Today in History for 12th October 2016:
Historical Events
1871 – US President Grant condemns Ku Klux Klan
1962 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1968 – Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is 1st woman to light Olympic flame
1973 – Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
1977 – 4th test of space shuttle Enterprise
2014 – Evo Morales is re-elected President of Bolivia
Famous Birthdays
1874 – Jimmy Burke, American baseball player (d. 1942)
1919 – Gilles Beaudoin, Quebec politician (d. 2007)
1929 – Magnús Magnússon, Icelandic television presenter (d. 2007)
1956 – David Vanian, British singer, (The Damned)
1958 – Bryn Merrick, British musician, (The Damned)
1977 – Jay Jenkins, American rapper also known as “Young Jeezy”
Famous Deaths
1955 – Bernarr McFadden, American physical culture advocate, credited with beginning the culture of health and fitness in the United States, dies of a urinary tract infection at 87
1991 – Aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92
1994 – Gérald Godin, Québécois poet and politician (b. 1938)
2005 – C. Delores Tucker, American politician and civil rights activist (b. 1927)
2009 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (b. 1974)
2013 – Oscar Hijuelos, American author, dies from a heart attack at 62