Public Holidays on October 12

• 🇺🇸 Columbus Day
• 🇺🇸 Indigenous Peoples' Day
• 🌍 Day of Indigenous Resistance (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity (Argentina)
• 🌍 Día de la Raza (Colombia)
• 🌍 Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Día del Encuentro de dos Mundos (Chile)
• 🌍 Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Argentina)
• 🌍 Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
• 🌍 National Day of Spain (Spain)
• 🌍 Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Brazil)
• 🌍 Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil)
• 🌍 Sports Day (Japan)
• 🌍 Thanksgiving (Canada)
• 🌍 スポーツの日 (Japan)

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Religious Observances on October 12

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan ראש חודש חשון

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On This Day in History — October 12

• 2013 — Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province, Peru.
• 2008 — Lithuanian nuclear power referendum, 2008 is performed.
• 2005 — The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
• 2002 — Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
• 2000 — The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
• 1999 — Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.

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Notable Births on October 12

• 2002 — Iris Apatow, American actress
• 1997 — Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 — Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
• 1994 — Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 — Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
• 1992 — Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer

Notable Deaths on October 12

• 2015 — Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (b. 1953)
• 2015 — Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Graham Miles, English snooker player (b. 1941)
• 2014 — Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943)
• 2013 — George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920)

Sports on October 12

• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Milwaukee Brewers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Baltimore Ravens @ Atlanta Falcons — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Chicago Bulls @ Denver Nuggets — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Venezia @ Atalanta — 16:30 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Buffalo Sabres — 17:00 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Udinese @ Torino — 18:45 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on October 13

• 🌍 วันนวมินทรมหาราช (Thailand)

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On This Day in History — October 13

• 2013 — A stampede breaks out on a bridge near the Ratangarh Mata Temple in Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, India during the Hindu festival Navratri, killing 115 people and injuring more than 110.
• 2010 — The mining accident in Copiapó, Chile comes to an end as all 33 miners arrive at the surface after surviving a record 69 days underground awaiting rescue.
• 1992 — An Antonov An-124 operated by Antonov Airlines registered CCCP-82002, crashes near Kiev, Ukraine killing eight.
• 1990 — End of the Lebanese Civil War. Syrian forces launch an attack on the free areas of Lebanon removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
• 1983 — Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.
• 1976 — A Bolivian Boeing 707 cargo jet crashes in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, killing 100 (97, mostly children, killed on the ground).

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Notable Births on October 13

• 1996 — Neelanjona Neela, Bangladeshi Actress & Model
• 1995 — Park Jimin, Korean singer
• 1994 — Ryan Matterson, Australian rugby league player
• 1990 — Emma Flood, Norwegian tennis player
• 1990 — Andrej Rendla, Slovak footballer
• 1990 — Adrián Sardinero, Spanish footballer

Notable Deaths on October 13

• 2016 — Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (b. 1927)
• 2016 — Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 2016 — Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (b. 1956)
• 2015 — Rosalyn Baxandall, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1939)
• 2015 — Bruce Hyde, American academic (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Michael J. H. Walsh, English general (b. 1927)

Sports on October 13

• NHL: Vegas Golden Knights @ Minnesota Wild — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Cleveland Guardians @ Tampa Bay Rays — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Buffalo Bills @ Los Angeles Rams — 00:15 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: San Antonio Spurs @ Utah Jazz — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Champions League: Sporting CP @ Lens — 16:45 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Champions League: Slavia Prague @ Sabah FK — 16:45 UTC Scheduled

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