October 12 2007 |
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| October 12th, 2007 (October 12 2007) | Event | In Santa Clarita, California, the colision of two semi-trucks in a truck bypass tunnel in the Newhall Pass section of Interstate 5 sets off a chain reaction crash involving over 30 vehicles. The crash causes a major fire within the tunnel. Three people die and ten are injured. | |
| October 12th, 2007 (October 12 2007) | Death | Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (born in 1934) | |
| October 12th, 1997 (October 12 1997) | Event | Sidi Daoud massacre in Algeria; 43 killed at a fake roadblock. | |
| October 12th, 1997 (October 12 1997) | Birth | Prince Boris of Bulgaria | |
| October 12th, 1997 (October 12 1997) | Death | John Denver, American singer (born in 1943) | |
| October 12th, 1987 (October 12 1987) | Death | Alf Landon, Governor of Kansas (born in 1887) | |
| October 12th, 1977 (October 12 1977) | Birth | Jessica Barker, Canadian actress | |
| October 12th, 1977 (October 12 1977) | Birth | Bode Miller, American alpine ski-racer | Bode Miller Quotes |
| October 12th, 1977 (October 12 1977) | Birth | Javier Toyo, Venezuelan footballer | |
| October 12th, 1967 (October 12 1967) | Event | Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives were futile because of North Vietnam s opposition | |
| October 12th, 1967 (October 12 1967) | Death | Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian Socialist politician leader | |
| October 12th, 1957 (October 12 1957) | Birth | Kristen Bjorn, British film director | |
| October 12th, 1947 (October 12 1947) | Birth | Chris Wallace, American journalist | |
| October 12th, 1947 (October 12 1947) | Birth | George Lam, Hong Kong singer | |
| October 12th, 1937 (October 12 1937) | Birth | Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (died in 1969) | |
| October 12th, 1937 (October 12 1937) | Birth | Robert Mangold, American artist | |
| October 12th, 1917 (October 12 1917) | Event | The First Battle of Passchendaele, now Passendale | |
| October 12th, 1917 (October 12 1917) | Birth | Roque Maspoli, Uruguayan footballer (died in 2004) | |
| October 12th, 1887 (October 12 1887) | Birth | Paula von Preradovic, Croatian-Austrian poet (died in 1951) | |
| October 12th, 1537 (October 12 1537) | Birth | King Edward VI of England (died in 1553) | |
