What Happened On 12th October 2013 In History

Historical Events for 12th October, 2013

• » 51 people are killed after a truck 2013 Peru bus disaster called veers off a cliff in La Convencion Province in Peru.

October 12th Famous Deaths for 2013

• » Glen Dell, South African pilot (b. 1962)
• » George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920)
• » Oscar Hijuelos, American author (b. 1951)
• » Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (b. 1942)
• » Michelle Madoff, Canadian-American politician (b. 1928)
• » Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and educator (b. 1910)
• » Mann Rubin, American screenwriter (b. 1927)

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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