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October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2000

USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Cole is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, a machine-gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, during World War II. Cole is one of 62 authorized Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers, and one of 21 members of the Flight I-class that used the 5 in(127 mm)/54 caliber gun mounts found on the earliest of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The ship was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding and was delivered to the Navy on 11 March 1996.
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USS Cole (DDG-67)

The USS Cole, a US Navy destroyer, is badly damaged by two al-Qaeda suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis guided missile destroyer home-ported in Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. Cole is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, a machine-gunner k...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2002

On 12 October 2002, terrorist attacks took place in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. Bombings killed 202 people— 151 Westerners, 38 local Indonesians, 10 people from another 6 countries, and 3 unidentified victims—and injured a further 209, making it the worst terrorist act in Indonesia's history.
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2002 Bali bombings

Terrorists detonate bombs in two nightclubs in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, killing 202 and wounding over 200.
On 12 October 2002, terrorist attacks took place in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. Bombings killed 202 people— 151 Westerners, 38 local Indonesians, 10 people from anot...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2005

Shenzhou 6 was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program, launched on October 12, 2005, on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou spacecraft carried a crew of Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for five days in low Earth orbit. It launched three days before the second anniversary of China's first human spaceflight, Shenzhou 5.
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Shenzhou 6

The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
Shenzhou 6 was the second human spaceflight of the Chinese space program, launched on October 12, 2005, on a Long March 2F rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The Shenzhou spacecraft carr...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2010
Yle TV2 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Yle. TV2 was launched in 1965 as the successor to the former television channels TES-TV (Tesvisio) and Tamvisio and broadcasts public service programming, sports, drama, children's, youth, and music programmes. With Yle TV1, it is one of the three main television channels of Yle.
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Yle TV2
The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Yle TV2 is a Finnish television channel owned and operated by Yle. TV2 was launched in 1965 as the successor to the former television channels TES-TV (Tesvisio) and Tamvisio and broadcasts public serv...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2012
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an estimated population of over 450 million as of 2025, its member states generated a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of around €18.802 trillion in 2025, accounting for approximately one sixth of global economic output. The EU is often described as a sui generis political entity combining characteristics of both a federation and a confederation.
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European Union
The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe. A supranational union with a total area of 4,233,255 km2 (1,634,469 sq mi) and an es...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2013
The collapse of the Space Building occurred on the night of October 12, 2013, when Tower 6 of the Space Building, a residential apartment complex, collapsed in Medellín, Colombia, killing 12 people. Local authorities evacuated the rest of the building to avoid an imminent new collapse. The cost of the building was more than $40.6 billion.
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Collapse of the Space Building
An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.
The collapse of the Space Building occurred on the night of October 12, 2013, when Tower 6 of the Space Building, a residential apartment complex, collapsed in Medellín, Colombia, killing 12 people. L...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2017
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture. It has 194 member states and 12 associate members, as well as partners in the non-governmental, intergovernmental and private sector. Headquartered in Paris, France, UNESCO has 53 regional field offices and 199 national commissions.
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UNESCO
The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international coopera...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2018

Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. At birth, Eugenie was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne and is 12th as of 2026.
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Princess Eugenie

Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
Princess Eugenie, Mrs Jack Brooksbank, is a member of the British royal family. She is the younger daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson, and a niece of King Charles III. At birth,...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2019

Typhoon Hagibis, known in Japan as Typhoon No.19 or the Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon , was a large, extremely powerful and costly tropical cyclone that caused widespread destruction in Japan and is one of the costliest typhoons on record. The nineteenth named storm, ninth typhoon, and third super typhoon of the 2019 Pacific typhoon season, it was the strongest typhoon to strike mainland Japan in decades, and one of the largest typhoons ever recorded, with a peak gale-force diameter of 825 nautical miles. The typhoon raised global media attention, as it greatly affected the 2019 Rugby World Cup being hosted by Japan. With a death toll of 139, Hagibis was also the deadliest typhoon to strike Japan since Typhoon Fran in 1976.
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Typhoon Hagibis

Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.
Typhoon Hagibis, known in Japan as Typhoon No.19 or the Reiwa 1 East Japan Typhoon , was a large, extremely powerful and costly tropical cyclone that caused widespread destruction in Japan and is one...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2019

Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world record holder in the marathon from 2018 to 2023, until that record was broken by Kelvin Kiptum at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest marathon runners of all time.
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Eliud Kipchoge

Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.
Eliud Kipchoge is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the 2016 and 2020 Olympic marathon champion, and was the world rec...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2019
1031 Canal Street was a partially collapsed 190-foot-tall (58 m) multi-use high-rise building in New Orleans, Louisiana, located at 1031 Canal Street in the Central Business District. If completed, the project would have been known as the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans. The site where the hotel would be was formerly home to Woolworth, which closed permanently in the 1990s as the company went out of business.
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1031 Canal Street
The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing three workers and injuring 30 others.
1031 Canal Street was a partially collapsed 190-foot-tall (58 m) multi-use high-rise building in New Orleans, Louisiana, located at 1031 Canal Street in the Central Business District. If completed, th...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
2022
The 2022 Bratislava shooting was an attack that occurred on 12 October 2022 outside Tepláreň, a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia. A 19-year-old perpetrator shot and killed two people and wounded a third outside the venue's entrance. Following an investigation by the National Crime Agency (NAKA), Slovak authorities reclassified the incident from a hate-motivated murder to an act of domestic terrorism, designating it as the first terrorist attack in modern Slovak history. a well-known spot frequented by the local LGBTQ community. The shooting claimed two victims: Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack.
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2022 Bratislava shooting
2022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a gay bar in Bratislava known as Tepláreň. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting: Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajčík) was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack.
The 2022 Bratislava shooting was an attack that occurred on 12 October 2022 outside Tepláreň, a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia. A 19-year-old perpetrator shot and killed two people and wounded a thir...
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
1996
James Graham, British singer
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James Graham (singer)
October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
1996

Owen Watkin, Welsh rugby player
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Owen Watkin

October 12 · Code Media Labs Almanac
1997
Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
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Curtis Scott
Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
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