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Events on October 12th

October 12th 2003 : Anna Kournikova: Co-hosted the 15th Annual World Music Awards
October 12th 2000 : USS Cole bombing
In Aden, Yemen, the USS Cole is badly damaged by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39
October 12th 1993 : Faith Hill: Her debut album "Take Me as I am" with country music was released
October 12th 1960 : Krushchev pounds desk with a shoe
Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.
October 12th 1915 : British Nurse executed in Germany
British nurse Edith Cavell is executed by a German firing squad in Brussels for helping Allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium during World War I.
October 12th 1492 : Columbus makes landfall
Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean. The explorer believes he has reached East Asia
October 12th 539 BC : Persia conquers Babylon
The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon.

UK Number 1 Singles on October 12th

October 12th 2005 "Push the Button" by Sugababes
October 12th 2004 "Radio" by Robbie Williams
October 12th 2003 "Where Is the Love?" by Black Eyed Peas
October 12th 2002 "The Long And Winding Road / Suspicious Minds" by Will Young & Gareth Gates
October 12th 2001 "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" by Kylie Minogue
October 12th 2000 "Black Coffee" by All Saints
October 12th 1999 "Genie In A Bottle" by Christina Aguilera
October 12th 1998 "Girlfriend" by Billie
October 12th 1997 "Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something about the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John
October 12th 1996 "Setting Sun" by The Chemical Brothers
October 12th 1995 "Fairground" by Simply Red
October 12th 1994 "Sure" by Take That
October 12th 1993 "Relight My Fire" by Take That featuring Lulu
October 12th 1992 "Sleeping Satellite" by Tasmin Archer
October 12th 1991 "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams
October 12th 1990 "Show Me Heaven" by Maria McKee
October 12th 1989 "Ride On Time" by Black Box
October 12th 1988 "One Moment In Time" by Whitney Houston
October 12th 1987 "You Win Again" by The Bee Gees
October 12th 1986 "Every Loser Wins" by Nick Berry
October 12th 1985 "The Power Of Love" by Jennifer Rush
October 12th 1984 "I Just Called To Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder
October 12th 1983 "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club
October 12th 1982 "Pass the Dutchie" by Musical Youth
October 12th 1981 "It's My Party" by Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin
October 12th 1980 "Don't Stand So Close To Me" by The Police
October 12th 1979 "Message In A Bottle" by The Police
October 12th 1978 "Summer Nights" by John Travolta & Olivia Newton John
October 12th 1977 "Silver Lady" by David Soul
October 12th 1976 "Mississippi" by Pussycat
October 12th 1975 "Hold Me Close" by David Essex
October 12th 1974 "Annie's Song" by John Denver
October 12th 1973 "Eye Level" by Simon Park Orchestra
October 12th 1972 "Mouldy Old Dough" by Lieutenant Pigeon
October 12th 1971 "Maggie May" by Rod Stewart
October 12th 1970 "Band Of Gold" by Freda Payne
October 12th 1969 "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg
October 12th 1968 "Those Were The Days" by Mary Hopkin
October 12th 1967 "Massachusetts" by The Bee Gees
October 12th 1966 "Distant Drums" by Jim Reeves
October 12th 1965 "Tears" by Ken Dodd
October 12th 1964 "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
October 12th 1963 "Do You Love Me?" by Brian Poole & The Tremeloes
October 12th 1962 "Telstar" by The Tornados
October 12th 1961 "Michael" by Highwaymen
October 12th 1960 "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance
October 12th 1959 "Here Comes Summer" by Jerry Keller
October 12th 1958 "Who's Sorry Now/Stupid Cupid" by Connie Francis
October 12th 1957 "Diana" by Paul Anka
October 12th 1956 "Lay Down Your Arms" by Anne Shelton
October 12th 1955 "Rose Marie" by Slim Whitman
October 12th 1954 "Hold My Hand" by Don Cornell
October 12th 1953 "Look at That Girl" by Guy Mitchell

USA Number 1 Singles on October 12th

October 12th 2006 "SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake
October 12th 2005 "Gold Digger" by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx
October 12th 2004 "Goodies" by Ciara featuring Petey Pablo
October 12th 2003 "Baby Boy" by Beyoncé featuring Sean Paul
October 12th 2002 "A Moment like This" by Kelly Clarkson
October 12th 2001 "Fallin'" by Alicia Keys
October 12th 2000 "Music" by Madonna
October 12th 1999 "Heartbreaker" by Mariah Carey featuring Jay-Z
October 12th 1998 "The First Night" by Monica
October 12th 1997 "Candle in the Wind 1997 / Something About the Way You Look Tonight" by Elton John
October 12th 1996 "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)" by Los Del Rio
October 12th 1995 "Fantasy" by Mariah Carey
October 12th 1994 "I'll Make Love to You" by Boyz II Men
October 12th 1993 "Dreamlover" by Mariah Carey
October 12th 1992 "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men
October 12th 1991 "Emotions" by Mariah Carey
October 12th 1990 "Close to You" by Maxi Priest
October 12th 1989 "Miss You Much" by Janet Jackson
October 12th 1988 "Love Bites" by Def Leppard
October 12th 1987 "Here I Go Again" by Whitesnake
October 12th 1986 "When I Think of You" by Janet Jackson
October 12th 1985 "Oh Sheila" by Ready For the World
October 12th 1984 "Let's Go Crazy" by Prince and the Revolution
October 12th 1983 "Total Eclipse of the Heart" by Bonnie Tyler
October 12th 1982 "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar
October 12th 1981 "Endless Love" by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie
October 12th 1980 "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen
October 12th 1979 "Sad Eyes" by Robert John
October 12th 1978 "Kiss You All Over" by Exile
October 12th 1977 "Star Wars Title Theme / Cantina Band" by Meco
October 12th 1976 "A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
October 12th 1975 "Bad Blood" by Neil Sedaka
October 12th 1974 "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John
October 12th 1973 "Half-Breed" by Cher
October 12th 1972 "Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me" by Mac Davis
October 12th 1971 "Maggie May / Reason to Believe" by Rod Stewart
October 12th 1970 "Cracklin' Rosie" by Neil Diamond
October 12th 1969 "Sugar, Sugar" by The Archies
October 12th 1968 "Hey Jude" by The Beatles
October 12th 1967 "The Letter" by Box Tops
October 12th 1966 "Cherish" by The Association
October 12th 1965 "Yesterday" by The Beatles
October 12th 1964 "Oh, Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison
October 12th 1963 "Sugar Shack" by Jimmy Gilmer and the Fireballs
October 12th 1962 "Sherry" by The Four Seasons
October 12th 1961 "Hit the Road Jack" by Ray Charles
October 12th 1960 "Mr. Custer" by Larry Verne
October 12th 1959 "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin
October 12th 1958 "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards
October 12th 1957 "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers
October 12th 1956 "Hound Dog/Don't Be Cruel" by Elvis Presley
October 12th 1955 "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" by Four Aces
October 12th 1954 "Hey There" by Rosemary Clooney
October 12th 1953 "St. George and the Dragonet" by Stan Freberg
October 12th 1952 "You Belong to Me" by Jo Stafford
October 12th 1951 "Because of You" by Tony Bennett
October 12th 1950 "Goodnight, Irene" by Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers
October 12th 1949 "That Lucky Old Sun" by Frankie Laine
October 12th 1948 "A Tree in the Meadow" by Margaret Whiting
October 12th 1947 "Near You" by Francis Craig
October 12th 1946 "To Each His Own" by Eddy Howard
October 12th 1945 "Till the End of Time" by Perry Como
October 12th 1944 "You Always Hurt the One You Love" by Mills Brothers
October 12th 1943 "Sunday, Monday or Always" by Bing Crosby
October 12th 1942 "(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo" by Glenn Miller
October 12th 1941 "Piano Concerto in B Flat" by Freddy Martin
October 12th 1940 "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

Birthdays on October 12th

October 12th 1975 Marion Jones
October 12th 1972 Neriah Davis
October 12th 1970 Kirk Cameron
October 12th 1968 Hugh Jackman
October 12th 1968 Adam Rich
October 12th 1960 Bob Mould
October 12th 1955 Pat DiNizio
October 12th 1950 Susan Anton
October 12th 1947 Chris Wallace
October 12th 1942 Melvin Franklin
October 12th 1935 Luciano Pavarotti
October 12th 1935 Sam Moore
October 12th 1932 Ned Jarrett
October 12th 1932 Jean Nidetch
October 12th 1932 Dick Gregory
October 12th 1927 Antonia Rey
October 12th 1920 Dennis Morgan
October 12th 1905 Joseph Kosma
October 12th 1903 Josephine Hutchinson
October 12th 1891 Nelly Sachs
October 12th 1882 Otto Neurath
October 12th 1870 Adolf Loos

Deaths on October 12th

October 12th 2000 Marie Windsor
October 12th 1997 John Denver
October 12th 1994 Garnett Silk
October 12th 1993 Leon Ames
October 12th 1992 Alexander Pola
October 12th 1992 Carlomagno Andrade
October 12th 1991 Aline MacMahon
October 12th 1991 Regis Toomey
October 12th 1991 Sheila Florance
October 12th 1991 Berenice Abbott
October 12th 1990 Armand Hammer
October 12th 1988 Dick Clair
October 12th 1987 Jascha Heifetz
October 12th 1986 Kate Wolf
October 12th 1983 Dorothy Cummings
October 12th 1981 John Kieran
October 12th 1979 Fulton J Sheen
October 12th 1974 Paul Richards
October 12th 1971 Gene Vincent
October 12th 1969 Sonja Henie
October 12th 1968 Thomas Merton
October 12th 1968 Karl Barth
October 12th 1967 Nat Pendleton
October 12th 1946 Walter Johnson
October 12th 1940 Tom Mix
October 12th 1924 Anatole France
October 12th 1921 Viktor Jacobi
October 12th 1911 Joseph D Hooker
October 12th 1896 Alfred Nobel
October 12th 1865 William Vincent Wallace
October 12th 1844 Claude Tillier
October 12th 1638 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic
October 12th 1603 William Gilbert
October 12th 1041 Michael IV
October 12th 969 Nicephorus II Phocas

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