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October 12th
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About
October 12th is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 80 days remaining
until the end of the calendar year.  October 12th is Columbus Day and Freethought Day in the United States.

Births
1576
- Thomas Dudley, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
1919 - Doris Miller, U.S. Navy cook, Pearl Harbor hero
1935 - Luciano Pavarotti, Italian operatic tenor ("The Three Tenors")
1947 - Chris Wallace, journalist (Fox News Sunday)
1970 - Kirk Cameron, actor, activist (Growing Pains)
1975 - Marion Jones, track and field Olympian
1992 - Taylor Horn, singer, songwriter, actress
1992 - Josh Hutcherson, actor (RV, Journey to the Center of the Earth)

Deaths
1870
- Robert E. Lee, Confederate Army General
1997 - John Denver, singer, musician ("Rocky Mountain High")

Events
1692
- Massachusetts Governor William Phips ends the Salem Witch Trials.
1938 - Production begins on the movie The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland.
1998 - University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard dies as the result of an anti-gay assault.
2000 - 17 U.S. Navy crewman are killed and 39 wounded when suicide bombers attack the USS Cole in Aden, Yemen.
Calendar
January
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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