12 October 1971
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar" opened on Broadway.
The rock opera tells the story of Jesus' final days through the perspective of Judas Iscariot.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1971
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's "Jesus Christ Superstar" opened on Broadway.
The rock opera tells the story of Jesus' final days through the perspective of Judas Iscariot.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1915
The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1911
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, becomes the first Governor General of Canada of royal descent.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1908
Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1892
Edward Emerson Barnard is first to discover a comet by photographic means.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1812
Sir Isaac Brock's British and native forces repel an invasion of Canada by General Rensselaer's United States forces.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1793
Austro-Prussian victory over Republican France at the First Battle of Wissembourg.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1792
In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1307
Hundreds of the Knights Templar in France are arrested at dawn by King Philip the Fair, and later confess under torture to heresy.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1269
The present church building at Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 1259
The Provisions of Westminster, a law reform programme resulting out of the conflict of king Henry III of England and his barons, are approved.
@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social13 October 54
Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adopted son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina
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@atticusfinch-105.bsky.social12 October 1987
George Harrison released Got My Mind Set on You as a single.
The song was a cover of a 1962 recording by James Ray and went on to become Harrison's third and final U.S. #1 single as a solo artist.
