October 1912

Monday 07:

The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

Tuesday 08:

First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against Turkey.

Monday 14:

While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot by saloonkeeper William Schrank. With a fresh flesh wound and the bullet still in him, Roosevelt still delivers his scheduled speech.

Wednesday 16:

Bulgarian pilots Radul Milkov and Prodan Toprakchiev perform the first bombing with an airplane in history.

Thursday 17:

Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War

Friday 18:

The First Balkan War begins.

Saturday 19:

Italy takes possession of Tripoli, Libya from the Ottoman Empire.

Thursday 31:

Dominican Republic becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.