October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). There are 80 days remaining. The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ... A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing an extra day or month in order to keep the calendar year in sync with an astronomical or seasonal year. ...

Look up September in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up October in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in Leap years). ... October 5 is the 278th day of the year (279th in Leap years). ... October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year (282nd in leap years). ... October 9 is the 282nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (283rd in Leap years). ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ... October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... October 21 is the 294th day of the year (295th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 71 days remaining. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 67 days remaining. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 64 days remaining. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 63 days remaining. ... October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. ... October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining, as the final day of October. ... 2006 (MMVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Events

• 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia tooks Babylon.
• 1216 - King John lost his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
• 1492 - Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia
• 1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
• 1609 - "Three Blind Mice" published by London teenage songwriter Thomas Ravenscroft
• 1654 - The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100.
• 1681 - A London woman is publicly flogged for the crime of "involving herself in politics"
• 1709 - After a democratic voting, La Villa de San Francisco de Cuéllar was founded, which with time turned into San Felipe del Real Chihuahua and now it is known as the city of Chihuahua.
• 1773 - America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia
• 1775 - The United States Navy is formed.
• 1792 - First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
• 1793 - The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina
• 1810 - First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
• 1823 - Charles Macintosh, of Scotland, sells the first raincoat.
• 1850 - The first women's medical college opens, in Pennsylvania.
• 1854 - The Ashmun Institute is founded.
• 1859 - Self-described "Emperor of the United States" Joshua A. Norton issues a decree dissolving the U.S. Congress
• 1891 - The Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated.
• 1892 - The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited in unison by students in US public schools.
• 1899 - Boer republic of South Africa declares war with England.
• 1901 - President Thodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
• 1915 - World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from Belgium
• 1928 - An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston
• 1933 - The United States Army Disciplinary Barracks on Alcatraz Island, is acquired by the United States Department of Justice
• 1938 - Filming starts on The Wizard of Oz
• 1953 - "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York
• 1959 - At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
• 1960 - Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a table at a General Assembly of the United Nations meeting to protest discussion of Soviet Union policy toward Eastern Europe
• 1962 - Infamous Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities; 46 dead and at least U.S. $230 million in damages
• 1964 - The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits
• 1967 - Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives were futile because of North Vietnam's opposition
• 1968 - 1968 Summer Olympics open in Mexico City, Mexico
• 1968 - Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain
• 1970 - Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas
• 1972 - En route to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin, a racial brawl involving more than 100 sailors breaks out aboard the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk
• 1976 - The People's Republic of China announces that Hua Guofeng is the successor to the late Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party of China
• 1979 - The lowest recorded non-tornadic atmospheric pressure, 87.0 kPa (870 mbar or 25.69 inHg), occurred in the Western Pacific during Typhoon Tip
• 1983 - Japan's ex Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to 4 years in jail
• 1984 - Brighton hotel bombing: Margaret Thatcher survives an IRA bomb, which shredded her bathroom barely two minutes after she had left it
• 1988 - two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down executional style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia
• 1991 - Askar Akayev, previously chosen President of Kyrgyzstan by republic's Supreme Soviet, is confirmed president in an uncontested poll
• 1994 - NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere either October 13 or October 14)
• 1995 - Black motorist Johnny Gammage dies of asphxyation after being stopped by police in the nearly all-white Pittsburgh suburb of Brentwood
• 1997 - Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria; 43 killed at a fake roadblock
• 1998 - U.S. Congress passes Digital Millennium Copyright Act
• 1999 - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tries to dismiss Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf, who is returning to Pakistan from abroad in a commercial airliner. Sharif orders the Karachi airport to not allow the plane to land. Army leaders refuse to accept the dismissal and, in a coup, oust Sharif's administration and take over the airport. The plane lands with only a few minutes of fuel to spare, and Musharraf assumes control of the country.
• 2000 - In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39
• 2001 - War on Terrorism: Prompted by a request by US President George W. Bush, an episode of America's Most Wanted aired featuring 22 most wanted terrorists
• 2002 - Bali bombing: In Bali, terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, killing 202 and wounding over 300
• 2003 - Belarus mental hospital fire: Thirty patients die in a mental hospital fire in Randilovshchina, Belarus
• 2003 - Michael Schumacher clinches his 6th Formula One championship, an all-time record
• 2005 - The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
• 2005 - Apple Computer released the Video iPod

Centuries: 7th century BC - 6th century BC - 5th century BC Decades: 580s BC - 570s BC - 560s BC - 550s BC - 540s BC - 530s BC - 520s BC - 510s BC - 500s BC - 490s BC - 480s BC Events and Trends 538 BC - Babylon occupied by Jews transported to Babylon are allowed to return to... Common misspelling of Cyprus. ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... Babylon is the Greek variant of Akkadian Babilu, Ü’Ü’Ü  in Assyrian, an ancient city in Mesopotamia (Location: , , modern Al Hillah, Iraq). ... Events Prince Louis of France, the future King Louis VIII, invades England in the First Barons War Henry III becomes King of England. ... John (French: Jean) (December 24, c. ... The Wash, as seen looking west from Heacham, Norfolk The Wash is also the name of a 2001 film. ... Fosdyke is one of eighteen parishes which, together with Boston, form the Borough of Boston in the county of Lincolnshire, England. ... Sutton Bridge is a location in south-eastern Lincolnshire, England close to the borders with Norfolk and Cambridgeshire. ... 1492 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Christopher Columbus (October 30, 1451? – 20 May 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492 under the flag of Castile. ... The Caribbean, (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Dutch: Cariben or Caraïben, or more commonly Antillen) or the West Indies, is a group of islands and countries which are in or border the Caribbean Sea which lies on the Caribbean Plate. ... Geographic scope of East Asia East Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Gregorian calendar is the calendar that is used nearly everywhere in the world. ... // Events April 4 – King of Spain signs an edit of expulsion of all moriscos from Spain April 9 – Spain recognizes Dutch independence May 23 - Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia. ... Three Blind Mice is a childrens nursery rhyme. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... Tomb of Thomas Ravenscroft, in Barnet Church, North London Thomas Ravenscroft (c. ... Events April 5 - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster, ending the First Anglo-Dutch War. ... Egbert van der Poel A View of Delft after the Explosion of 1654 The Delft Explosion occurred on October 12, 1654 when a gunpowder store exploded destroying much of the city of Delft in the Netherlands. ... Events March 4 - Charles II of England grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania. ... The Houses of Parliament and the clock tower containing Big Ben Part of the London skyline viewed from the South Bank London is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... The state of Chihuahua is the largest of the 31 states of Mexico and is located in the northwestern part of the country. ... 1773 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 320 km 690 km 7. ... 1775 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, commemorating the date of Christopher Columbuss arrival in the New World in 1492. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The first public university building in America, Old Easts corner stone was laid in 1793. ... The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a public, coeducational, research university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. Also known as Carolina, North Carolina, UNC-CH, or simply UNC, the university is the oldest public institution of higher education in the United States and is the flagship... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Oktoberfest at night Oktoberfest () is a two-week festival held each year in Munich (München), Bavaria, Germany, during late September and early October. ... The Free State of Bavaria  (German: Freistaat Bayern), with an area of 70,553 km² (27,241 square miles) and 12. ... Munich and the Bavarian Alps Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... Ludwig I (or Louis I, which is the French form of his name, his godfather was Louis XVI of France) (born August 25, 1786 Strasbourg, – died February 29, 1868 Nice) was king of Bavaria from 1825 until 1848. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Macintosh (December 29, 1766 _ July 25, 1843) was a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The raincoat, a garment worn to protect the upper body from rain, is a compromise between fashion and utility. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... See drugs, medication, and pharmacology for substances that are used to treat patients. ... Official language(s) None Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 33rd 119,283 km² 255 km 455 km 2. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Joshua A. Norton, Emperor Norton I Joshua Abraham Norton (ca. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... 1891 (MDCCCXCI) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Dorothea Lange photograph of Japanese-American students reciting the Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance is a promise or oath of allegiance to the United States, and to its national flag. ... The term public school has different meanings: In Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and most other English-speaking nations, a public school is a school which is financed and run by the government and does not charge tuition fees. ... 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Boer is the Afrikaans (and Dutch) word for farmer which came to denote the descendants of the Afrikaans-speaking migrating farmers of the expanding eastern Cape frontier. ... In a broad definition, a republic is a state whose political organization rests on the principle that the citizens or electorate constitute the ultimate root of legitimacy and sovereignty. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... President is a title held by many leaders of organizations, companies, universities, and countries. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... World War I, also known as the First World War, and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, and the War to End All Wars, was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice (cessation of hostilities) on November 11, 1918. ... Edith Cavell Statue in memory of Edith Cavell, opposite the National Portrait Gallery, London A propaganda image of Edith Cavell Edith Louisa Cavell (December 4, 1865 - October 12, 1915) is one of the few famous heroines of World War I. Edith Cavell was born at Swardeston in Norfolk, where her... When spelt with a capital A, Allies usually denotes the countries supporting the Triple Entente who fought together against the Central Powers in World War I and against the Axis Powers in World War II. For more information, see the related articles: Allies of World War I and Allies of... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... An iron lung. ... Nickname: City on a Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Solar System), Athens of America Motto: Official website: www. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Alcatraz Island in 2005 Alcatraz Island (, ) is located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California. ... Justice Department redirects here. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... APRA could refer to the: American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, a Peruvian political party Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Australasian Performing Rights Association This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... APRA Rebelde, a splinter-group of the Peruvian APRA. APRA Rebelde was formed in 1959, by a group that was expelled from APRA at a National Congress on October 12. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the generic term for high-tension and / or indirect struggle between states, falling short of actual open hostilities, see cold war (war). ... Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchyov (Khrushchev) (Russian: Ники́та Серге́евич Хрущёв (help· info), April 17, 1894 â€“ September 11, 1971) was the leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Joseph Stalin. ... The United Nations (UN) (in French Organisation des Nations unies) is an international organization that describes itself as a global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ... Current division of Europe into five (or more) regions: one definition of Eastern Europe is marked in orange Eastern Europe as a region has several alternative definitions, whereby it can denote: the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Central Europe and Russia. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 was an extratropical wave cyclone that ranked among the most intense to strike the United States Pacific Northwest since at least 1948, and probably since the January 9, 1880 Great Gale and snowstorm. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Voskhod 1 was the first spaceflight to carry more than one person into space and the first flight without space suits. ... In physics, an orbit is the path that an object makes, around another object, whilst under the influence of a source of centripetal force, such as gravity. ... Apollo 15 space suit A spacesuit is a complex system of garments, equipment, and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer space. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Commanders Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US... David Dean Rusk (February 9, 1909 – December 20, 1994) was the United States Secretary of State from 1961 to 1969 under presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in 1945 and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the Soviet Union... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The Games of the XIX Olympiad were held in Mexico City in 1968. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) at the center of Mexico, about 2,240 metres (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... 1970 (MCMLXX in Roman) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Commanders Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Christmas (literally, the Mass of Jesus Christ) is a traditional holiday observed on 25 December. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Tuesday. ... The Gulf of Tonkin is located to the east of Vietnam. ... It has been suggested that Validity of human races be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The second USS Kitty Hawk (CVA-63) is an aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, actively serving as of 2005. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Hua Guofeng (Simplified Chinese: 华国锋; Traditional Chinese: 華國鋒; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Hua Kuo-feng) (born February 16, 1921) was Mao Zedongs designated successor as leader of the Communist Party of China and the Peoples Republic of China. ... Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893—September 9, 1976) was the chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1935 until his death. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) or Chinese Communist Party (CCP) (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... A tip (also known as a gratuity) is that amount of payment to certain service sector professionals which is in addition to the advertised bill or fee. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tanaka shook hands with his similarly-embattled contemporary, U.S. President Richard Nixon, during a Washington visit in July of 1973. ... The Lockheed SR-71, remarkably advanced for its time and unsurpassed in many areas of performance The Lockheed U-2 first flew in 1955 providing much needed intelligence on Soviet bloc countries Lockheed Corporation was an aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV in Roman) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Grand Hotel, Brighton, 2004 The Brighton hotel bombing was the bombing by the Provisional IRA of the Grand Hotel in Brighton in the early morning of October 12, 1984. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925), is a British politician and a former chemist. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... Massive ordinance air-burst bomb. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII in Roman) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Walsh Street police shootings was the execution style murder of Victoria Police Officers Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre who were gunned down in suburban Walsh Street, South Yarra, Australia on October 12, 1988. ... 1991 (MCMXCI in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Askar Akayev Askar Akayevich Akayev (Аскар Акаевич Акаев) (born November 10, 1944 in Kyzyl-Bairak, Kirghiz SSR) served as President of Kyrgyzstan from 1990 to March 2005, when he was deposed by a popular uprising dubbed the Tulip Revolution. ... The President of Kyrgyzstan is the head of state and the highest official of the Kyrgyz Republic. ... The Supreme Soviet (Russian: , Verhovniy Sovet, literally the Supreme Council) comprised the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass constitutional amendments. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... NASA logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Magellan spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center The Magellan spacecraft carried out a mission from 1989-1994, orbiting Venus from 1990-1994. ... (*min temperature refers to cloud tops only) Atmospheric characteristics Atmospheric pressure 9. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnny Gammage was a black motorist who died in the nearly all-white Pittsburgh suburb of Brentwood in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on October 12, 1995, after being stopped for driving erratically by police. ... City nickname: The Steel City Location in the state of Pennsylvania Founded 1758 Mayor Tom Murphy (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 151. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sidi Daoud massacre took place outside the village of Sidi Daoud near Sig in western Algeria on the night of 12 October 1997. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Nawaz Sharif (born December 25, 1949) was twice elected as Prime Minister of Pakistan, serving two non-consecutive terms. ... General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: ); born August 11, 1943 (Delhi, India) is the President of Pakistan. ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government against the volonté générale formed by the majority of the citizen, usually done by a smaller supposedly weaker body that just replaces the top power figures. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Aden is a city in Yemen. ... The second USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia. ... Damage to USS Cole The USS Cole bombing was a suicide bombing attack against the guided missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) on October 12, 2000. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The War on Terrorism or War on Terror (in U.S. foreign policy circles, the global war on terrorism or GWOT ) is a controversial campaign by the United States government and some of its allies with the stated goal of ending worldwide terrorism by stopping terrorist groups and ending state... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... Americas Most Wanted is a long-running TV show produced by 20th Century Fox and running on Fox that profiles fugitives wanted for violent crimes, often including those currently on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... 2002 (MMII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bali Bombing occurred on October 12, 2002 in the town of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people and injuring a further 209. ... Rice terraces at entrance to Gunung Kawi Temple Statue of Dewi Sri — Ubud, Bali Topography Bali is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands Young Balinese dancers perform the Legong Keraton, created in the 18th century and based on a 13th century legend of the King of Lasem The Bali Starling... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... Kuta Beach Kuta Beach Kuta Beach Street Kuta is a town in southern Bali, Indonesia. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Thirty mental patients were killed when fire broke out in the Kozlovichi Mental Asylum in Randilovshchina, in the Grodno region of Belarus, on October 12, 2003. ... A psychiatric hospital (also called a mental hospital or asylum) is a hospital specializing in the treatment of persons with mental illness. ... Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth-Hermühlheim, near Cologne, Germany) is a German Formula One racer and statistically the greatest driver of all time. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Human spaceflight is space exploration with a human crew, and possibly passengers (in contrast to dog-manned space missions, which are remotely-controlled or robotic space probes). ... Shenzhou 6 (Chinese: 神舟六号) was the second human spaceflight of the Peoples Republic of China, launched on 12 October 2005 on a Long March rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. ... Colonel Fèi Jùnlóng (Simplified Chinese: 费俊龙; Traditional Chinese: 費俊龍) (born 1965) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Colonel Niè HÇŽishèng (Simplified Chinese: 聂海胜; Traditional Chinese: 聶海勝) (born October 13, 1964) is a Chinese astronaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ... A grayscale fourth-generation iPod with earphones. ...

Births

• 1008 - Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)
• 1350 - Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)
• 1490 - Bernardo Pisano, Italian composer (d. 1548)
• 1537 - King Edward VI of England (d. 1553)
• 1537 - Jane Grey, Queen of England (d. 1554)
• 1558 - Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)
• 1576 - Thomas Dudley, Massachusetts colonial magistrate (d. 1653)
• 1602 - William Chillingworth, English churchman (d. 1644)
• 1710 - Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of the Colony and the state of Connecticut (d. 1785)
• 1712 - William Shippen, American physician and Contental Congressman (d. 1801)
• 1725 - Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810)
• 1798 - Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (d. 1834)
• 1801 - Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss Federal Councilor (d. 1873)
• 1840 - Helena Modrzejewska, Polish-American actress (d. 1909)
• 1860 - Elmer Sperry, American inventor (d. 1930)
• 1865 - Arthur Harden, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
• 1866 - Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1937)
• 1872 - Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer (d. 1958)
• 1875 - Aleister Crowley, English occultist and author (d. 1947)
• 1896 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
• 1904 - Ding Ling, Chinese writer (d. 1986)
• 1906 - Joe Cronin, baseball player (d. 1984)
• 1908 - Ann Petry, American novelist (d. 1997)
• 1917 - Roque Máspoli, Uruguayan footballer
• 1924 - Doris Grau, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1932 - Dick Gregory, American comedian and activist
• 1934 - Richard Meier, Americian Architect
• 1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor
• 1944 - Angela Rippon, British television personality
• 1950 - Susan Anton, American actress
• 1950 - Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor
• 1951 - Ed Royce, American politician
• 1953 - Serge Lepeltier, French politician
• 1953 - Les Dennis, British comedian and television presenter
• 1955 - Ante Gotovina, Croatian general
• 1962 - Carlos Bernard, American actor
• 1963 - Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer
• 1966 - Brian Kennedy, Northern Irish musician and author
• 1968 - Hugh Jackman, Australian actor and singer
• 1968 - Adam Rich, American actor
• 1969 - Martie Maguire, American musician (Dixie Chicks)
• 1970 - Kirk Cameron, American actor
• 1970 - Tanyon Sturtze, baseball player
• 1974 - Stephen Lee, English snooker player
• 1975 - Marion Jones, American athlete
• 1976 - Sarah Lane, American television personality
• 1979 - Jordan Pundik, American singer (New Found Glory)
• 1982 - Molly Bennett, Irish singer
• 1984 - Matthew Dewey, Australian composer

Events Olof, king of Sweden, is baptized. ... Emperor Go-Ichijō (後一条天皇 Go-Ichijō Tennō) (October 12, 1008 – May 15, 1036) was the 68th imperial ruler of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. ... Events Emperor Go-Suzaku ascends the throne of Japan. ... Events 29 August - An English fleet personally commanded by King Edward III defeats a Spanish fleet in the battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer. ... Grand Prince (Velikiy Kniaz) Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoi (Дмитрий Донской, in Russian) (October 12, 1350 - 1389) was a Russian ruler (1359 - 1389). ... Events February 24 - Margaret I seizes Albert, thus becoming ruler of Denmark, Norway and Sweden June 28 - Battle of Kosovo between Serbs and Ottomans. ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Bernardo Pisano (also Pagoli) (October 12, 1490 – January 23, 1548) was an Italian composer, priest, singer, and scholar of the Renaissance. ... Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general... Events January 6 - Alessandro de Medici assassinated August 25 - The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, was formed. ... Edward Tudor redirects here; for another (though unlikely) Edward Tudor, see a putative younger son of Henry VII of England, who, if existed, would be the uncle of this Edward Edward VI (12 October 1537–6 July 1553) was King of England and King of Ireland from 28 January 1547... // Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey... Lady Jane Grey, claimant to the thrones of England and Ireland Jane (October 12?, 1537–February 12, 1554), known as Lady Jane Grey, is not normally counted in the list of British monarchs, but she was Queen of England for a few days in 1553. ... Events January 5 - Great fire in Eindhoven, Netherlands. ... Events January 7 - French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise take Calais, the last continental possession of England July 13 - Battle of Gravelines: In France, Spanish forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines. ... Archduke Maximilian III of Austria, also known as Maximilian the Deutschmeister (born October 12, 1558 in Wiener Neustadt; died November 2, 1618 in Vienna) was the third son of Emperor Maximilian II. From 1585 onwards, he was the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order and administrator of Prussia. ... Events March 8 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion (he soon rejects the idea after some initial calculations were made but on May 15 confirms