Day of the year
October 12
Born on October 12? You're a Libra with the Opal birthstone.
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October 12 Zodiac Sign
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
Element: Air
diplomaticcharmingfair-mindedsocialbalanced
Birthstone
Opal
Birth Flower
Marigold
Season
Fall
Numerology 4
A number of stability, hard work, and dependable structure.
October 12: This Day in History
- 1492— Christopher Columbus and his crew made landfall in the Bahamas, marking the first sustained European contact with the Americas.
- 1822— Brazil declared independence from Portugal, with Dom Pedro I becoming its first emperor.
- 1960— Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev famously pounded his shoe on a desk at the United Nations General Assembly.
- 1999— The world's population reached six billion people, according to the United Nations.
Famous Birthdays on October 12
- Luciano Pavarotti (1935) — Italian operatic tenor
- Hugh Jackman (1968) — actor and entertainer
- Kirk Cameron (1970) — actor
- Marion Jones (1975) — Olympic sprinter
- Josh Hutcherson (1992) — actor
What Happens on October 12?
Columbus Day (U.S., second Monday of October)Día de la Hispanidad (Spain)Indigenous Peoples' Day (many U.S. cities)
Did You Know? October 12 Fun Facts
- Columbus never set foot on mainland North America — all four of his voyages landed in the Caribbean or Central/South America.
- Hugh Jackman holds the Guinness World Record for longest career as a live-action Marvel superhero, playing Wolverine from 2000.
- Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas.
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