3rd » U.S. forces defeat Nicaraguan rebels under the command of Benjamín Zeledón at the Battle of Coyotepe Hill.
7th » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
8th » Balkan Wars or First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
11th » First Balkan War: The Hellenic Army or Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
14th » While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the former President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, is shot and mildly wounded by John Schrank, a mentally-disturbed saloon keeper. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Mr
17th » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
18th » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
19th » Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
21st » First Balkan War: Kardzhali is liberated by Kingdom of Bulgaria e.g Bulgarian forces
23rd » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo between the Kingdom of Serbia known as Serbian and Ottoman Empire known as Ottoman armies begins.
24th » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Kingdom of Serbia known as Serbian victory.
26th » First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Saint Demetrius named Demetrius. On the same day, Kingdom of Serbia e.g Serbian troops captured Skopje.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1912
1st » Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (d. 2014)
2nd » Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (d. 1981)
5th » Fritz Fischer (medical doctor) or Fritz Fischer, German physician (d. 2003)