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This Day in History – 12th October 1693

A Good Friday quarrel in 1693 ended in murder when Benjamin Price was fatally stabbed in London’s Castle Street. Abraham Anderson fled to Flanders, only to return and face trial at the Old Bailey. Although another man delivered the fatal wound, Anderson was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to death.

This Day in History: October 12th

Here are ten interesting historical events that took place on October 12th: 1492 – Columbus Reaches the Americas: Christopher Columbus made landfall in the Bahamas, marking the beginning of European exploration and the Age of Discovery in the Americas. 1773 – America’s First Insane Asylum Opens: The first mental hospital in the United States, theContinue reading “This Day in History: October 12th”