Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

1978  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99) on this day in history.   

1980  Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 12 soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1981  On this day in history walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA   

1982  On this day in history 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands   

1982  On this day in history pLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"   

1982  Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 on March - 12.   

1983  Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 on March - 12.   

1984  British ice dancing team, Torvill &Dean, become first skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history national Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike   

1984  On March - 12 arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88   

1985  Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 on March - 12.   

1986  On this day in history 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange   

1986  Giotto encounters Comet Halley on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race   

1987  On March - 12 "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances   

1987  On March - 12 federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

1987  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 12 world Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR)   

1987  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva &Grinkov (USSR) on March - 12.   

1987  On March - 12 world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic)   

1987  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada) on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history billie Rhodes, dies   

1989  On March - 12 15th People's Choice Awards   

1989  On March - 12 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)   

1989  Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election on March - 12.   

1989  Maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87 on March - 12.   

1990  On March - 12 los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland   

1991  On this day in history 5th Soul Train Music Awards   

1991  Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 on March - 12.   

1992  On March - 12 barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84   

1993  317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay on March - 12.   

1993  On this day in history entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show   

1993  On March - 12 inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech   

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1270  On this day in history birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

1336  On this day in history birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1479  On March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on this day in history.   

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on this day in history.   

1613  On March - 12 birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

1620  On this day in history birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)   

1626  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

0417  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on March - 12.   

1209  On March - 12 djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on this day in history.   

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on this day in history.   

1447  On March - 12 death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)   

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1496  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies