Significant Events of October 12th Through History

From groundbreaking achievements to historical incidents, October 12th marks notable moments across decades.

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.