinger, German philosopher/theorist, dies at 52  

1930  On October - 12 jack S Gottlieb, composer  

1931  On this day in history 1st International Conference on Calendar Reform  

1931  On this day in history raoul Pleskow, composer  

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

1350  On October - 12 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  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 October - 12.  

1576  On October - 12 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  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 this day in history.  

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on this day in history.  

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.