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

At present is Sunday Oct the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times 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 Trump directs the Pentagon to use all available funds to ensure troops are paid despite shutdown Court National Guard troops sent to Illinois by Trump can stay but can t be deployed for now Tech billionaire Marc Benioff says Trump should deploy National Guard to San Francisco A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard Prescription drug coverage options are shrinking for Medicare shoppers 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 numerous 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 the present day 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