Summary of the Day ✨ 12 October (12/10)
A tragic shooting at a Bratislava gay bar killed three including the perpetrator, while Typhoon Hagibis devastated Japan with 10 fatalities and mass evacuations. Meanwhile, history was made as Eliud Kipchoge became the first to run a marathon under two hours, the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans collapsed during construction causing injuries and deaths, and Princess Eugenie married Jack Brooksbank at Windsor Castle.
Historical Events 📜
- 2022: 2022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a gay bar in Bratislava known as Tepláreň. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting: Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajčík) was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack.
- 2019: Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.
- 2019: Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.
- 2019: The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing three workers and injuring 30 others.
- 2018: Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
- 2017: The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.
- 2013: An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.
- 2012: The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
- 2010: The Finnish Yle TV2 channel’s Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally “gay night”), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
- 2005: The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
- 2002: Terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 and wounding over 200.
- 2000: The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda 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.
- 1999: The former Autonomous Soviet Republic of Abkhazia declares its independence from Georgia.
- 1997: The Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria kills 43 people at a fake roadblock.
Famous Births 👶
- 2004: Darci Lynne, American ventriloquist
- 2002: Iris Apatow, American actress
- 2000: Jongho, South Korean singer and actor
- 2000: Mia Threapleton, British actress
- 1999: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Irish actor and musician
- 1997: Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
- 1996: James Graham, British singer
- 1996: Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player
- 1995: Jessica Hogg, Welsh artistic gymnast
- 1994: Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994: Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
- 1993: Ketel Marte, Dominican baseball player
- 1992: Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer
- 1991: Nicolao Dumitru, Italian footballer
- 1990: Henri Lansbury, English footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Jackie Burch, American casting director (born 1951)
- 2024: Jackmaster, Scottish DJ and record producer (born 1986)
- 2024: Ka, American rapper (born 1972)
- 2024: Lilly Ledbetter, American activist (born 1938)
- 2024: Tito Mboweni, South African politician (born 1959)
- 2024: Alvin Rakoff, Canadian film and television director (born 1927)
- 2024: Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, First Minister of Scotland (born 1954)
- 2024: Baba Siddique, Indian politician (born 1958)
- 2023: Luis Garavito, Colombian serial killer (born 1957)
- 2020: Conchata Ferrell, American actress (born 1943)
- 2020: Roberta McCain, American socialite and oil heiress (born 1912)
- 2017: Margarita D’Amico, Venezuelan journalist (born 1938)
- 2015: Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (born 1953)
- 2015: Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (born 1925)
- 2014: Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (born 1933)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Louis Brisson - Christian feast day:
Edith Cavell and Elizabeth Fry (Church of England) - Christian feast day:
Fiacc - Christian feast day:
Our Lady of the Pillar (Fiestas del Pilar) - Christian feast day:
Our Lady of Aparecida - Christian feast day:
Radim Gaudentius (Czech Republic) - Christian feast day:
Seraphin of Montegranaro - Christian feast day:
Wilfrid of Ripon - Christian feast day:
Carlo Acutis - Christian feast day:
October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - 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 la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España, also Armed Forces Day (Spain) - Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Día de la Raza (El Salvador, Uruguay) - Discovery of America by Columbus-related observances (see also October 8):
Día de la Resistencia Indígena, “Day of Indigenous Resistance” (Venezuela)