October 12th (1988) was a Wednesday. It's the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 80 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 12th October, 1988
» Jaffna University Helidrop: Commandos of Indian Peace Keeping Force raided the Jaffna University campus to capture the LTTE chief and walked into a trap.
» Two officers of the Victoria Police are gunned down executional style in the Walsh Street police shootings, Australia.
» Birchandra Manu massacre in Tripura, India
Famous Birthdays on October 12 in 1988
» Aggro Santos, Brazilian-English rapper
» Sam Whitelock, New Zealand rugby player
October 12th Famous Deaths for 1988
» Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh poet and author (b. 1886)
» Coby Whitmore, American painter and illustrator (b. 1913)
October 12th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Heribert of Cologne (private feast day)
» Wilfrid named Wilfrid of Ripon
» Edith Cavell, Elizabeth Fry (Church of England)
» October 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus named Columbus-related observances:
» Columbus Day (United States)
» Piomingo Day (Chickasaw Nation)
» Public holidays in Mexico named Descubrimiento de América (Mexico)
» Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
» Día de la Raza, "Day of the Race" (Latin America)
» Día de la Resistencia Indígena, "Day of Indigenous Resistance" (Venezuela)
» Día de las Américas, "Day of the Americas" (Uruguay)
» Día de las Culturas, "Day of the Cultures" (Costa Rica)
» Discovery Day (the Bahamas)
» Freethought Day (United States)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Equatorial Guinea from Spain in 1968.