Today in History: October 12, First woman lights Olympic flame

The present day is Sunday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year At present in history On Oct Mexican track and field athlete Enriqueta Basilio became the first woman to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies of the Mexico City Summer Games Also on this date In Christopher Columbus s first expedition made landfall on what is now San Salvador Island in the Bahamas Related Articles There are no survivors in the blast at a Tennessee explosives factory sheriff says Massachusetts congressman admits polarized Congress isn t working Trump vows to pay troops America s aging prison population is posing challenges for states Nuclear missile workers are contracting cancer They blame the bases In the modern day in History October Carter awarded Nobel Peace Prize In General Robert E Lee former overall commander of the Confederate States Army in the Civil War died in Lexington Virginia at age In Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev protested remarks at the United Nations by pounding his shoe on his desk In President Richard Nixon nominated House Minority Leader Gerald R Ford of Michigan to succeed Spiro T Agnew as vice president In British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher escaped an attempt on her life when an Irish Republican Army bomb exploded at a hotel in Brighton England killing five people In the destroyer USS Cole was attacked by boat-borne al-Qaida suicide bombers during a refueling stop in Yemen s port city of Aden killing on board In bombs blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants destroyed two nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali killing people plenty of of whom were foreign tourists In Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours bridging the finish line of the INEOS Challenge in Vienna Austria with a time of In contemporary times s Birthdays NASCAR Hall of Famer Ned Jarrett is Broadcast journalist Chris Wallace is Singer-songwriter Jane Siberry is Actor Hiroyuki Sanada is Jazz musician Chris Botti BOH -tee is Actor Hugh Jackman is Country musician Martie Maguire The Chicks is Actor Kirk Cameron is Olympic gold medal skier Bode Miller is Actor Josh Hutcherson is