Significant Events on October 12: Historical Terror Attacks and Key Milestones

On this day, notable events include Margaret Thatcher's survival from an IRA bomb and the tragic Bali nightclub bombings.

On October 12, 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher narrowly escaped an assassination attempt by the IRA, which resulted in five deaths.
October 12, 2002, marks the date of the Bali nightclub bombings, where al-Qaida-linked militants killed 202 people in Indonesia.
Historical events on this day also include Christopher Columbus's 1492 landing in the Bahamas and the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
Gerald R. Ford was nominated as vice president by President Nixon on October 12, 1973, following Spiro T. Agnew's resignation.
Eliud Kipchoge made history on October 12, 2019, by running a marathon in under two hours during the INEOS 1:59 Challenge.