This is a list of selected October 12 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
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Our Lady Aparecida's Day and Children's Day in Brazil | Our Lady: unreferenced section; Children's Day: cleanup required, refimprove section |
Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea ( 1968); | Refimprove section |
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. | neutrality disputed |
1859 – Self-described "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico" Emperor Norton "ordered" the United States Congress to dissolve. | Moved to 17 September, date of his proclamation |
1928 – An " iron lung" medical ventilator, designed by Philip Drinker and colleagues at Boston Children's Hospital, was used for the first time to treat poliomyelitis. | Refimprove section |
1964 – The Soviet Voskhod 1 mission became the first multi-person space flight as well as the first without spacesuits. | unreferenced section |
1987 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Indian troops mounted a failed assault on the University of Jaffna, which served as the Tamil Tigers' military headquarters. | unreferenced section |
2000 – Two suicide bombers attacked the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was at anchor in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 of its crew members and injuring 39 others. | unreferenced section |
2002 – A series of bombs planted by Islamist militant group Jemaah Islamiyah exploded in Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 people and injuring 209 others. | refimprove |
October 12: Shemini Atzeret (Judaism, 2017); Feast day of Our Lady of the Pillar in the Philippines and Spain; National Day in Spain ( 1492)
Demosthenes (d. 322 BC) · Ramsay MacDonald (b. 1866) · Ricky Wilson (d. 1985)
This is a list of selected October 12 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.
← October 11 | October 13 → |
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Use only ONE image at a time
Blurb | Reason |
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Our Lady Aparecida's Day and Children's Day in Brazil | Our Lady: unreferenced section; Children's Day: cleanup required, refimprove section |
Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea ( 1968); | Refimprove section |
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. | neutrality disputed |
1859 – Self-described "Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico" Emperor Norton "ordered" the United States Congress to dissolve. | Moved to 17 September, date of his proclamation |
1928 – An " iron lung" medical ventilator, designed by Philip Drinker and colleagues at Boston Children's Hospital, was used for the first time to treat poliomyelitis. | Refimprove section |
1964 – The Soviet Voskhod 1 mission became the first multi-person space flight as well as the first without spacesuits. | unreferenced section |
1987 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Indian troops mounted a failed assault on the University of Jaffna, which served as the Tamil Tigers' military headquarters. | unreferenced section |
2000 – Two suicide bombers attacked the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was at anchor in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 of its crew members and injuring 39 others. | unreferenced section |
2002 – A series of bombs planted by Islamist militant group Jemaah Islamiyah exploded in Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 people and injuring 209 others. | refimprove |
October 12: Shemini Atzeret (Judaism, 2017); Feast day of Our Lady of the Pillar in the Philippines and Spain; National Day in Spain ( 1492)
Demosthenes (d. 322 BC) · Ramsay MacDonald (b. 1866) · Ricky Wilson (d. 1985)