Page 5: Historical Events In October - 12

1915  English nurse Edith Cavell executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on this day in history.   

1915  Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities on this day in history.   

1915  Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile on this day in history.   

1915  Edith L Cavell, British nurse, executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on this day in history.   

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  On October - 12 hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train)   

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

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

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

1918  On October - 12 emil Cossetto, composer   

1919  On this day in history andre Casanova, composer   

1920  Cleve Indians beat Bkln Dodgers, 5 games to 2 in 17th World Series on October - 12.   

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

1921  On October - 12 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 this day in history 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 October - 12.   

1924  Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1926  On this day in history 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  On this day in history antonia Rey, Havana Cuba, actress (True Colors, Wise Guys)   

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  On October - 12 robert Coles, Milton Mass, author (Anna Freud, Pulitzer 1973)   

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

1930  On October - 12 jack S Gottlieb, composer   

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

1931  Raoul Pleskow, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1558  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1176  On this day in history 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 this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies