Page 9: 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  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 12 elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90   

1983  Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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 March - 12.   

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  On this day in history federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

1987  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

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

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 this day in history billie Rhodes, dies   

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

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

1989  On March - 12 madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election   

1989  Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87 on March - 12.   

1990  On March - 12 los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland   

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

1991  Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1992  On March - 12 barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84   

1993  On March - 12 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay   

1993  On March - 12 entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show   

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  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  On March - 12 birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

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

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

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

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

1374  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

1447  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on March - 12.   

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on this day in history.   

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