October 12
1492 - Christopher Columbus arrived in present-day Bahamas.
1792 - The first recorded U.S. celebration of Columbus Day was held to mark the tricentennial of Christopher Columbus' landing.
1870 - Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Virginia at age 63.
1933 - Bank robber John Dillinger escaped from a jail in Allen County, Ohio, with the help of his gang, who killed the sheriff, Jess Sarber.
1960 - Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with a shoe.
1964 - The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.
1973 - President Richard Nixon nominated House minority leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T. Agnew as vice president.
1976 - It was announced in China that Hua Guofeng had been named to succeed the late Mao Zedong as chairman of the Communist Party, and that Mao's widow and three others, known as the "Gang of Four," had been arrested.
1984 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escaped an attempt on her life when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded at a hotel in Brighton, England, killing five people.
1986 - The superpower meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, ended in stalemate, with President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev unable to agree on arms control or a date for a full-fledged summit in the United States.
2000 - Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
2002 - A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202 people, most of whom were tourists.
2007 - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for sounding the alarm over global warming.
2011 - A Nigerian al-Qaida operative pleaded guilty to trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab defiantly told a federal judge in Detroit that he had acted in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide.
2012 - The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering peace on a continent long ravaged by war.
2017 - The Trump administration said it would immediately halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law.
Birthdays
21 - Iris Apatow (actress)
22 - Brett Cooper (TV host)
25 - Fiona Palomo (actress)
28 - Alexa Collins (model)
31 - Josh Hutcherson (actor)
36 - Ito Aghayere (actor)
37 - Marcus T. Paulk (actor)
37 - Tyler Blackburn (actor)
40 - Erica Dixon (reality star)
40 - Katie Piper (TV host)
42 - Brian J. Smith (actor)
46 - Bode Miller (skier)
53 - Kirk Cameron (actor)
55 - Hugh Jackman (actor)
58 - Bob Schneider (singer)
61 - Carlos Bernard (actor)
73 - Susan Anton (actress/singer)
76 - Chris Wallace (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - October 12
1907 - The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers in five games to win the World Series.
1916 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the Boston Braves to win the World Series.
1920 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1967 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
1979 - Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford records the first 3-point basket in NBA history in a game against the Houston Rockets; the contest also marked the NBA debut of Larry Bird.
1986 - Walter Payton (Chicago Bears) became the first National Football League (NFL) player to accumulate 20,000 yards.
1989 - In a blockbuster trade, the Dallas Cowboys trade running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five players and six future draft picks, including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) passed Jim Brown and moved into fourth place on the NFL's all-time rushing list with 12,513 yards.
1997 - Eddie Murray (Minnesota Vikings) set an NFL record when he kicked his 235th consecutive extra point.
1999 - NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at age 63.
2002 - Ron Tugnutt (Dallas Stars) became the first NHL goalie to win a game for seven different teams.
2003 - Germany defeats Sweden 2-1 to win the Women's World Cup.
2010 - The Texas Rangers won the first playoff series in franchise history when they defeated the Tampa Devil Rays.
2019 - Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya becomes the first to run a marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) in Vienna Austria. (The mark is not considered "official" as he used pacesetters and laser markings on a doctored course.)
2021 - The NBA's Brooklyn Nets said Kyrie Irving could not play or practice with them until he could be a full participant; New York City required professional athletes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to play or practice in public venues.
1492 - Christopher Columbus arrived in present-day Bahamas.
1792 - The first recorded U.S. celebration of Columbus Day was held to mark the tricentennial of Christopher Columbus' landing.
1870 - Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Virginia at age 63.
1933 - Bank robber John Dillinger escaped from a jail in Allen County, Ohio, with the help of his gang, who killed the sheriff, Jess Sarber.
1960 - Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with a shoe.
1964 - The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.
1973 - President Richard Nixon nominated House minority leader Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T. Agnew as vice president.
1976 - It was announced in China that Hua Guofeng had been named to succeed the late Mao Zedong as chairman of the Communist Party, and that Mao's widow and three others, known as the "Gang of Four," had been arrested.
1984 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escaped an attempt on her life when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded at a hotel in Brighton, England, killing five people.
1986 - The superpower meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, ended in stalemate, with President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev unable to agree on arms control or a date for a full-fledged summit in the United States.
2000 - Seventeen U.S. sailors were killed in a terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
2002 - A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202 people, most of whom were tourists.
2007 - Former Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for sounding the alarm over global warming.
2011 - A Nigerian al-Qaida operative pleaded guilty to trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear; Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab defiantly told a federal judge in Detroit that he had acted in retaliation for the killing of Muslims worldwide.
2012 - The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for fostering peace on a continent long ravaged by war.
2017 - The Trump administration said it would immediately halt payments to insurers under the Obama-era health care law.
Birthdays
21 - Iris Apatow (actress)
22 - Brett Cooper (TV host)
25 - Fiona Palomo (actress)
28 - Alexa Collins (model)
31 - Josh Hutcherson (actor)
36 - Ito Aghayere (actor)
37 - Marcus T. Paulk (actor)
37 - Tyler Blackburn (actor)
40 - Erica Dixon (reality star)
40 - Katie Piper (TV host)
42 - Brian J. Smith (actor)
46 - Bode Miller (skier)
53 - Kirk Cameron (actor)
55 - Hugh Jackman (actor)
58 - Bob Schneider (singer)
61 - Carlos Bernard (actor)
73 - Susan Anton (actress/singer)
76 - Chris Wallace (broadcast journalist)
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Today in Sports History - October 12
1907 - The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers in five games to win the World Series.
1916 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the Boston Braves to win the World Series.
1920 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Brooklyn Dodgers in seven games to win the World Series.
1967 - The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.
1979 - Boston Celtics guard Chris Ford records the first 3-point basket in NBA history in a game against the Houston Rockets; the contest also marked the NBA debut of Larry Bird.
1986 - Walter Payton (Chicago Bears) became the first National Football League (NFL) player to accumulate 20,000 yards.
1989 - In a blockbuster trade, the Dallas Cowboys trade running back Herschel Walker to the Minnesota Vikings for five players and six future draft picks, including future stars Emmitt Smith, Russell Maryland, Kevin Smith and Darren Woodson.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) passed Jim Brown and moved into fourth place on the NFL's all-time rushing list with 12,513 yards.
1997 - Eddie Murray (Minnesota Vikings) set an NFL record when he kicked his 235th consecutive extra point.
1999 - NBA Hall of Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at age 63.
2002 - Ron Tugnutt (Dallas Stars) became the first NHL goalie to win a game for seven different teams.
2003 - Germany defeats Sweden 2-1 to win the Women's World Cup.
2010 - The Texas Rangers won the first playoff series in franchise history when they defeated the Tampa Devil Rays.
2019 - Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya becomes the first to run a marathon in under two hours (1:59:40) in Vienna Austria. (The mark is not considered "official" as he used pacesetters and laser markings on a doctored course.)
2021 - The NBA's Brooklyn Nets said Kyrie Irving could not play or practice with them until he could be a full participant; New York City required professional athletes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to play or practice in public venues.
