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

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

1969  On this day in history soyuz 7 is launched   

1969  On this day in history yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage   

1969  On this day in history serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies   

1971  On October - 12 dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

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

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  On this day in history joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

1976  On October - 12 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 October - 12 doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81   

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

1979  On October - 12 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  On this day in history 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record)   

1982  On this day in history 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  IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying on this day in history.   

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

1985  On October - 12 intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 12.   

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  On this day in history 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  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

1558  On October - 12 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  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on October - 12.   

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12.   

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

1093  On October - 12 robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

1095  Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on this day in history.   

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

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