October 12

Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.

Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.

Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.

The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.

NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at his Bel Air home at age 63.

17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.

A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.

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