This Day in History: October 12, 2024
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1492
Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.
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1870
Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.
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1960
Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.
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1964
The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.
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1999
NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at his Bel Air home at age 63.
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2000
17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.
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2002
A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.
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