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  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" on March - 12.   

1982  On this day in history elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90   

1983  Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 on March - 12.   

1984  On this day in history british ice dancing team, Torvill &Dean, become first skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships   

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  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  On March - 12 giotto encounters Comet Halley   

1986  Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March - 12.   

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

1987  On this day in history federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

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

1987  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR)   

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

1987  On this day in history 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  15th People's Choice Awards on March - 12.   

1989  2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia) on this day in history.   

1989  On March - 12 madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election   

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

1990  On this day in history los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland   

1991  On this day in history 5th Soul Train Music Awards   

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

1993  Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show on this day in history.   

1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech on March - 12.   

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1270  On March - 12 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  On this day in history birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

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

1607  On March - 12 birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

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 March - 12.   

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

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on March - 12.   

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1289  On this day in history 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 March - 12.   

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

1496  Johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies on March - 12.