October 12, 2014November 4, 2014 Clarisse Kale/Today In History, Pà Kongo|About Congo [Today in History] October 12th 1881 – Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with one of the Congolese monarch DEATHS 1951 – Simon Kimbangu, Congo prophet, dies in captivity at 62 1989 – Franco Luambo Makiadi dies at 51 Rate this: