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October 12th, 2007	Event	In Santa Clarita, California, the colision of two semi-trucks in a truck bypass tunnel in the Newhall Pass section of Interstate 5 sets off a chain reaction crash involving over 30 vehicles. The crash causes a major fire within the tunnel. Three people die and ten are injured.
October 12th, 2007	Death	Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese architect (born in 1934)
October 12th, 2006	Death	Gillo Pontecorvo, Italian film director (born in 1919)
October 12th, 2005	Event	The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng for five days in orbit.
October 12th, 2005	Death	C. Delores Tucker, American politician and civil rights activist (born in 1927)
October 12th, 2003	Death	Jim Cairns, Australian politician (born in 1914)
October 12th, 2003	Death	Joan Kroc, American philanthropist (born in 1928)
October 12th, 2003	Death	Willie Shoemaker, American jockey (born in 1931)
October 12th, 2002	Event	Terrorists detonate bombs in Paddy s Pub and the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
October 12th, 2002	Death	Ray Conniff, American bandleader and musician (born in 1916)

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