Historical Events In March - 12

1978  Eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99) on March - 12.   

1980  Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago on March - 12.   

1981  Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on March - 12.   

1981  Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA on March - 12.   

1982  On March - 12 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands   

1982  On March - 12 pLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"   

1982  On this day in history elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90   

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 March - 12.   

1984  National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike on this day in history.   

1984  Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1985  Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1986  Giotto encounters Comet Halley on March - 12.   

1986  Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on this day in history.   

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

1987  Federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North on March - 12.   

1987  On March - 12 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1987  World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR) on this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history 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 March - 12.   

1988  On March - 12 billie Rhodes, dies   

1989  15th People's Choice Awards on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)   

1989  Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1989  On March - 12 maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87   

1990  Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland on this day in history.   

1991  5th Soul Train Music Awards on March - 12.   

1991  On this day in history etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92   

1992  Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 on March - 12.   

1993  317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay on this day in history.   

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

1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech on March - 12.   

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

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on this day in history.   

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on this day in history.   

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

1607  On this day in history birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  On this day in history birth of andré Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700)   

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on March - 12.   

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

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.   

0604  On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on this day in history.   

1289  On March - 12 death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)   

1374  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

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 March - 12.   

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies