Historical Events In October - 12
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1966 Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1967 Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1968 On this day in history 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City
1968 Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on this day in history.
1969 Soyuz 7 is launched on this day in history.
1969 Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage on October - 12.
1969 Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on October - 12.
1971 Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on October - 12.
1972 On October - 12 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
1972 On this day in history mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
1973 On this day in history nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
1974 On October - 12 joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74
1976 On October - 12 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight
1976 On October - 12 hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party
1977 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise on this day in history.
1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School on this day in history.
1977 Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1978 Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington on October - 12.
1979 Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on October - 12.
1980 Ships of the Amphibious Force, Sixth Fleet, including Guadalcanal, began assisting the victims of the massive earthquake which devastated the Algerian city of Al Asnam on this day in history.
1982 On October - 12 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record)
1982 Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1983 On October - 12 jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61
1984 IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying on this day in history.
1985 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission on October - 12.
1985 On October - 12 intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize
1985 Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 on October - 12.
1986 On this day in history queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China
1987 Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 on this day in history.
1988 Ken Murray, actor (Bill & Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1989 On October - 12 franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51
1990 On this day in history max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies
1991 On October - 12 aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92
1992 Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain on this day in history.
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