What Happened In October 2012 In History

Historical Events for October, 2012

• 1st » A 2012 Lamma Island ferry collision known as ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.
• 1st » Domestic and International flights of Thai AirAsia transferred all operations from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Don Mueang International Airport .
• 9th » Members of the Pakistani Taliban made a failed attempt to assassinate Malala Yousafzai on her way home from school.
• 15th » British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond agree on a Edinburgh Agreement (2012) or deal setting out the terms of a Scottish independence referendum, 2014 e.g referendum on Scottish independence at a meeting in Edinburgh
• 16th » The extrasolar planet Alpha Centauri Bb is discovered.
• 19th » Big Tex, a 52-foot statue and cultural icon in Dallas, Texas, is destroyed by fire during the final weekend of the 2012 State Fair of Texas.
• 21st » A 2012 Azana Spa shootings or shooting at a spa in Brookfield, Wisconsin, leaves four people dead, including the shooter.
• 29th » Hurricane Sandy hits the east coast of the United States, killing 148 directly and 138 indirectly, while leaving nearly $70 billion in damages and causing major power outages.

Famous Deaths for October 2012

• 1st » Dirk Bach, German actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
• 1st » Sahara Davenport, American drag queen performer (b. 1984)
• 1st » Abdelkader Fréha, Algerian footballer (b. 1942)
• 1st » Octavio Getino, Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
• 1st » Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-English historian and author (b. 1917)
• 1st » Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
• 1st » Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist and banker (b. 1926)
• 1st » Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian holocaust survivor and author (b. 1923)
• 2nd » Nguyễn Chí Thiện, Vietnamese-American poet and activist (b. 1939)
• 2nd » Marjorie Lane, American singer and actress (b. 1912)
• 2nd » Mohammed Mushaima, Bahraini activist (b. 1988)
• 2nd » Hideji Ōtaki, Japanese actor (b. 1925)
• 2nd » Charles Roach, Trinidadian-Canadian lawyer and activist (b. 1933)
• 2nd » J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist, theorist, academic (b. 1943)
• 2nd » Big Jim Sullivan, English guitarist (James Last Orchestra) (b. 1941)
• 3rd » Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian scholar (b. 1931)
• 3rd » Robert F. Christy, American physicist and astrophysicist (b. 1916)
• 3rd » Billy Hullin, Welsh rugby player (b. 1942)
• 3rd » Kathi McDonald, American singer (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (b. 1948)
• 3rd » Albie Roles, English footballer (b. 1921)
• 3rd » Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (b. 1926)
• 3rd » Peter J. Schmitt, American politician (b. 1950)
• 4th » David Atkinson (baritone) known as David Atkinson, Canadian opera singer (b. 1921)
• 4th » Günter Böttcher, German handball player (b. 1954)
• 4th » K. C. N. Gowda, Indian film producer (b. 1928)
• 4th » Stan Mudenge, Zimbabwean politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Zimbabwe) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Zimbabwe (b. 1941)
• 4th » Daphne Slater, English actress (b. 1928)
• 4th » Tom Stannage, Australian footballer, historian, and academic (b. 1944)
• 4th » Gloria Taylor (patient) named Gloria Taylor, Canadian activist (b. 1948)
• 4th » Pramote Teerawiwatana, Thai badminton player (b. 1967)
• 4th » Erhard Wunderlich, German handball player (b. 1956)
• 5th » Keith Campbell (biologist) e.g Keith Campbell, English biologist (b. 1954)
• 5th » Vojin Dimitrijević, Croatian-Serbian lawyer and activist (b. 1932)
• 5th » James W. Holley, III, American dentist and politician (b. 1926)
• 5th » Edvard Mirzoyan, Georgian-Armenian composer (b. 1921)
• 5th » Claude Pinoteau, French director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 5th » Terry Shepherd, British motorcycle road racer (b. 1931)
• 6th » Chadli Bendjedid, Algerian colonel and politician, 3rd President of Algeria (b. 1929)
• 6th » Antonio Cisneros, Peruvian poet (b. 1942)
• 6th » Anthony John Cooke, English organist and composer (b. 1931)
• 6th » Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Fabulous Thunderbirds) (b. 1977)
• 6th » Raoul De Keyser, Belgian painter (b. 1930)
• 6th » Albert, Margrave of Meissen (1934–2012) known as Albert, Margrave of Meissen (b. 1943)
• 6th » Joseph Meyer (Wyoming politician) named Joseph Meyer, American lawyer and politician, 19th Secretary of State of Wyoming (b. 1941)
• 6th » B. Satya Narayan Reddy, Indian politician, 19th Governor of West Bengal (b. 1927)
• 6th » J. J. C. Smart, English-Australian philosopher and academic (b. 1920)
• 7th » Mersad Berber, Bosnian-Croatian painter (b. 1940)
• 7th » Larry Block, American actor (b. 1942)
• 7th » Andrew Brimmer, American economist and academic (b. 1926)
• 7th » Roman Danylak, Canadian-Ukrainian bishop (b. 1930)
• 7th » Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
• 7th » Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, Mexican drug lord (b. 1974)
• 7th » Ivo Michiels, Belgian author (b. 1923)
• 7th » Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
• 8th » Varsha Bhosle, Indian singer and journalist (b. 1956)
• 8th » Donnie Butcher, American basketball player and coach (b. 1936)
• 8th » Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955)
• 8th » Rafael Lesmes, Spanish footballer (b. 1926)
• 8th » Eric Lomax, Scottish captain and author (b. 1919)
• 8th » Ken Sansom, American actor and singer (b. 1927)
• 8th » Nawal Kishore Sharma, Indian politician, 20th List of Governors of Gujarat called Governor of Gujarat (b. 1925)
• 8th » John Tchicai, Danish-French saxophonist and composer (b. 1936)
• 9th » Paddy Roy Bates, English broadcaster (b. 1921)
• 9th » Mark Brovun, Ukrainian art director (b. 1946)
• 9th » Federico A. Cordero, Puerto Rican guitarist (b. 1928)
• 9th » Marina Golub, Russian actress (b. 1957)
• 9th » Sammi Kane Kraft, American actress (b. 1992)
• 9th » Budd Lynch, American sportscaster (b. 1917)
• 9th » George Paciullo, Australian politician (b. 1934)
• 9th » Kenny Rollins, American basketball player (b. 1923)
• 9th » Harris Savides, American cinematographer (b. 1957)
• 10th » Kevin Curran (cricketer) known as Kevin Curran, Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1959)
• 10th » Sam Gibbons, American captain and politician (b. 1920)
• 10th » Jos Huysmans, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
• 10th » Alex Karras, American football player, wrestler, and actor (b. 1935)
• 10th » Piotr Lenartowicz, Polish philosopher and educator (b. 1934)
• 10th » Carla Porta Musa, Italian poet (b. 1902)
• 10th » Basil L. Plumley, American sergeant (b. 1920)
• 10th » Mark Poster, American philosopher and educator (b. 1941)
• 10th » Malcolm Sampson, English rugby player (b. 1940)
• 10th » Kyaw Zaw, Burmese commander and politician (b. 1919)
• 11th » Frank Alamo, French singer (b. 1941)
• 11th » Pier Ugo Calzolari, Italian engineer and academic (b. 1938)
• 11th » Beano Cook, American sportscaster and historian (b. 1931)
• 11th » Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
• 11th » Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
• 11th » Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
• 11th » Sher Afgan Niazi, Pakistani politician (b. 1946)
• 11th » Champ Summers, American baseball player (b. 1946)
• 12th » James Coyne, Canadian banker, 2nd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1910)
• 12th » William C. Friday, American academic (b. 1920)
• 12th » Norm Grabowski, American hot rod builder and actor (b. 1933)
• 12th » Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian television host (b. 1955)
• 12th » Sukhdev Singh Kang, Indian judge and politician, 14th Governor of Kerala (b. 1931)
• 12th » Ervin Kassai, Hungarian basketball player and referee (b. 1925)
• 12th » Torkom Manoogian, Iraqi-Armenian archbishop (b. 1919)
• 12th » Erik Moseholm, Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930)
• 12th » Tony Pawson (cricketer) called Tony Pawson, English cricketer (b. 1921)
• 12th » Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
• 13th » Dileepan, Indian actor (b. 1980)
• 13th » Stuart Bell, English politician (b. 1938)
• 13th » Gary Collins (actor) or Gary Collins, American actor (b. 1938)
• 13th » Tomonubu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher (b. 1922)
• 13th » Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic (b. 1925)
• 13th » Frank Sando, English runner (b. 1931)
• 13th » Harihar Swain, Indian politician (b. 1939)
• 13th » Manuel Torres Félix, Mexican drug trafficker (b. 1954)
• 14th » Kyle Bennett (BMX rider) named Kyle Bennett, American BMX racer (b. 1979)
• 14th » John Clive, English actor and author (b. 1933)
• 14th » Max Fatchen, Australian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 14th » James R. Grover, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1919)
