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 March - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 March - 12.   

1984  On this day in history arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88   

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 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 this day in history.   

1987  Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North on this day in history.   

1987  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 12.   

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  On this day in history world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)   

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

1988  Billie Rhodes, dies on March - 12.   

1989  On March - 12 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 March - 12.   

1991  On March - 12 etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92   

1992  On this day in history barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84   

1993  On March - 12 317 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 March - 12.   

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1270  On this day in history birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on March - 12.   

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

1626  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

0417  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

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

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 March - 12.   

1447  On March - 12 death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on March - 12.   

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