Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
October 12
| 1492 | Christopher Columbus and his crew land in the Bahamas. | |
| 1576 | Rudolf II, the king of Hungary and Bohemia, succeeds his father, Maximillian II, as Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| 1609 | The song "Three Blind Mice" is published in London, believed to be the earliest printed secular song. | |
| 1702 | Admiral Sir George Rooke defeats the French fleet off Vigo. | |
| 1722 | Shah Sultan Husayn surrenders the Persian capital of Isfahan to Afgan rebels after a seven month siege. | |
| 1809 | Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, dies under mysterious circumstances in Tennessee. | |
| 1899 | The Anglo-Boer War begins. | |
| 1872 | Apache leader Cochise signs a peace treaty with General Howard in Arizona Territory. | |
| 1933 | Alcatraz Island is made a federal maximum security prison. | |
| 1943 | The U.S. Fifth Army begins an assault crossing of the Volturno River in Italy. | |
| 1949 | Eugenie Anderson becomes the first woman U.S. ambassador. | |
| 1970 | President Richard Nixon announces the pullout of 40,000 more American troops in Vietnam by Christmas. | |
| 1971 | The House of Representatives passes the Equal Rights Amendment 354-23. | |
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Born on October 12 |
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| 1537 | Edward VI, the only son of Henry VIII by his third wife Jane Seymour. | |
| 1868 | Charles Sumner Greene, architect. | |
| 1929 | Richard Coles, child psychologist and author. | |
| 1932 | Dick Gregory, comedian and social activist. | |
| 1935 | Luciano Pavarotti, Italian opera tenor. | |
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