Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

1982  1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands   

1982  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline".   

1982  Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90   

1983  Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85   

1984  British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become inaugural skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships.   

1984  National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike.   

1984  Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88.   

1985  Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85.   

1986  210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange.   

1986  Giotto encounters Comet Halley   

1986  In this year, Susan Butcher claims 1158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race   

1987  "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances   

1987  Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

1987  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR.   

1987  World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova and Bukin (USSR)   

1987  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva and Grinkov (USSR).   

1987  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).   

1988  Billie Rhodes, dies   

1989  15th People's Choice Awards.   

1989  2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes are discovered (Philadelphia).   

1989  In this year, Madagascar AREMA party claims parliamentary election.   

1989  Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87.   

1990  Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland   

1991  5th Soul Train Music Awards.   

1991  Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92   

1992  Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84   

1993  317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay   

1993  Entertainment Tonight's 3000th show   

1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech   

1993  North Korea announced its withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.   

1993  Andreas J A I Bruggeman, Dutch mayor (Leiderdorp), dies at 62   

1994  Church of England ordains inaugural 33 women priests   

1994  Sandra Paretti, German/Swiss author (Drums of Winter), dies at 59.   

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on this day in history.   

1336  On this day in history 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  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 March - 12.   

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)   

1626  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on March - 12.   

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  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on March - 12.   

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

1374  On March - 12 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  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on this day in history.