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Today is Friday, October 12, the 285th day of 2018. There are 80 days left in the year.
1492 — Columbus arrives in the Bahamas; the real Columbus Day
1776 —British Brigade begins guarding Throgg Necks Road in the Bronx
1823 — Charles Macintosh of Scotland begins selling raincoats (Macs)
1853 — John Morrissey wins boxing title, when Yankee Sullivan leaves ring after 36th round to slug Morrissey's fans
1860 — British & French troops capture Peking
1861 — Confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi
1915 — English nurse Edith Cavell executed by Germans in Belgium (WW II)
1915 — Theodore Roosevelt criticizes US citzens with dual nationalities
