Page 7: Historical Events In October - 12

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

1967  On this day in history nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72   

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

1968  On this day in history norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

1969  On October - 12 soyuz 7 is launched   

1969  Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage on this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole   

1973  On October - 12 nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP   

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

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

1976  Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party on October - 12.   

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

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

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 this day in history 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record)   

1982  On October - 12 chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73   

1983  Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1985  On October - 12 johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75   

1986  On October - 12 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 this day in history.   

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

1989  Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 on October - 12.   

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

1991  On October - 12 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 this day in history.   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

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

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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