On this day: 12 October

Selected events and births on 12 October, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1406 – Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reached Seoul four months after leaving Java. Read more: Chen Yanxiang Seoul Java
• 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. Read more: Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin Parachute Hot air balloon
• 1890 – The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was founded in Uddevalla, Sweden, with the purpose of bringing about universal suffrage. Read more: Uddevalla Suffrage Association Uddevalla Universal suffrage
• 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. Read more: Pledge of Allegiance World's Columbian Exposition
• 1898 – A statue of Austin Blair was dedicated in a ceremony that attracted up to 30,000 people to Lansing, Michigan. Read more: Statue of Austin Blair Lansing, Michigan
• 1928 – The iron lung (example pictured), a type of medical ventilator, was used for the first time at the Boston Children's Hospital to treat an eight-year-old girl paralyzed by polio. Read more: Iron lung Ventilator Boston Children's Hospital
• 1946 – Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic. Read more: Canto degli italiani History of the Italian Republic
• 1960 – Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly pounded his shoe on a desk during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong. Read more: Nikita Khrushchev Shoe-banging incident United Nations General Assembly

Born on this day

• 1934 – Richard Meier, American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower Read more: Richard Meier Getty Center City Tower (Prague)
• 1935 – Shivraj Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Indian Minister of Defence Read more: Shivraj Patil Ministry of Defence (India)
• 1948 – John Engler, American businessman and politician, 46th Governor of Michigan Read more: John Engler Governor of Michigan
• 1950 – Dave Freudenthal, American economist and politician, 31st Governor of Wyoming Read more: Dave Freudenthal List of governors of Wyoming
• 1954 – Evalie A. Bradley, Anguillian politician and member of the House of Assembly of Anguilla Read more: Evalie A. Bradley House of Assembly (Anguilla)
• 1959 – Anna Escobedo Cabral, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States Read more: Anna Escobedo Cabral Treasurer of the United States
• 1962 – Branko Crvenkovski, Macedonian engineer and politician, 3rd President of the Republic of Macedonia Read more: Branko Crvenkovski President of North Macedonia
• 2000 – Jongho, South Korean singer and actor Read more: Jongho
• 2000 – Mia Threapleton, British actress Read more: Mia Threapleton
• 2001 – Brett Cooper, American political commentator, actress, and social media personality Read more: Brett Cooper (commentator) Pundit
• 2002 – Iris Apatow, American actress Read more: Iris Apatow
• 2004 – Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist Read more: Darci Lynne

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / October 12 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.