October 12th, 2005

Born on October 12th, 2005

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What happened on October 12th, 2005?

October 12th, 2005

The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhou_6

What else 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

Japan Socialist Party leader Inejirō Asanuma (pictured) was assassinated during a live television recording by a far-right ultra-nationalist using a short sword.

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 in San Francisco Bay, to be transformed 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 at the Boston Children's Hospital 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, 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, 1978

While in prison for murder, boxer James Scott defeated Eddie "The Flame" Gregory, a leading light heavyweight.

October 12th, 2013

Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse in Medellín, leading to new construction laws being passed in Colombia.

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

Same year
Born in 2005

21

Nithya Sre Sivan

Indian Paralympic athlete

*January 7th, 2005, Karur

20

Sombr

American singer-songwriter

*July 5th, 2005, New York City

21

FloyyMenor

Chilean singer-songwriter

*June 14th, 2005, Vicuña

21

Roxy Dekker

Dutch singer-songwriter

*January 12th, 2005, Amsterdam

21

IShowSpeed

American YouTuber and online streamer

*January 21st, 2005, Cincinnati

20

Alysa Liu

American figure skater

*August 8th, 2005, Clovis

21

Félix Bossuet

French actor

*February 23rd, 2005, Paris

21

Alexandria Villaseñor

American climate activist

*May 18th, 2005, Davis

20

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne

*October 31st, 2005, Madrid

21

Brooke McIntosh

Figure skater

*January 5th, 2005, Toronto

21

Dafne Keen

Spanish and British actress

*January 4th, 2005, Madrid

21

Cian Shields

British racing driver

*March 7th, 2005, Glasgow

21

Arda Güler

Turkish association football player (born 2005)

*February 25th, 2005, Altındağ

20

Lia McHugh

American actress (born 2005)

*November 18th, 2005, Pittsburgh

20

Jakub Menšík

Czech tennis player

*September 1st, 2005, Prostějov

21

Mattia Furlani

Italian athlete

*February 7th, 2005, Marino

21

Arthur Vermeeren

Belgian association football player (born 2005)

*February 7th, 2005, Lier

21

Fermín Aldeguer

Spanish motorcycle road racer

*April 5th, 2005, Murcia

21

Roksana Węgiel

Polish singer

*January 11th, 2005, Jasło

20

Lulu Wilson

American actress

*October 7th, 2005, New York City

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.

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Born on October 12th, 2005
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 2005 is a normal year and no leap year.

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