Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

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

1980  On this day in history jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago   

1981  Soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.   

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

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 March - 12 elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90   

1983  On this day in history jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85   

1984  On March - 12 british ice dancing team, Torvill &Dean, become first skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships   

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

1984  On this day in history arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88   

1985  On March - 12 eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85   

1986  On March - 12 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange   

1986  On this day in history giotto encounters Comet Halley   

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

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

1987  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR)   

1987  On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva &Grinkov (USSR)   

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 this day in history billie Rhodes, dies   

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland   

1991  On March - 12 5th Soul Train Music Awards   

1991  Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  On March - 12 entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show   

1993  On this day in history inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech   

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1270  Charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325) was born on this day in history.   

1336  On March - 12 birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on March - 12.   

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on March - 12.   

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on March - 12.   

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

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

1447  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on March - 12.   

1471  On this day in history dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

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