This Day In History
October 12
Columbus reaches the New World British troops head up East River Thomas Jefferson composes romantic letter The origin of Oktoberfest Confederate leader Robert E. Lee dies Actress, playwright, novelist Alice Childress is born British nurse Edith Cavell executed British nurse executed in WWI Fire rages in Minnesota Athletics score 10 in eighth inning of championship game The Cowboy actor Tom Mix dies in an Arizona car accident Silent-film star Tom Mix dies in Arizona car wreck; brained by "Suitcase of Death" Conscientious objector wins Medal of Honor Gen. Joseph Stilwell dies Nikita Khrushchev throws a tantrum at the United Nations USSR leads the space race Dean Rusk criticizes Congress while fighting continues in South Vietnam Nixon announces another round of troop withdrawals Racial violence breaks out aboard U.S. Navy ships John Denver dies in an aircraft accident The victim of an anti-gay assault dies USS Cole attacked by terrorists Terrorists kill 202 in Bali Al Gore wins Nobel Prize in the wake of An Inconvenient Truth
Columbus reaches the New World British troops head up East River Thomas Jefferson composes romantic letter The origin of Oktoberfest Confederate leader Robert E. Lee dies Actress, playwright, novelist Alice Childress is born British nurse Edith Cavell executed British nurse executed in WWI Fire rages in Minnesota Athletics score 10 in eighth inning of championship game The Cowboy actor Tom Mix dies in an Arizona car accident Silent-film star Tom Mix dies in Arizona car wreck; brained by "Suitcase of Death" Conscientious objector wins Medal of Honor Gen. Joseph Stilwell dies Nikita Khrushchev throws a tantrum at the United Nations USSR leads the space race Dean Rusk criticizes Congress while fighting continues in South Vietnam Nixon announces another round of troop withdrawals Racial violence breaks out aboard U.S. Navy ships John Denver dies in an aircraft accident The victim of an anti-gay assault dies USS Cole attacked by terrorists Terrorists kill 202 in Bali Al Gore wins Nobel Prize in the wake of An Inconvenient Truth
