October 12 is the 285th day of the year (286th in Leap years). There are 80 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1537 - King Edward VI of England
- 1860 - Elmer Sperry[?], inventor
- 1866 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (+ 1937)
- 1875 - Aleister Crowley, occultist, author (+ 1947)
- 1906 - Joe Cronin[?], Baseball Hall of Famer
- 1912 - Alice Childress[?], novelist (+ 1994)
- 1918 - P.S. Ramakrishna Rao[?], film director (+ 1986)
- 1923 - Jean Nidetch[?], founder of Weight Watchers[?]
- 1932 - Dick Gregory, comedian, activist
- 1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, opera singer
- 1935 - Joan Rivers[?], comedienne, television host
- 1968 - Hugh Jackman[?], actor, singer
- 1975 - Marion Jones, track and field star
Deaths:
- 632 - Edwin, king of Northumbria and Bretwalda
- 638 - Pope Honorius I
- 642 - Pope John IV
- 1870 - Robert E. Lee, United States Civil War general (Confederate)
- 1915 - Edith Cavell, nurse
- 1924 - Anatole France, author, Nobel Prize winner
- 1940 - Tom Mix[?], actor
- 1946 - General Joseph Stillwell[?]
- 1969 - Sonja Henie, figure skater
- 1971 - Dean Acheson, United States Secretary of State
- 1984 - Sir Anthony Berry, British politician, along with three of the other victims of the Brighton bombing
- 1993 - Leon Ames[?], actor
- 1997 - John Denver, singer
- 1998 - Matthew Shepard, gay college student and gay-bashing victim
- 1999 - Wilt Chamberlain, basketball player
- 2001 - Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone, British politician
- 2002 - Ray Conniff[?], band leader, musician
Holidays:
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
October 11 - October 13 - September 12 - November 12 - more historical anniversaries