Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

1978  On this day in history eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99)   

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

1981  On this day in history soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1981  On March - 12 walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA   

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

1982  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike on March - 12.   

1984  Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 on March - 12.   

1985  On this day in history eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85   

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

1986  On this day in history giotto encounters Comet Halley   

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 this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

1987  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 12.   

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

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

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

1987  On this day in history world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)   

1988  On this day in history billie Rhodes, dies   

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

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

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  On March - 12 5th Soul Train Music Awards   

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

1992  On this day in history barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84   

1993  On March - 12 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay   

1993  Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show on this day in history.   

1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech on this day in history.   

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

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.   

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

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on March - 12.   

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

1626  On this day in history birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

0417  On March - 12 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 March - 12.   

1374  Death of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) on March - 12.   

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