Page 7: Historical Events In October - 12

1966  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on October - 12.   

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

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

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

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

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  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  On this day in history doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81   

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 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 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 October - 12.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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  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  On October - 12 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  On this day in history expo '92 closes in Seville Spain   

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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 this day in history.   

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 October - 12.   

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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