Sunday, October 12, 2014

History for October 12

History for October 12 - On-This-Day.com
Dick Gregory 1932, Luciano Pavarotti 1935, Chris Wallace 1947 


Susan Anton 1950, Hugh Jackman 1968, Kirk Cameron 1970 



1492 - Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, sighted Watling Island in the Bahamas. He believed that he had found Asia while attempting to find a Western ocean route to India. The same day he claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain. 


1915 - Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt criticized U.S. citizens who identified themselves by dual nationalities. 


1933 - The U.S. Department of Justice acquired Alcatraz Island from the U.S. Army. 


1942 - During World War II, Attorney General Francis Biddle announced that Italian nationals in the United States would no longer be considered enemy aliens. 


1960 - Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded a shoe on his desk during a dispute at a U.N. General Assembly. 


1972 - During the Vietnam War, a racial brawl broke out aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. Nearly 50 sailors were injured. 


1989 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved a statutory federal ban on the destruction of the American flag. 


1999 - In Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf seized power in a bloodless coup that toppled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Supreme Court ruled that the coup was legal but insisted that a civilian government be restored within three years.  

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