the discovery). ... Events May 5 - Peace of Beaulieu or Peace of Monsieur (after Monsieur, the Duc dAnjou, brother of the King, who negotiated it). ... Thomas Dudley (October 12, 1576–July 31, 1653) was a colonial magistrate who served several terms as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. ... Events February 2 - New Amsterdam (later renamed New York City) is incorporated. ... This page is about the year. ... William Chillingworth (October 12, 1602 - January, 1644) was a controversial English churchman. ... // Events February to August - Explorer Abel Tasmans second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia. ... // Events April 10 - The worlds first copyright legislation became effective, Britains Statute of Anne Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700-1721) War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) Births January 3 - Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. ... Gov. ... 1785 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... // Events Treaty of Aargau signed between Catholic and Protestants. ... William Shippen (October 12, 1712 – November 4, 1801) was an American physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Events February 8 - Catherine I became empress of Russia February 20 - The first reported case of white men scalping Native Americans takes place in New Hampshire colony. ... Étienne Louis Geoffroy (October 12, 1725 - August 12, 1810 ) was a French entomologist . ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Pedro I of Brazil (pron. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Union Jack, flag of the newly formed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ... Friedrich Frey-Herosé (October 12, 1801 - September 22, 1873) was a Swiss politician. ... 1873 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calaber). ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Helena Modjeska Helena Modjeska (nee Opid), (1840-1909) was an internationally-famous Polish actress who later moved to the United States. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... Elmer Ambrose Sperry (October 12, 1860 - June 16, 1930) was an inventor and entrepreneur. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Arthur Harden (October 12, 1865 – June 17, 1940) was an English biochemist. ... This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates in Chemistry from 1901 to the present day. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The Right Honourable James Ramsay MacDonald, PC (12 October 1866–9 November 1937), British politician, was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. ... In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM (October 12, 1872 – August 26, 1958) was an influential British composer. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Aleister Crowley Aleister Crowley, born Edward Alexander Crowley (12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an occultist, mystic, sexual revolutionary, and drug user (especially morphine). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Eugenio Montale Eugenio Montale (October 12, 1896, Genoa – September 12, 1981, Milan) was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and traslator, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1975. ... The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words of Alfred Nobel, produced the most outstanding work of an idealistic tendency. The work in this case generally refers to an authors work as a whole, not to any individual... 1981 (MCMLXXXI in Roman) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... DÄ«ng Líng (丁玲) was the pseudonym of JiÇŽng BÄ«ngzhÄ« (蒋冰之), also known as BÄ«n Zhǐ (彬芷) (October 12, 1904 - March 4, 1986), a contemporary Chinese author from Linli (临澧), Hunan province. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Joseph Edward Cronin (October 12, 1906 – September 7, 1984) was a Major League Baseball player from 1926 to 1945 and manager from 1933 to 1947. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV in Roman) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ann Lane Petry (October 12, 1908, Old Saybrook, Connecticut - April 28, 1997, Old Saybrook) was an African American novelist, journalist and biographer. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII in Roman) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Roque Gastón Máspoli (October 12, 1917 in Montevideo - February 22, 2004) was a soccer goalkeeper for Uruguay. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Doris Dossy Grau (October 12, 1924 - December 30, 1995) was an American actress, script supervisor and voice actress. ... 1995 (MCMXCV in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) is a leap year starting on Friday. ... Richard Dick Claxton Gregory, born October 12, 1932 in St. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Richard Meier (born October 12, 1934 in Newark, New Jersey) is a late twentieth century American architect known for his use of the color white. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Luciano Pavarotti The Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti (born October 12, 1935), is one of the most famous living singers, not only in the world of opera, but across all genres. