SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2019

1285-180 Jews refuse baptism in Munich, Germany, they are set on fire

1823-Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)

1860-British & French troops capture Peking

1886-Hurricane and sea surge kills 250 at Indianola Texas

1918-First use of iron lung (Boston's Children Hospital)

1933-Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)

1941-Russian gov't moves from Moscow to Volga as Nazis close in on Moscow

1942-U.S. navy defeats Japanese in WWII Battle of Cape Esperance

1949-Eugenie Anderson becomes first woman ambassador nominated in U.S.

1960-Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at UN General Assembly session

1963-Archaeological digs begin at Masada, Israel

1972-46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk

1975-Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became first Irish-born saint in seven centuries

1978-Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington

1984-IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying