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US History This Day in American History October 12

Explore significant events in American history on October 12th, including Christopher Columbus' sighting of a Bahamian island in 1492, British troops' movement in 1776, a massive forest fire in Minnesota in 1918, and the USS Cole attack in 2000.

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US History This Day in American History October 12

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  1. US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryOctober 12 1492 After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia.

  2. US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryOctober 12 1776 British troops head up East River - On this day in 1776, British Generals Henry Clinton and William Howe lead a force of 4,000 troops aboard some 90 flat-boats up New York’s East River toward Throg’s Neck, a peninsula in Westchester County, in an effort to encircle General George Washington and the Patriot force stationed at Harlem.

  3. US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryOctober 12 1918 Fire rages in Minnesota - A massive forest fire rages through Minnesota on this day in 1918, killing hundreds of people and leaving thousands homeless. The fire burned at least 1,500 square miles. 

  4. US HistoryThis Day in American HistoryOctober 12 2000 USS Cole attacked by terrorists - At 12:15 p.m. local time, a motorized rubber dinghy loaded with explosives blows a 40-by-40-foot hole in the port side of the USS Cole, a U.S. Navy destroyer that was refueling at Aden, Yemen. Seventeen sailors were killed and 38 wounded in the attack.

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