Page 7: Historical Events In October - 12

1966  On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1968  On October - 12 norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

1969  Soyuz 7 is launched on this day in history.   

1969  Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage on October - 12.   

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on this day in history.   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on October - 12.   

1972  On October - 12 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk   

1972  On October - 12 mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole   

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

1974  On October - 12 joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

1976  On October - 12 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight   

1976  Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party on this day in history.   

1977  On October - 12 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise   

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  Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington on this day in history.   

1979  Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

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

1983  On October - 12 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 October - 12.   

1986  On this day in history queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China   

1987  Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 on October - 12.   

1988  On October - 12 ken Murray, actor (Bill & Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85   

1989  On this day in history franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51   

1990  On October - 12 max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies   

1991  Aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1992  Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain on October - 12.   

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1008  On October - 12 birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  On October - 12 birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.   

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

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 this day in history.   

0632  On October - 12 death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

0638  On this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  On October - 12 johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12.   

1095  On October - 12 death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on this day in history.   

1320  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on October - 12.   

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on this day in history.