History for October 12 - On-This-Day.com
Elmer Sperry 1860, Nappy Brown 1929, Dick Gregory 1932
Luciano Pavarotti 1935, Chris Wallace 1947, 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.
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