October 12

Today in History
• 1792 - First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York
• 1836 - 18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY
• 1871 - US President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
• 1892 - US Pledge of Allegiance first recited in public schools during Columbus Day
• 1900 - The first modern submarine is commissioned by the U.S. Navy as the USS Holland
• 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt renames the "Executive Mansion" as "The White House"
• 1915 - Ford Motor Company under Henry Ford manufactures its 1 millionth automobile
• 1931 - Christ the Redeemer statue opens standing 30 meters high (98 ft)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Día de la Raza
• Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
• Indigenous Resistance Day
• Lady of Aparecida
• Mexico: Day of the Pluricultural Nation
• Farmers Day
• National Vermont Day
• Spain Hispanic Day

Birthdays
• 1008 - Emperor Go-Ichijo of Japan, 68th Emperor of Japan (1016-36)
• 1537 - Edward VI Tudor, King of England (1547-53)
• 1558 - Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1612-18)
• 1576 - Thomas Dudley, British colonial governor of Massachusetts
• 1798 - Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (1822-31)
• 1813 - Lyman Trumbull, U.S. Senator from Illinois (1855-73)
• 1866 - Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister (Labour: 1924, 1929-35)
• 1891 - Fumimaro Konoe, Japanese politician (Prime Minister of Japan, invasion of China)