Significant Events of October 12th Through History
From groundbreaking achievements to historical incidents, October 12th marks notable moments across decades.
Overview
- In 2009, Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing it with Oliver Williamson.
- Friedrich Merz, a prominent CDU politician, announced his withdrawal from key party positions in 2004.
- British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher narrowly survived an IRA bombing attempt in Brighton in 1984.
- The first episode of the successful German audio play series 'Die drei ???' was released in 1979.
- A catastrophic gunpowder explosion in Delft, Netherlands, known as the 'Delfter Donnerschlag,' claimed around 1,200 lives in 1654.