• 14th » Larry Sloan, American publisher, co-founded Price Stern Sloan (b. 1922)
• 14th » Arlen Specter, American lieutenant and politician (b. 1930)
• 14th » Marc Swayze, American author and illustrator (b. 1913)
• 14th » Elizabeth Watkins, English author (b. 1923)
• 14th » Dody Weston Thompson, American photographer (b. 1923)
• 14th » Gart Westerhout, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1927)
• 15th » Claude Cheysson, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs (France) or French Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1920)
• 15th » Patrick R. Cooney, American bishop (b. 1934)
• 15th » Erol Günaydın, Turkish actor (b. 1933)
• 15th » Maria Petrou, Greek-English computer scientist (b. 1953)
• 15th » Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (b. 1922)
• 15th » Pat Ward, American politician (b. 1957)
• 17th » Milija Aleksic, English-South African footballer (b. 1951)
• 17th » Émile Allais, French skier (b. 1912)
• 17th » Henry Friedlander, German-American historian and author (b. 1930)
• 17th » Bandya Kakade, Indian footballer (b. 1945)
• 17th » Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
• 17th » Kōji Wakamatsu, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 18th » Brain Damage (wrestler) e.g Brain Damage, American wrestler (b. 1977)
• 18th » E. K. Fretwell, American academic (b. 1923)
• 18th » Sylvia Kristel, Dutch model, actress, and singer (b. 1952)
• 18th » Mihály Lukács, Hungarian politician (b. 1954)
• 18th » Thomas Madigage, South African footballer and coach (b. 1970)
• 18th » Slater Martin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 18th » George Mattos, American pole vaulter (b. 1929)
• 18th » Albert Lee Ueltschi, American pilot and businessman, founded FlightSafety International (b. 1917)
• 18th » David S. Ware, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1949)
• 19th » Lincoln Alexander, Canadian lawyer and politician, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1922)
• 19th » Wissam al-Hassan, Lebanese general (b. 1965)
• 19th » Wiyogo Atmodarminto, Indonesian general and politician, 10th Governor of Jakarta (b. 1922)
• 19th » Raymond Dumais, Canadian bishop (b. 1950)
• 19th » Mike Graham (wrestler) named Mike Graham, American wrestler (b. 1951)
• 19th » Walter Harrison, English politician (b. 1921)
• 19th » Johann Kniewasser, Austrian skier (b. 1951)
• 19th » Fiorenzo Magni, Italian cyclist (b. 1920)
• 19th » Raúl Valencia, Spanish footballer (b. 1976)
• 20th » Oli Ahad, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1928)
• 20th » Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (b. 1984)
• 20th » Przemysław Gintrowski, Polish poet and composer (b. 1951)
• 20th » Paul Kurtz, American academic (b. 1925)
• 20th » Daniel Enele Kwanairara, Solomon Islands educator and politician (b. 1947)
• 20th » Dave May, American baseball player (b. 1943)
• 20th » John McConnell (peace activist) named John McConnell, American activist, created Earth Day (b. 1915)
• 20th » E. Donnall Thomas, American physician and educator, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
• 20th » Raymond Watson, American businessman (b. 1926)
• 21st » Harvie Andre, Canadian engineer and politician (b. 1940)
• 21st » Yash Chopra, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1932)
• 21st » Antoni Dobrowolski, Polish educator (b. 1904)
• 21st » Ted Kazanoff, American actor (b. 1922)
• 21st » Jaroslav Kozlík, Czech volleyball player and educator (b. 1907)
• 21st » Alf Kumalo, South African photographer and journalist (b. 1930)
• 21st » George McGovern, American historian, lieutenant, and politician (b. 1922)
• 22nd » Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (b. 1923)
• 22nd » Carolyn Conwell, American actress (b. 1930)
• 22nd » Russell Means, American actor and activist (b. 1939)
• 22nd » Salvatore Merlino, American mobster (b. 1939)
• 22nd » Mike Morris (TV presenter) e.g Mike Morris, English journalist (b. 1947)
• 22nd » Shubha Phutela, Indian model and actress (b. 1991)
• 22nd » Gabrielle Roth, American dancer, singer, and author (b. 1941)
• 22nd » Wilson Whineray, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1935)
• 23rd » William Joel Blass, American educator, lawyer, and politician (b. 1917)
• 23rd » Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (b. 1917)
• 23rd » Roland de la Poype, French pilot (b. 1920)
• 23rd » Sunil Gangopadhyay, Indian author and poet (b. 1934)
• 23rd » Hughie Hay, Scottish footballer
• 23rd » Michael Marra, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 24th » Peggy Ahern, American actress (b. 1917)
• 24th » Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923)
• 24th » Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957)
• 24th » Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
• 24th » Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918)
• 24th » Peter Wright (footballer) e.g Peter Wright, English footballer (b. 1934)
• 25th » Jacques Barzun, French-American historian and author (b. 1907)
• 25th » Dimitris Beis, Greek politician, 68th Mayor of Athens (b. 1928)
• 25th » Jaspal Bhatti, Indian actor (b. 1955)
• 25th » John Connelly (footballer) e.g John Connelly, English footballer (b. 1938)
• 25th » Aung Gyi, Burmese general and politician (b. 1919)
• 25th » Les Mueller, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 25th » Emanuel Steward, American boxer, trainer, and sportscaster (b. 1944)
• 26th » Mac Ahlberg, Swedish-Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1931)
• 26th » Arnold Greenberg (Snapple) or Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (b. 1932)
• 26th » Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo, Cuban army officer (b. 1934)
• 26th » Joža Horvat, Croatian author (b. 1915)
• 26th » John M. Johansen American architect, designed the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre (b. 1916)
• 26th » Alan Kirschenbaum, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1961)
• 26th » Natina Reed, American rapper and actress (Blaque) (b. 1979)
• 26th » Björn Sieber, Austrian skier (b. 1989)
• 26th » Alan Stretton, Australian general (b. 1922)
• 27th » Ian Buist, English diplomat (b. 1930)
• 27th » Terry Callier, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 27th » Angelo Maria Cicolani, Italian engineer and politician (b. 1952)
• 27th » Regina Dourado, Brazilian actress (b. 1952)
• 27th » Jacques Dupin, French poet and critic (b. 1927)
• 27th » Dmitry Gayev, Russian civil servant (b. 1951)
• 27th » Hans Werner Henze, German composer (b. 1926)
• 27th » Rodney S. Quinn, American pilot and politician, 44th Secretary of State of Maine (b. 1923)
• 27th » Göran Stangertz, Swedish actor and director (b. 1944)
• 27th » Bill White (comics) e.g Bill White, American author and illustrator (b. 1961)
• 28th » Merry Anders, American actress (b. 1932)
• 28th » Gordon Bilney, Australian dentist and politician (b. 1939)
• 28th » Bob Brunner, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1934)
• 28th » John Cheffers, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1936)
• 28th » Jack Dellal, English businessman (b. 1923)
• 28th » Ernst Heinrich Karlen, Swiss-Zimbabwean archbishop (b. 1922)
• 28th » Kevin Reilly (Louisiana politician) named Kevin Reilly, American soldier, businessman, and politician (b. 1928)
• 28th » George Riashi, Lebanese-Greek bishop (b. 1933)
• 29th » Warsame Shire Awale, Somalian poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1951)
• 29th » Letitia Baldrige, American etiquette expert and secretary (b. 1926)
• 29th » J. Bernlef, Dutch author, poet, and songwriter (b. 1937)
• 29th » Albano Harguindeguy, Argentinian general and politician (b. 1927)
• 29th » Susumu Ishikawa, Japanese voice actor and singer (b. 1933)
• 29th » Kenneth G. Ryder, American academic (b. 1924)
• 29th » Wallace L. W. Sargent, English-American astronomer (b. 1935)
• 29th » Jack Vaughn, American diplomat (b. 1920)
• 30th » Franck Biancheri, French politician (b. 1961)
• 30th » Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (b. 1961)
• 30th » Leonard Termo, American actor (b. 1935)
• 30th » Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940)
• 30th » Trevor West, Irish academic and politician (b. 1938)
• 30th » Lebbeus Woods, American architect (b. 1940)
• 31st » Gae Aulenti, Italian architect and designer (b. 1927)
• 31st » June Blundell, New Zealand wife of Denis Blundell (b. 1921)
• 31st » Brian Cobby, English actor (b. 1929)
• 31st » John Fitch (racing driver) named John Fitch, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1917)
• 31st » Alexander Kibrik, Russian linguist and academic (b. 1939)
• 31st » John H. Reed, American politician, 67th Governor of Maine (b. 1921)
• 31st » Teri Shields, American actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 31st » Konstantin Vyrupayev, Russian wrestler (b. 1930)

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