This Day in History October 12: Notable Historical Events on October 12
This Day in History October 12. The most notable events that took place on October 12 range from political historical events to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on October 12
October 12, 1240:The birth date of King Tran Thanh Tong, the second king of the Tran Dynasty. He reigned from 1258 to 1278 and was the retired emperor from 1278 until his death.
October 12, 1923:Nguyen Ai Quoc began attending the First Congress of the International Peasants in Moscow as a delegate of peasants from colonial countries.
October 12, 1960:Establishment of the Liberation News Agency, the official news agency of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.
October 12, 1960:Traditional day of Military Science and Technology Institute, Ministry of National Defense.
October 12, 1971:Establishment of Company 128 (formerly Navy Group 128)
October 12, 2012:The first round of negotiations on the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement concluded. Both sides were satisfied with the results of the first negotiation session, especially the basic understanding of each other's viewpoints, desires, and approaches to issues, and agreed on the roadmap and contents for the next negotiation sessions.
October 12, 2020:Vietnam - Germany Friendship Hospital successfully performed its 1000th kidney transplant. The first kidney transplant here was in 2002.
International events taking place on October 12
October 12, 539 BC:The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia captures Babylon, ending the Babylonian empire. (Julian calendar)
October 12, 1492:On his journey to East Asia by sea, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered America. This was a historic event that opened the way for the exploration of the New World and led to the spread of European civilization on this continent.
October 12, 1810:The German Oktoberfest was first celebrated when the Bavarian royal family invited the citizens of Munich to attend the wedding of Crown Prince Ludwig and his wife Therese.
October 12, 1900:The United States Navy officially commissioned the USS Holland, its first modern submarine. The USS Holland was designed by Irish engineer John Philip Holland.
October 12, 1901:US President Theodore Roosevelt officially changed the name of the "Administrative Palace" to the White House.
October 12, 1924:Death of French writer Anatole France (born 1844 in Paris). In 1921, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature. Anatole France's writing style is clear, gentle and poetic, full of melody, profound and ironic, expressing a soul that loves humanity deeply.
October 12, 1928:The first artificial lung was tested by Driken, a professor at Harvard University (USA).
October 12, 1929:The Warsaw Convention was signed, regulating the liability of airlines in international transport.
October 12, 1931:The statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was inaugurated after nine years of construction.
October 12, 1935:Birth of Italian music legend Luciano Pavarotti. He is considered one of the most successful and admired opera singers of all time, the king of tenors from the late 1960s to the 1990s. He died in 2007.
October 12, 1964:The Soviet spacecraft "Aurora 1" carried engineer V.M. Camarov, researcher Feotistov and doctor Egorov into space. For the first time, scientists and doctors directly studied outer space.
October 12, 1968:Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain.
October 12, 2001:The Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo has announced the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the organization "for their contribution to a more peaceful and orderly world".
October 12, 2005:China's second manned spacecraft, Shenzhou 6, launched, carrying two astronauts in orbit for five days.
October 12, 2017:The United States announced its decision to withdraw from UNESCO, followed immediately by Israel.
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