What are the important events that happened on October 12? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 12: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 12 is the 285^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 29, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,952 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaoctacontapentagon’ day.

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 128 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,678 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 12 Historical Events

• 1216 –
  King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
• 1692 –
  The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.
• 1792 –
  First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
• 1793 –
  The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina
• 1810 –
  First Oktoberfest: The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
• 1928 –
  An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children’s Hospital, Boston
• 1945 –
  World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
• 1959 –
  At the national congress of APRA in Peru a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party. They will later form APRA Rebelde.
• 1964 –
  The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits
• 1999 –
  The Day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.

Who were born on October 12?

• 1910 –
  Robert Fitzgerald, American poet and translator (d. 1985)
• 1924 –
  Doris Grau, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1925 –
  Denis Lazure, Quebec politician (d. 2008)
• 1948 –
  Rick Parfitt, British musician (Status Quo)
• 1950 –
  Susan Anton, American actress
• 1966 –
  Jonathan Crombie, Canadian actor
• 1968 –
  Bill Auberlen, American race car driver
• 1969 –
  Judit Mascó, Spanish model
• 1981 –
  Brian J. Smith, American actor
• 1990 –
  Henri Lansbury, English footballer

Who died on October 12?

• 642 –
  Pope John IV
• 1632 –
  Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
• 1915 –
  Edith Cavell, English nurse (b. 1865)
• 1948 –
  Susan Sutherland Isaacs, English educational psychologist and psychoanalyst (b. 1885).
• 1973 –
  Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1899)
• 1987 –
  Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887)
• 1993 –
  Leon Ames, American actor (b. 1902)
• 1998 –
  Mario Beaulieu, French Canadian politician (b. 1930)
• 1999 –
  Robert Marsden Hope, Australian jurist (b. 1919)
• 2011 –
  Dennis Ritchie, American computer scientist (b. 1941)