Page 5: Historical Events In October - 12

1915  English nurse Edith Cavell executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II) on October - 12.   

1915  On this day in history theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities   

1915  On October - 12 ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile   

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

1916  On October - 12 boston Red Sox beat Bkln Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 13th World Series   

1917  On October - 12 the First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale   

1917  Hans Bentz van den Berg, Dutch actor (Last Train) on this day in history.   

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

1918  Emil Cossetto, composer on October - 12.   

1919  Andre Casanova, composer on October - 12.   

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

1921  On this day in history jaroslav Drobny, Czech, hockey (Oly-gold-1948), tennis (Wimb-1954)   

1922  Daisy M C Baers, Flemish philosophy/theory, dies at 33 on October - 12.   

1923  NY Giant's Casey Stengel HR beats Yanks 1-0 in World Series on October - 12.   

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

1923  On October - 12 a P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies   

1924  Sokolnicheskaya Radio begins broadcasting from Moscow on October - 12.   

1924  Anatole France, writer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1925  Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) on this day in history.   

1925  Bill Parkhouse, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1950-59) on this day in history.   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1930  Jack S Gottlieb, composer on October - 12.   

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

1931  On October - 12 raoul Pleskow, composer   

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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 this day in history.   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

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

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.   

0638  On October - 12 honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.   

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12.   

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

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on October - 12.