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What Happened On October 12

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1799: Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin became the first woman to make a parachute descent, falling 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the gondola of a hot air balloon. 1799: Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute. 1892: The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States was first used in public schools to coincide with the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. 1892: The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools. 1810: The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest in celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. 1792: The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City. 1773: America's first insane asylum opens. 1692: The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips. 1492: Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. (Julian calendar) 1984: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.

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1799 First ever
Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin became the first woman to make a parachute descent, falling 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the gondola of a hot air balloon.
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1799 First ever
Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1892 First ever
The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States was first used in public schools to coincide with the opening of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1892 First ever
The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1810 First ever
The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest in celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1792 First ever
The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1773 First ever
America's first insane asylum opens.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1692 Oddly true
The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1492 First ever
Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. (Julian calendar)
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1984 Oddly true
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.
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Observed today

20222022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a gay bar in Bratislava known as Tepláreň. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting: Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajčík) was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack. Wikipedia →
2019Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people. Wikipedia →
2019Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna. Wikipedia →
2019The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing three workers and injuring 30 others. Wikipedia →
2017The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows. Wikipedia →
2013An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people. Wikipedia →
2012The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. Wikipedia →
2010The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Wikipedia →
2005The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days. Wikipedia →
2002Terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 and wounding over 200. Wikipedia →
2000The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39. Wikipedia →
2000Two Israeli reservists are lynched by a Palestinian mob at the police station of Ramallah. Wikipedia →
1999Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup. Wikipedia →
1999The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia. Wikipedia →
1997The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock. Wikipedia →
1996New Zealand holds its first general election under the new mixed-member proportional representation system, which led to Jim Bolger's National Party forming a coalition government with Winston Peters's New Zealand First. Wikipedia →
1994The Magellan spacecraft burns up in the atmosphere of Venus. Wikipedia →
1994Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 746 crashes near Natanz, Iran, killing all 66 people on board. Wikipedia →
1992A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died. Wikipedia →
1988Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down execution-style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia. Wikipedia →
1984The Provisional Irish Republican Army fail to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet. The bomb kills five people and wounds at least 31 others. Wikipedia →
1983Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail. Wikipedia →
1979Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded. Wikipedia →
1977Hua Guofeng succeeds Mao Zedong as paramount leader of China. Wikipedia →
1976Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashes at Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, killing 95. Wikipedia →
1973President Nixon nominates House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford as the successor to Vice President Spiro T. Agnew. Wikipedia →
1971The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins. Wikipedia →
1970Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas. Wikipedia →
1968Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain. Wikipedia →
1967A bomb explodes on board Cyprus Airways Flight 284 while flying over the Mediterranean Sea, killing 66. Wikipedia →
1964The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits. Wikipedia →
1963After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union. Wikipedia →
1962The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230 million in damages and 46 people died. Wikipedia →
1960Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion. Wikipedia →
1959At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde. Wikipedia →
1945World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor. Wikipedia →
1945The Lao Issara took control of Laos' government and reaffirmed the country's independence. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end. Wikipedia →
1933The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Wikipedia →
1928An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Boston Children's Hospital. Wikipedia →
1918A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota. Wikipedia →
1917World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history. Wikipedia →
1915World War I: British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad for helping Allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium. Wikipedia →
1909Foundation of Coritiba Foot Ball Club. Wikipedia →
1901President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House. Wikipedia →
1892The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools. Wikipedia →
1890Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed. Wikipedia →
1871The British in India enact the Criminal Tribes Act, naming many local communities "Criminal Tribes". Wikipedia →
1856An M 7.7–8.3 earthquake off the Greek island of Crete causes major damage as far as Egypt and Malta. Wikipedia →
1849The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'. Wikipedia →
1822Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor. Wikipedia →
1810The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest in celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Wikipedia →
1799Jeanne Geneviève Labrosse becomes the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute. Wikipedia →
1798Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War. Wikipedia →
1793The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Wikipedia →
1792The first celebration of Columbus Day is held in New York City. Wikipedia →
1773America's first insane asylum opens. Wikipedia →
1748War of Jenkins' Ear: A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana. Wikipedia →
1692The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips. Wikipedia →
1654The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people. Wikipedia →
1492Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall on San Salvador Island in the Caribbean. (Julian calendar) Wikipedia →
1428The English and their Burgundian allies begin the Siege of Orleans, the most pivotal investiture of the Hundred Years' War. Wikipedia →
1406Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reaches Seoul after having set out from Java four months before. Wikipedia →
1398In the Treaty of Salynas, Lithuania cedes Samogitia to the Teutonic Knights. Wikipedia →
1279The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism is founded in Japan. Wikipedia →
633Battle of Hatfield Chase: King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by an alliance under Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon of Gwynedd. Wikipedia →
166Roman emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus celebrate a triumph in Rome for the successful completion of their war with the Partians. Wikipedia →
539 BCThe army of Cyrus the Great of Persia conquer Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar) Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

2022The Guardian
Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook families $965m over hoax claims
Verdict is second big judgment against Infowars host over promotion of the lie that the 2012 massacre never happened
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2017The Guardian
‘We were the real cowboys’: Indigenous spaghetti western premieres at Tarnanthi
Shot over one day in the APY lands, Never Stop Riding has everything you’d want in a western – including a dance number
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1939The New York Times
Football Giants Make Two First-Team Changes in Move to Bolster Attack
Should the football Giants have an intense distaste for the cinema in the future, the blame can be placed directly on…
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