Historical Events In October - 12

1966  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1967  On October - 12 nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72   

1968  On October - 12 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City   

1968  Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on October - 12.   

1969  Soyuz 7 is launched on this day in history.   

1969  Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage on October - 12.   

1969  On October - 12 serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk   

1972  Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP   

1974  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1976  4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight on this day in history.   

1976  On October - 12 hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party   

1977  4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history uS Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School   

1977  Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1978  On October - 12 representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington   

1979  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on October - 12.   

1980  Ships of the Amphibious Force, Sixth Fleet, including Guadalcanal, began assisting the victims of the massive earthquake which devastated the Algerian city of Al Asnam on this day in history.   

1982  38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record) on October - 12.   

1982  Chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61   

1984  On October - 12 iRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying   

1985  Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission on October - 12.   

1985  Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize on this day in history.   

1985  Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1986  Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China on this day in history.   

1987  Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history ken Murray, actor (Bill & Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85   

1989  Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies   

1991  On this day in history aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92   

1992  On October - 12 expo '92 closes in Seville Spain   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.   

1350  On this day in history birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on October - 12.   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.   

0638  On October - 12 honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.   

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  On this day in history death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

1320  On October - 12 michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies