October 12

What happened on October 12 in history

5 events fall on October 12, from 1492 to 1984. Read them below, then try to place a historical scene yourself — guess where in the world it happened and in what year.

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Events on October 12

  1. 1492

    Columbus makes landfall

    The expedition sights an island in the Bahamas after five weeks at sea.

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  2. 1810

    The first Oktoberfest

    Munich celebrates a royal wedding with horse races on the meadow.

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  3. 1901

    The White House gets its name

    Theodore Roosevelt makes the nickname official.

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  4. 1960

    Khrushchev at the United Nations

    The Soviet leader disrupts a General Assembly session in New York.

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  5. 1984

    The Brighton bombing

    An IRA bomb at the Grand Hotel narrowly misses the British cabinet.

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