Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

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

1980  On this day in history jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago   

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

1981  On this day in history walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA   

1982  1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands on this day in history.   

1982  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" on March - 12.   

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

1983  Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 on March - 12.   

1984  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1985  On March - 12 eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85   

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

1986  Giotto encounters Comet Halley on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race   

1987  "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 12 federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

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

1987  World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR) on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva &Grinkov (USSR)   

1987  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic) on March - 12.   

1987  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada) on this day in history.   

1988  Billie Rhodes, dies on March - 12.   

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

1989  On March - 12 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)   

1989  On this day in history madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election   

1989  Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

1991  On this day in history 5th Soul Train Music Awards   

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  On March - 12 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay   

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 March - 12.   

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on this day in history.   

1479  On March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.   

1607  On March - 12 birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

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

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on March - 12.   

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

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.   

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1209  On this day in history djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

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 this day in history dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies