October 12 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan ראש חודש חשון roshchodesh

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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

🏀 Sports on this Date

• NFL: Baltimore Ravens @ Atlanta Falcons — 00:20 Scheduled
• NBA: Chicago Bulls @ Denver Nuggets — 01:00 Scheduled
• MLB: TBD @ TBD — 04:00 Scheduled
• MLB: TBD @ TBD — 04:00 Scheduled
• Serie A: Venezia @ Atalanta — 16:30 Scheduled
• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Buffalo Sabres — 17:00 Scheduled