Ephemeris of October 12

1960: The Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev caused a sensation in the UN General Assembly, drumming on his desk with his shoe.
1945: The Allied Control Council orders the dissolution of the Nazi Party in Germany.
1942: Victory of the Americans over the Japanese at Guadalcanal, in the Pacific.
1822: Brazil, a Portuguese possession, proclaims its independence.
1492: Christopher Columbus discovers America.
1428: Hundred Years War: start of the siege of Orleans by the English.