THOUGHT OF THE DAY
"Good manners have much to do with the emotions. To make them ring true, one must feel them, not merely exhibit them."
Amy Vanderbilt
Columbus Day
Early in the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on board the Pinta sighted land, beginning a new era of European exploration and expansion. The next day, the ninety crew members of Columbus’ three-ship fleet ventured onto the Bahamian island that he named San Salvador (now Watling Island, and then called Guanahaní by the natives), ending a voyage begun nearly ten weeks earlier in Palos, Spain.
Events that took place on this day in history 12 October
*In 2011,
Megha-Tropiques is a satellite mission to study the water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change[2] A collaborative effort between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), Megha-Tropiques was successfully deployed into orbit by a PSLV rocket in October 2011.
*In 1972
Mariner IX took 2 photos of Mars’ north pole.Mariner 9 was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971 from LC-36B at Cape Canaveral .
Famous people that have birthdays on this day in history 12 October
*In 1864,
Kamini Roy (12 October 1864 – 27 September 1933) was a Bengali poet, social worker and feminist in British India. She was the first woman honours graduate in British India.
*In 1946,
Ashok Vinoo Mankad was an Indian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for India in 22 Test matches. Ashok Mankad was born in a Vadnagra Nagar Brahmin family as the eldest son of Vinoo Mankad, who represented India in 44 Test matches, in Bombay.
Famous people that have death anniversaries on this day in history 12 October
*In 1967,
Ram Manohar Lohia, was an activist in the Indian independence movement and a socialist political leader. During the last phase of British rule in India, he worked with the Congress Radio which was broadcast secretly from various places in Bombay until 1942.
*In 2012,
Sukhdev Singh Kang was the 14th Governor of Kerala from 25 January 1997 to 18 April 2002 who also served as a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.