October 12: Our Lady Aparecida's Day and Children's Day in Brazil; Thanksgiving in Canada (2015); Health and Sports Day in Japan (2015); Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day in the United States (2015); Independence Day in Equatorial Guinea (1968); National Day in Spain (1492)
Edith Cavell
- 1398 – The Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights Konrad von Jungingen signed the Treaty of Salynas, the third attempt to cede Samogitia to the Knights.
- 1847 – Werner von Siemens, a German inventor, founded Siemens & Halske, which later became Siemens AG, the largest engineering company in Europe.
- 1915 – A German firing squad executed British nurse Edith Cavell (pictured) for helping Allied soldiers to escape occupied Belgium.
- 1960 – Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma was assassinated on live television by a man using a samurai sword.
- 2000 – Two suicide bombers attacked the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole while it was at anchor in Aden, Yemen, killing 17 of its crew members and injuring 39 others.
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