Page 7: Historical Events In October - 12

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

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on October - 12.   

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

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 this day in history 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 October - 12 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  Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP on October - 12.   

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

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

1976  On this day in history hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party   

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 October - 12.   

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

1978  On this day in history representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington   

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

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 October - 12.   

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  IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying on October - 12.   

1985  Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize   

1985  Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 on October - 12.   

1986  Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China on October - 12.   

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

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

1991  On October - 12 aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92   

1992  On this day in history expo '92 closes in Seville Spain   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.   

1350  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

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

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

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 October - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1095  Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on October - 12.   

1176  On October - 12 death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

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.