Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

1978  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99) on this day in history.   

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

1981  On March - 12 soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

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 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  British ice dancing team, Torvill &Dean, become first skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history national Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike   

1984  On March - 12 arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88   

1985  On this day in history 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  On March - 12 giotto encounters Comet Halley   

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

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

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  World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR) on March - 12.   

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

1987  On March - 12 world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)   

1987  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada) on March - 12.   

1988  Billie Rhodes, dies on March - 12.   

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 this day in history madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election   

1989  On March - 12 maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87   

1990  Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland on March - 12.   

1991  5th Soul Train Music Awards on March - 12.   

1991  On March - 12 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 this day in history 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay   

1993  On this day in history entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show   

1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech on this day in history.   

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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 March - 12.   

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

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

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.   

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

0417  On March - 12 innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on March - 12.   

1209  On March - 12 djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1289  On March - 12 death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)   

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on March - 12.   

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 this day in history.