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

1968  Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on this day in history.   

1969  Soyuz 7 is launched on October - 12.   

1969  On this day in history yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage   

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

1971  On this day in history dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

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

1972  Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole on October - 12.   

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

1974  On this day in history joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1977  On this day in history 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise   

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

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 this day in history.   

1982  38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record) on this day in history.   

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

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  On October - 12 challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission   

1985  Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize on October - 12.   

1985  On this day in history 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 October - 12.   

1989  Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1990  Max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies on October - 12.   

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 this day in history birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

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  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

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  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.   

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

1093  On this day in history 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 October - 12.   

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.