Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

1978  On this day in history 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  Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On March - 12 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 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 March - 12.   

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 March - 12.   

1986  Giotto encounters Comet Halley on this day in history.   

1986  Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On March - 12 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1987  On March - 12 world Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR)   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On March - 12 world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)   

1988  Billie Rhodes, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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 March - 12.   

1991  On March - 12 5th Soul Train Music Awards   

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

1992  Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 on March - 12.   

1993  On this day in history 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay   

1993  Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show on March - 12.   

1993  On this day in history inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech   

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1270  On March - 12 birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

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

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  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 March - 12.   

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

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on this day in history.   

1447  On this day in history death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

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