Major Events
- 539 BC Army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon
- 1279 Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk, founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon
- 1492 Christopher Columbus‘s expedition makes landfall on a Caribbean island he names San Salvador (likely Watling Island, Bahamas). The explorer believes he has reached East Asia (OS 21 Oct)
Oct 12 in Film & TV
- 1960 Japanese politician Inejiro Asanuma is assassinated with a sword during a televised debate live on TV by 17-year old nationalist Otoya Yamaguchi
Oct 12 in Music
- 1987 George Harrison releases single “Got My Mind Set On You”, it becomes his third solo #1 hit, and the last chart-topper by any of the former Beatles
Oct 12 in Sport
- 1968 IXX Summer Olympic Games open at Mexico City, Mexico; first Olympics in Latin America
Did You Know?
Children’s rhyme “Three Blind Mice” is published in London in a book edited by and possibly written by Thomas Ravenscroft
Fun Fact About October 12
King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash as the flood tide swamps his wagons, probably near Fosdyke, perhaps near Sutton Bridge
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