Christopher Columbus's first expedition to the New World
Time: Wednesday Oct 12, 1492
Place: San Salvador
Details: The explorer thinks he has reached East Asia after landing on a Caribbean island called San Salvador.
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On This Day - 12 October
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Thursday Oct 12, 1899 - South Africa
World War 1-Bulgaria's War Declaration
Tuesday Oct 12, 1915 - Bulgaria
Brazilian Revolution of 1930-The Battle of Quatiguá
Sunday Oct 12, 1930 - Quatiguá, State of Paraná, Brazil
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret's first main public appearance at her uncle Prince George's wedding
Friday Oct 12, 1934 - London, England, United Kingdom
Louis Armstrong-A Guest artist with Lionel Hampton's band
Saturday Oct 12, 1946 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Carlos the Jackal-Birth
Wednesday Oct 12, 1949 - Michelena, Táchira, Venezuela
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend returned from Brussels
Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret may have told Townsend that governmental and familial opposition to their marriage had not changed
Wednesday Oct 12, 1955 - England, United Kingdom
1973 oil crisis-Operation Nickel Grass
Friday Oct 12, 1973 - Sinai, Egypt
Margaret Thatcher-The Assassination Attempt
Friday Oct 12, 1984 - Brighton, England
Steven Spielberg-2nd Marriage
Saturday Oct 12, 1991 - U.S.
Steven Spielberg-Building his new studio
Wednesday Oct 12, 1994 - California, U.S.
Bosnian War-Ceasefire came into effect
Thursday Oct 12, 1995 - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Chechen War-The Russian forces crossed the Terek and began a two-pronged advance on the capital Grozny to the south
Tuesday Oct 12, 1999 - Chechnya, Russia
Dwayne Johnson-Rock and Mankind Won the Tag Titles for Final Time
Tuesday Oct 12, 1999 - U.S.
Ayman al-Zawahiri-The USS Cole bombing
Thursday Oct 12, 2000 - Aden, Yemen
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Tuesday Oct 12, 2004 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
David Cameron-The Chairman of the National Citizen Service Patrons
Wednesday Oct 12, 2016 - England
Hong Kong independence-The inaugural meeting of the Legislative Council, two Youngspiration legislators Baggio Leung and Yau Wai-ching took the oaths of office as an opportunity to make pro-independence statements
Wednesday Oct 12, 2016 - Hong Kong, China
Jacques Sirmond Brith
Sunday Oct 12, 1558 - Riom
Maximilian III Brith
Sunday Oct 12, 1558 - Wiener Neustadt
Christian VI of Denmark
Thursday Oct 12, 1730 - Denmark
Frederik IV's death
Thursday Oct 12, 1730 - Denmark
Leiden gunpowder disaster
Monday Oct 12, 1654 - Netherlands
1492
Elizabeth Woodville-Death
Wednesday Jun 8, 1492 - London, England, United Kingdom
Francesco de Layolle Brith
Friday Mar 4, 1492 - Florence
Alliance of King James with France
Friday Mar 4, 1492 - Scotland