October 12th, 1752

Born on October 12th, 1752

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 12th?

October 12th, 1984

The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.

October 12th, 1979

Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar (25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean.

October 12th, 1960

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly pounded his shoe on a desk during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong.

October 12th, 1946

Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic.

October 12th, 1933

The United States Department of Justice acquired a military prison on Alcatraz Island, transforming it over the next year into the last-resort Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

October 12th, 1928

The iron lung (example pictured), a type of medical ventilator, was used for the first time, to treat an eight-year-old girl paralyzed by polio.

October 12th, 1917

First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000 casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of Passchendaele (pictured), making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day.

October 12th, 1892

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States was first used in public schools to coincide with the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

October 12th, 1799

Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin became the first woman to make a parachute descent, falling 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the gondola of a hot air balloon.

October 12th, 1798

The Peasants' War began in Overmere, Southern Netherlands, with peasants taking up arms against the French occupiers.

October 12th, 1492

Believing he had reached the East Indies, Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island in the Caribbean, sparking a series of events that led to the European colonization of the Americas.

October 12th, 1398

The Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Konrad von Jungingen signed the Treaty of Salynas, the third attempt to cede Samogitia to the Knights.

October 12th, 1928

An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital.

October 12th, 1918

A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.

October 12th, 1917

World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on October 12th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on October 12th?

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

55

Hugh Jackman

Australian actor (born 1968)

*October 12th, 1968, Sydney

25

Kyohei Yamashita

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1998, Okayama Prefecture

80

Odd Einar Dørum

Norwegian politician

*October 12th, 1943, Oslo

45

Konstrakta

Serbian singer-songwriter

*October 12th, 1978, Belgrade

78

Horst Rudolf Abe

German medical historian (1927-2006)

*October 12th, 1927, Erfurt †February 27th, 2006, Erfurt

68

Carl August von Steinheil

German physicist (1801-1870)

*October 12th, 1801, Ribeauvillé †September 14th, 1870, Munich

85

Bruno Franz Leopold Liebermann

German theologian

*October 12th, 1759, Molsheim †November 15th, 1844, Strasbourg

71

Luciano Pavarotti

Italian operatic tenor

*October 12th, 1935, Modena †September 6th, 2007, Modena

84

Eugenio Montale

Italian poet (1896-1981)

*October 12th, 1896, Genoa †September 12th, 1981, Milan

46

Bode Miller

American alpine ski racer

*October 12th, 1977, Easton

87

Dietrich von Hildebrand

German Catholic philosopher and theologian

*October 12th, 1889, Florence †January 26th, 1977, New Rochelle

42

Brian J. Smith

American actor

*October 12th, 1981, Dallas

68

Rick Parfitt

British rock musician (1948–2016)

*October 12th, 1948, Woking †December 24th, 2016, Marbella

57

Brenda Romero

American video game designer and developer

*October 12th, 1966, Ogdensburg

42

Shola Ameobi

Nigerian footballer (born 1981)

*October 12th, 1981, Zaria

74

Antoine de Morlhon

French politician

*October 12th, 1753, Villefranche-de-Panat †January 14th, 1828

65

Lutz Haueisen

East German cyclist

*October 12th, 1958, Jena

45

Baden Cooke

Australian cyclist

*October 12th, 1978, Benalla

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57

Johannes von Müller

Swiss historian (1752–1809)

*January 3rd, 1752, Schaffhausen †May 29th, 1809, Kassel

80

Muzio Clementi

Italian-born English composer, pianist, pedagogue, conductor, music publisher, editor, and piano manufacturer

*January 23rd, 1752, Rome †March 10th, 1832, Evesham

68

Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville

Marshal of France (1752-1821)

*May 10th, 1752, Champignol-lez-Mondeville †April 23rd, 1821, Paris

70

Nicolas Coquiart

Belgian doctor and politician

*October 11th, 1752, Ath †September 23rd, 1823, Binche

87

Johann Friedrich Blumenbach

German physician, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist (1752 – 1840)

*May 11th, 1752, Gotha †January 22nd, 1840, Göttingen

80

Philip Freneau

American poet, nationalist, polemicist, sea captain and newspaper editor (1752-1832)

*January 2nd, 1752, New York City †December 18th, 1832, Freehold

47

Jeongjo of Joseon

22nd King of Joseon (r. 1776–1800)

*September 22nd, 1752, Changgyeonggung †June 28th, 1800, Changgyeonggung

80

Adrien-Marie Legendre

French mathematician (1752–1833)

*September 18th, 1752, Paris †January 9th, 1833, Paris

66

Pascal Antoine Fiorella

French general

*February 7th, 1752, Ajaccio †March 3rd, 1818, Ajaccio

94

Johann Philipp Bach

German painter and musician (1752-1846)

*August 5th, 1752, Meiningen †November 2nd, 1846, Meiningen

17

Thomas Chatterton

English poet and forger (1752-1770)

*November 20th, 1752, Chatterton's House †August 24th, 1770, London

60

Carl Stenborg

Swedish opera singer (1752-1813)

*September 8th, 1752, Stockholm †August 1st, 1813, Djurgården

55

Carl Friedrich Cramer

German writer, translator and musicologist (1752-1807)

*March 7th, 1752, Quedlinburg †December 8th, 1807, Paris

59

Matsumura Goshun

Japanese artist (1752-1811)

*April 28th, 1752, Heian-kyō †September 4th, 1811, Heian-kyō

57

François Cabarrus, 1st Count of Cabarrús

Spanish financier (1752-1810)

*October 8th, 1752, Bayonne †April 27th, 1810, Seville

65

David Hall

American lawyer and politician from Delaware

*January 4th, 1752, Lewes †September 18th, 1817, Lewes

51

Charles Broche

French composer (1752-1803)

*February 20th, 1752, Rouen †September 30th, 1803, Rouen

90

Nathaniel Chipman

United States federal judge (1752-1843)

*November 15th, 1752, Salisbury †February 13th, 1843, Tinmouth

45

Louis Legendre

French politician (1752-1797)

*May 22nd, 1752, Versailles †December 13th, 1797, Paris

81

Andrew Fournet

Founder of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Holy Cross

*December 6th, 1752, Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé †May 13th, 1834, La Puye

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 12th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances) which are celebrated on October 12th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1752 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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