Bali Bombing
On 12 October 2002, a deadly act of terrorism occurred in the tourist district of Kuta on the Indonesian island of Bali. The first bomb exploded inside Paddy's Irish Pub on the Kuta Beach tourist … (more...)
October 12
This Day in History
2002
2001
Escape Artist’s First Prison Breakout
On this day in 2001, French criminal Pascal Payet staged the first of three daring prison escapes using a hijacked helicopter. Born on 7 July 1963, in Vitry-sur-Seine, France, Payet quickly … (more...)
1999
The Day of Six Billion
At the end of the last millennium, 12 October 1999 was declared "The Day of 6 Billion"—the day on which the proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world was born—by the United Nations. They even c … (more...)
1492
Columbus Reaches the New World
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island, believing that he has reached East Asia. His expedition went ashore the same day, and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of … (more...)
This Day in History
January 29
TV Guide
- 12:30am Tony Robinson's Time Travels
- 1:00am Tony Robinson's Time Travels
- 1:30am The World From Above Rec
- 2:00am The World From Above Rec
- 2:30am The Civil War by Ken Burns Rec
- 3:15am Battlefleet Rec
- 4:00am Flying Tigers Rec
- 4:45am World's Greatest Palaces Rec
- 5:30am Rudolf Hess: Hitler's Mentor Rec
- 7:00am Hunters in the Sky Rec
- 7:30am Night Bombers Rec
- 8:30am Time Team Rec
- 9:30am Time Team Rec
- 10:30am Penelope Keith's Hidden Coastal Villages Rec
- 11:30am Flying Tigers Rec
- 12:30pm World's Greatest Palaces Rec
- 1:30pm Strategy: The Genius of Warfare Rec
- 2:30pm WWII: Total War Rec
- 3:30pm The Civil War by Ken Burns Rec
- 4:30pm Battlefleet Rec
- 5:30pm National Treasures Of Wales Rec
- 6:00pm Dan Snow's Norman Walks Rec
- 6:30pm Penelope Keith's Hidden Coastal Villages Rec
- 7:30pm Families That Changed The World Rec
- 8:30pm Nefertiti: The Lonely Queen Rec
- 9:30pm Volatile Earth Rec
- 10:30pm Machines of War Rec
- 11:30pm Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands Rec
