In the present day is Sunday, Oct. 12, the 285th day of 2025. There are 80 days left within the 12 months.
In the present day in historical past:
On Oct. 12,1968, Mexican monitor and subject athlete Enriqueta Basilio grew to become the primary girl to gentle the Olympic flame on the opening ceremonies of the Mexico Metropolis Summer season Video games.
Additionally on this date:
In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s first expedition made landfall on what’s now San Salvador Island within the Bahamas.
In 1870, Basic Robert E. Lee, former general commander of the Accomplice States Military within the Civil Struggle, died in Lexington, Virginia, at age 63.
In 1960, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev protested remarks on the United Nations by pounding his shoe on his desk.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon nominated Home Minority Chief Gerald R. Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T. Agnew as vice chairman.
In 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escaped an try on her life when an Irish Republican Military bomb exploded at a lodge in Brighton, England, killing 5 individuals.
In 2000, the destroyer USS Cole was attacked by boat-borne al-Qaida suicide bombers throughout a refueling cease in Yemen’s port metropolis of Aden, killing 17 on board.
In 2002, bombs blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants destroyed two nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 individuals, lots of whom had been international vacationers.
In 2019, Eliud Kipchoge grew to become the primary particular person to run a marathon in lower than two hours, crossing the end line of the INEOS 1:59 Problem in Vienna, Austria, with a time of 1:59:40.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- NASCAR Corridor of Famer Ned Jarrett is 93.
- Broadcast journalist Chris Wallace is 78.
- Singer-songwriter Jane Siberry is 70.
- Actor Hiroyuki Sanada is 65.
- Jazz musician Chris Botti (BOH’-tee) is 63.
- Actor Hugh Jackman is 57.
- Nation musician Martie Maguire (The Chicks) is 56.
- Actor Kirk Cameron is 55.
- Olympic gold medal skier Bode Miller is 48.
- Actor Josh Hutcherson is 33.
