Historical Events In October - 12

1878  Karl Buresch, Austria politician on October - 12.   

1879  British troops occupy Kabul Afghanistan on October - 12.   

1880  On this day in history healey Willan, composer   

1881  On this day in history henry M Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch   

1881  Carlos Lopez Buchardo, composer on October - 12.   

1882  Hermann Wolfgang Sartorius Waltershausen, German musicologist/composer on this day in history.   

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

1886  On October - 12 hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas   

1886  Start of Sherlock Holmes "The Adventure of The Second Stain" (BG) on October - 12.   

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  Luis de Freitas Branco, composer on this day in history.   

1891  On October - 12 astronomical Society of France is inaugurated   

1891  On October - 12 edith Stein, German philosopher   

1892  Pledge of Allegiance 1st recited in public schools on this day in history.   

1893  Pall Isolfsson, composer on this day in history.   

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

1896  On October - 12 eugenio Montale, Italy, poet/translator (Xenia-Nobel 1975)   

1898  Establishment of the first town council in Mateur on October - 12.   

1899  South Africa Boer Republic declares war on England on October - 12.   

1901  Theodore Roosevelt renames "Executive Mansion," "The White House" on October - 12.   

1902  Dirk A M Binnendijk, critic (Authoritarian Regimes in Transistion) on this day in history.   

1903  Lyric Theater opens at 213 W 42nd St NYC on October - 12.   

1903  On October - 12 grayson Kirk, Jeffersonville Ohio, educator   

1905  On this day in history rick Ferrell, baseball Hall of Fame catcher   

1906  Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer on October - 12.   

1907  On this day in history cubs beat Tigers 4 games to 0 with 1 tie in 4th World Series   

1907  On this day in history wolfgang Fortner, composer   

1908  On this day in history ann Lane Petry, US journalist/author (Street)   

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

1911  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1914  1st battle at Ypres, begins on October - 12.   

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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  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  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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