EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
October 12
Monday, October 12, 2026
Day 284 of 2026 | Week 42 | 75 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
2022 Bratislava shooting, killing 3 (including the perpetrator) and injuring one. The shooting occurred outside of a gay bar in Bratislava known as Tepláreň. Two people (excluding the perpetrator) died as a result of the shooting: Juraj Vankulič, a non-binary person, and Matúš Horváth, a bisexual man. The perpetrator (Juraj Krajčík) was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot the morning after the attack.
Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall in Japan, killing 10 and forcing the evacuation of one million people.
Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours with a time of 1:59:40 in Vienna.
The Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, which is under construction, collapses, killing three workers and injuring 30 others.
Princess Eugenie marries Jack Brooksbank at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.
The United States announces its decision to withdraw from UNESCO. Israel immediately follows.
An apartment building collapse in Medellín, Colombia results in the deaths of twelve people.
The European Union wins the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Finnish Yle TV2 channel's Ajankohtainen kakkonen current affairs program airs controversial Homoilta episode (literally "gay night"), which leads to the resignation of almost 50,000 Finns from the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
The second Chinese human spaceflight, Shenzhou 6, is launched, carrying two cosmonauts in orbit for five days.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
born in Krasnodar
Australian field hockey halfback and midfielder (Olympics gold 2000)
MLB infielder
American country fiddler
American NFL & CFL football strong safety; NFL
American actor (Eight is Enough - "Nicholas"; Code Red; Gun Shy)
American race car driver
American NFL defensive tackle and coach (Dallas Cowboys)
Namibian politician (1st female Prime Minister of Namibia 2015-)
Northern Irish musician
American jazz tenor saxophonist
Canadian actor (Anne of Green Gables)
Dutch soccer midfielder (49 caps; Ajax
American NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers
Japanese video game designer (Sonic the Hedgehog)
🎯 yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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