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Angela Rippon, OBE (born October 12, 1944) is a well-known British television journalist and lesbian. ... 1950 (MCML in Roman) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Susan Anton (born on October 12, 1950 in Oak Glen, California) is an American actress, best known for her role as Susan Williams in the various Stop Susan Williams!-related television series and television movies. ... Takeshi Kaga Takeshi Kaga (鹿賀 丈史 Kaga Takeshi) is a well known stage and movie actor in Japan, and is probably best known internationally for his portrayal of Chairman Kaga in the Japanese television show Iron Chef produced by Fuji TV. His birth name is Shigekatsu Katsuda (勝田薫且 Katsuda Shigekatsu). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Ed Royce Edward Randall Royce (born October 12, 1951), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1993, representing the 40th District of California (map). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Serge Lepeltier (born October 12, 1953) is a French politician. ... Les Dennis (born Leslie Dennis Heseltine October 12, 1953) is an English television presenter. ... 1955 (MCMLV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ante Gotovina Ante Gotovina (born October 12, 1955) is a former major-general of the Croatian Army who served in the 1991-1995 war in Croatia. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carlos Bernard Carlos Bernard Papierski (born October 12, 1962 in Chicago), is an American actor and is best known for his role as Tony Almeida on the television show 24. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alan McDonald (born October 12, 1963 in Belfast) is a former footballer with Queens Park Rangers and Northern Ireland. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy (12 October 1966) is an Irish singer. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor who portrayed Wolverine in X-Men (2000), X2: X-Men United (2003) and X-Men 3 (2006). ... Adam Rich was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 12, 1968. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Martie Erwin, also known as Martie Seidel and Martie Maguire, (born October 12, 1969) is a country music songwriter, recording artist and musician, born and residing in Dallas. ... The Dixie Chicks: Martie, Natalie and Emily The Dixie Chicks are an American country music all-female trio. ... 1970 (MCMLXX in Roman) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Cameron Buck Williams, as played by Kirk Cameron in the film version of Left Behind Kirk Thomas Cameron (born October 12, 1970), better known only as Kirk Cameron, is an American actor who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s for his role on the sitcom Growing Pains... Tanyon James Sturtze (born October 12, 1970 in Worcester, Massachusetts), commonly known as Tanyon Sturtze, is a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV in Roman) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Stephen Lee (born October 12, 1974) is an English professional snooker player. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Marion Jones (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California) is an American athlete, winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sarah Lane Sarah Lane (born October 12, 1976 in Santa Cruz, California) is an American television personality. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Jordan Pundik (born October 12, 1979) is the current lead vocalist of one of the most popular american pop punk bands New Found Glory along with Lead Guitarist Chad Gilbert, Rhythm Guitarist Steve Klein, Drummer Cyrus Bolooki, and Bassist Ian Grushka. ... New Found Glory (formerly A New Found Glory) is an American pop punk band, formed in 1997 (see 1997 in music) in Coral Springs, Florida and currently based in California. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Molly Bennett the Irish folk singer was born to Pamela and William Bennett on 12 October 1982. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV in Roman) is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Matthew Ingvald Dewey (born 1984) is an Australian composer and singer. ...

Deaths

• 632 - Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda
• 638 - Pope Honorius I
• 642 - Pope John IV
• 1095 - Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)
• 1176 - William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician
• 1491 - Fritz Herlen, German artist
• 1492 - Piero della Francesca, Italian painter
• 1565 - Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)
• 1576 - Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1527)
• 1590 - Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)
• 1600 - Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)
• 1632 - Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
• 1646 - François de Bassompierre, Marshal of France (b. 1579)
• 1678 - Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
• 1679 - William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
• 1685 - Christoph Ignaz Abele, Austrian jurist (b. 1628)
• 1730 - King Frederick IV of Denmark (b. 1671)
• 1758 - Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)
• 1845 - Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780)
• 1870 - Robert E. Lee</