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Today in History highlights major events on Oct 12
Timeline of notable occurrences across years including the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 with about 50 deaths, Columbus arriving in 1992 in the Bahamas per Old Style dating, Oktoberfest origins in 1810, and other events from politics to crime and culture.
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Pacific Northwest
Christopher Columbus
Bahamas
Munich
Ludwig
Therese of
Saxe- Hildburghausen
Robert E. Lee
Lexington
Edith Cavell
Belgium
John Dillinger
Allen County
Ohio
Jess Sarber
Cape Esperance
Francis Biddle
Carnegie Hall
New York
United States
Socialist Party
Inejiro Asanuma
Tokyo
Otoya Yamaguchi