On This day October 12th

 OTD

October 12th is the two hundred eighty-fifth day of the year, and there are 80 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1279 – The Nichiren Shōshū branch of Buddhism was founded in Japan.

1492 – Christopher Columbus's first expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically on San Salvador Island.

1692 – A letter from the Province of Massachusetts Bay Governor William Phips ended the Salem witch trials.

1793 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

1810 – The citizens of Munich hold the first Oktoberfest to celebrate the marriage of Crown Prince Louis of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

1901 – President Theodore Roosevelt officially renamed the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.

1933 – The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

1960—Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounded his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.

1973—President Nixon nominates House Majority Leader Gerald R. Ford as Vice President Spiro T. Agnew's successor.

2017 – The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.

 

Birthdays

1687 – Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German lute player and composer (d. 1750)

1710 – Jonathan Trumbull, American colonel and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (d. 1785)

1860 – Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass (d. 1930)

1891 – Edith Stein, Polish nun and martyr; later canonized (d. 1942)

1919 – Doris Miller, American cook and soldier (d. 1943)

1929 – Magnus Magnusson, Icelandic journalist and academic (d. 2007)

1935 – Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter

1945 – Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (d. 2015)

1968 – Hugh Jackman, Australian actor, singer, and producer.

1983 – Katie Piper, English philanthropist, broadcaster, and acid violence survivor  

 

 Holiday Spotlight

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish faith, known as "the day of atonement." It takes place on the 10th day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar. According to tradition, Yom Kippur originated from the time of Prophet Moses. The holiday marks the end of the 10 Days of Repentance, which begins with the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Jews believe that through acts of prayer, charity, and repentance, the book their names are written in can be changed before Yom Kippur. Atonement for sins is achieved through fasting and refraining from certain activities. Visiting the synagogue is also a tradition during this time.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Astronomy Day  

Cookbook Launch Day

Day of the Six Billion

Drink Local Wine Day

Dussehra  

Fall Astronomy Day  

Free Thought Day

I Love Yarn Day  

International African Penguin Awareness Day  

International Day against DRM (Digital Rights Management)

International Moment of Frustration Scream Day

International Newspaper Carrier Day

National Chess Day  

National Costume Swap Day  

National Curves Day  

National Farmers Day

National Gumbo Day

National Kids Bowl Free Day  

National Motorcycle Ride Day  

National Savings Day

Old Farmers Day

Pulled Pork Day

Spanish Language Day

Universal Music Day  

World Arthritis Day

World Migratory Bird Day     

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