Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

1978  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99) on this day in history.   

1980  Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1981  On this day in history walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA   

1982  On this day in history 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands   

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 this day in history.   

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  National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike on March - 12.   

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  On March - 12 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange   

1986  On this day in history giotto encounters Comet Halley   

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

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  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 March - 12.   

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 March - 12.   

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

1988  On March - 12 billie Rhodes, dies   

1989  On March - 12 15th People's Choice Awards   

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

1989  Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1989  On March - 12 maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87   

1990  On March - 12 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 March - 12.   

1993  317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show   

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  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on March - 12.   

1479  On March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

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

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

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  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on this day in history.   

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

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