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Historical events & facts — October 12
What happened on October 12?
On October 12, 1492, the crew of the Santa María sighted land in the Bahamas after more than two months at sea. Christopher Columbus went ashore believing he had reached Asia and claimed the territory in the name of the Spanish Crown. The encounter between Europe and the Americas forever changed the course of history and began the era of modern globalisation.
On October 12, 1915, British nurse Edith Cavell was shot by the German army in Brussels for having helped more than 200 Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium. Her execution provoked a wave of international outrage and was used by the Allies as war propaganda. She is today considered a national heroine in the United Kingdom.
On October 12, 2008, Chinese taikonaut Zhai Zhigang conducted China's first spacewalk, spending about twenty minutes outside the Shenzhou 7 spacecraft. China thus became the third country in the world — after the US and the Soviet Union — to master extravehicular activity, consolidating its ambitious space programme.
Notable birthdays — October 12
Famous people born on October 12
Mariano Trías
Mariano Trías y Closas is considered to be the first de facto Philippine Vice President of that revolutionary government established at the Tejeros Convention - an assembly of Philippine revolutionary leaders that elected officials of the revolutionary movement against the colonial government of Spain.
Lock Martin
Joseph Lockard "Lock" Martin Jr. was an American performer afflicted with gigantism. Martin and a twin brother were born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his brother died in childbirth.
Magnus Magnusson
Magnus Magnusson was an Icelandic-born Scottish journalist, translator, writer and television presenter. Born in Reykjavík, he lived in Scotland for almost all his life, although he never took British citizenship. He came to prominence as a BBC television journalist and was the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind for 25 years.
Shivraj Patil
Shivraj Vishwanath Patil was an Indian politician. He was the Minister of Home Affairs (India), from 2004 to 2008 and 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996. Patil was Governor of the state of Punjab and Administrator of the Chandigarh from 2010 to 2015. Previously, he served in the Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinets as Minister of Defence during the 1980s.
Carlos the Jackal
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as Carlos the Jackal or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan convict who conducted a series of assassinations and terrorist bombings from 1973 to 1985. A committed Marxist–Leninist, he was one of the most notorious political terrorists of his era, protected and supported by the Stasi and the KGB.
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