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 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 March - 12.   

1982  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" on March - 12.   

1982  Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1983  On March - 12 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 March - 12 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  Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 on March - 12.   

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

1986  Giotto encounters Comet Halley on March - 12.   

1986  On March - 12 susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race   

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

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 this day in history.   

1988  Billie Rhodes, dies on March - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1990  Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland on March - 12.   

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

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

1993  Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show on March - 12.   

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

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1270  On March - 12 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 this day in history 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 March - 12.   

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

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.   

1626  John Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697) was born on this day in history.   

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