Historical Events In October - 12

1966  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1968  19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City on October - 12.   

1968  On this day in history norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

1969  On this day in history soyuz 7 is launched   

1969  On this day in history yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage   

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on October - 12.   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on October - 12.   

1972  46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk on this day in history.   

1972  Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole on October - 12.   

1973  Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP on October - 12.   

1974  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight   

1976  Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party on October - 12.   

1977  On this day in history 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise   

1977  On this day in history uS Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School   

1977  On this day in history doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81   

1978  Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington on October - 12.   

1979  On this day in history celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82   

1980  On this day in history ships of the Amphibious Force, Sixth Fleet, including Guadalcanal, began assisting the victims of the massive earthquake which devastated the Algerian city of Al Asnam.   

1982  38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record) on this day in history.   

1982  On October - 12 chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73   

1983  Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on October - 12.   

1984  On October - 12 iRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying   

1985  On October - 12 challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission   

1985  Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize on October - 12.   

1985  On October - 12 johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75   

1986  Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China on this day in history.   

1987  Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 on this day in history.   

1988  Ken Murray, actor (Bill & Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1989  On October - 12 franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51   

1990  Max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92   

1992  Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain on this day in history.   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.   

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.   

0632  On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

0638  On October - 12 honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on this day in history.   

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

1095  Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on October - 12.   

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on this day in history.   

1320  On this day in history michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on this day in history.