12 October

1906 Piero Taruffi born 1918 Frank Armi born 1937 Paul Hawkins born 1943 Bertil Roos born 1961 Giancarlo Baghetti won the non-championship Coppa Italia 1985 Duke Dinsmore died 1986 Gerhard Berger won the Mexican Grand Prix 1997 Michael Schumacher won the Japanese Grand Prix 2003 Rubens Barrichello won the Japanese Grand Prix