Born on October 12
October 12 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 12, you share a birthday with Luciano Pavarotti, Hugh Jackman and Edward VI. October 12 babies are Libra, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 12 is the 286th day of the year in leap years (285th in other years).
Famous people born on October 12
- 1935Luciano Pavarotti, Italian tenor and actor
- 1968Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer, and producer
- 1537Edward VI, king of England
- 1896Eugenio Montale, Italian poet and translator, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1875Aleister Crowley, English magician and author
- 1891Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized
- 1865Arthur Harden, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1992Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
- 1934Richard Meier, American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower
- 1975Marion Jones, American basketball player and runner
What happened on October 12
- 1406Chen Yanxiang, the only person from Indonesia known to have visited dynastic Korea, reached Seoul four months after leaving Java.
- 1492Believing he had reached the East Indies, Christopher Columbus made landfall on an island in the Caribbean, sparking a series of events that led to the European colonization of the Americas.
- 1799Jeanne 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.
- 1810The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest in celebration of the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
- 1822Pedro I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
- 1849The city of Manizales, Colombia, is founded by 'The Expedition of the 20'.
- 1890The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was founded in Uddevalla, Sweden, with the purpose of bringing about universal suffrage.
- 1892The 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.
- 1898A statue of Austin Blair was dedicated in a ceremony that attracted up to 30,000 people to Lansing, Michigan.
- 1901President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
- 1909Foundation of Coritiba Foot Ball Club.
- 1946Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic.
Also observed on October 12
- Children's Day (Brazil)
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Columbus Day (Honduras)
- Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8): Día de las Américas (Belize)
- Discovery Day (The Bahamas)
- Feast for Life of Aleister Crowley, celebrated as "Crowleymas" (Thelema)
- Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 12?
People born on October 12 are Libra. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 12?
Luciano Pavarotti (1935), Hugh Jackman (1968), Edward VI (1537), Eugenio Montale (1896), Aleister Crowley (1875), Edith Stein (1891) were all born on October 12.
What happened on October 12 in history?
Among other things: in 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House; in 1909, Foundation of Coritiba Foot Ball Club; in 1946, Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 12?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 12 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 12”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.