Wednesday, October 12, 1689 is a Wednesday. It is day 285 of 1689 (78.1% through the year), ISO week 41, in Q4.
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Wednesday, October 12, 1689 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2013: Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse in Medellín, leading to new construction laws being passed in Colombia.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 12.
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Historical Milestones
Twelve people were killed in an apartment-building collapse in Medellín, leading to new construction laws being passed in Colombia.
Collapse of the Space Building →An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 or 5.9 struck south of Cairo, Egypt, killing 545 people.
Seismic magnitude scales →The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a bomb at the Grand Hotel in Brighton, England, in a failed attempt to assassinate British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and her cabinet.
Provisional Irish Republican Army →Typhoon Tip, the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded, reached a worldwide record-low sea-level pressure of 870 mbar (25.69 inHg) in the western Pacific Ocean.
Typhoon Tip →While in prison for murder, boxer James Scott defeated Eddie "The Flame" Gregory, a leading light heavyweight.
James Scott (boxer) →Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev reportedly pounded his shoe on a desk during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in protest at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong.
Nikita Khrushchev →Japan Socialist Party leader Inejirō Asanuma (pictured) was assassinated during a live television recording by a far-right ultra-nationalist using a short sword.
Japan Socialist Party →Il Canto degli Italiani is adopted as national anthem by the newly formed Italian Republic.
Canto degli italiani →The United States Department of Justice acquired a military prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, to be transformed into the last-resort Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.
United States Department of Justice →The iron lung (example pictured), a type of medical ventilator, was used for the first time at the Boston Children's Hospital to treat an eight-year-old girl paralyzed by polio.
Iron lung →First World War: New Zealand troops suffered more than 2,000 casualties, including more than 800 deaths, in the First Battle of Passchendaele, making it the nation's largest loss of life in one day.
World War I →A statue of Austin Blair (pictured) was dedicated in a ceremony that attracted up to 30,000 people to Lansing, Michigan.
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Questions & Answers
Wednesday, October 12, 1689 falls on a Wednesday.
123,057 days ago (336 years, 11 months, 1 day ago). It is day 285 of 1689 with 80 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Wednesday, October 12, 1689 is written as XII.X.MDCLXXXIX (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is New Moon (approx. 2% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Libra.