What Happened On 12th October 2012 In History

October 12th Famous Deaths for 2012

• » James Coyne, Canadian banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1910)
• » William C. Friday, American academic (b. 1920)
• » Norm Grabowski, American hot rod builder and actor (b. 1933)
• » Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian television host (b. 1955)
• » Sukhdev Singh Kang, Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (b. 1931)
• » Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (b. 1925)
• » Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian archbishop (b. 1919)
• » Erik Moseholm, Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930)
• » Tony Pawson (cricketer) called Tony Pawson, English cricketer (b. 1921)
• » Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)

October 12th Holidays in History

• » Christian Feast Day:
• » Heribert of Cologne (private feast day)
• » Wilfrid named Wilfrid of Ripon
• » Edith Cavell, Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)
• » October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• » Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus named Columbus-related observances:
• » Columbus Day (United States)
• » Piomingo Day (Chickasaw Nation)
• » Public holidays in Mexico named Descubrimiento de América (Mexico)
• » Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
• » Día de la Raza, "Day of the Race" (Latin America)
• » Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
• » Día de las Américas, "Day of the Americas" (Uruguay)
• » Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
• » Discovery Day (the Bahamas)
• » Freethought Day (United States)
• » Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.

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