Historical Events In March - 12

1978  On March - 12 eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99)  

1980  Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago on this day in history.  

1981  Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on March - 12.  

1981  Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA on this day in history.  

1982  1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands on March - 12.  

1982  On this day in history pLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"  

1982  Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 on March - 12.  

1983  On this day in history jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85  

1984  On March - 12 british ice dancing team, Torvill &Dean, become first skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships  

1984  National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike on this day in history.  

1984  Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 on March - 12.  

1985  Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 on March - 12.  

1986  210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange on this day in history.  

1986  On this day in history giotto encounters Comet Halley  

1986  On March - 12 susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race  

1987  "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances on March - 12.  

1987  Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North on March - 12.  

1987  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.  

1987  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR)  

1987  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva &Grinkov (USSR) on March - 12.  

1987  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic) on this day in history.  

1987  On this day in history world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)  

1988  On March - 12 billie Rhodes, dies  

1989  On this day in history 15th People's Choice Awards  

1989  2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia) on this day in history.  

1989  On March - 12 madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election  

1989  On this day in history maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87  

1990  Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland on this day in history.  

1991  5th Soul Train Music Awards on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92  

1992  Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 on this day in history.  

1993  317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay on this day in history.  

1993  Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show on March - 12.  

1993  On March - 12 inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech  

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on this day in history.  

1336  On March - 12 birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern  

1479  On this day in history birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence  

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer  

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.  

1613  On this day in history birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)  

1620  On March - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)  

1626  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)  

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on March - 12.  

0604  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64  

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on this day in history.  

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on this day in history.  

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on this day in history.  

1447  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on this day in history.  

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies  

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on March - 12.