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October 12 in history: From renaming of White House to the sale of first raincoat

1823
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1823

Charles Macintosh of Scotland sells the first raincoat

1901
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1901

US President Roosevelt renames Executive Mansion as White House

1918
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1918

Massive forest fire kills 453 people in Cloquet, Minnesota

1928
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1928

Iron Lung is used for the first time at Children's Hospital in Boston

1999
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1999

General Musharraf overthrows PM Nawaz Sharif in a coup in Pakistan