Historical Events In October - 12

1966  On October - 12 arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74   

1967  On October - 12 nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72   

1968  19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City on this day in history.   

1968  On October - 12 norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

1969  Soyuz 7 is launched on October - 12.   

1969  On this day in history yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage   

1969  On this day in history serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies   

1971  Dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1972  46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk on October - 12.   

1972  On October - 12 mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole   

1973  Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP on this day in history.   

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

1976  On October - 12 4th Space Shuttle Enterprise, approach and land test (ALT) flight   

1976  Hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party on this day in history.   

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  Doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81 on October - 12.   

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 October - 12.   

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

1983  On October - 12 jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61   

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  On October - 12 queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China   

1987  On this day in history alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100   

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

1989  Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 on October - 12.   

1990  On this day in history max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies   

1991  Aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92 on October - 12.   

1992  Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain on October - 12.   

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1008  On October - 12 birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

1350  On this day in history birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

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

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on October - 12.   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1558  On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.   

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

0642  On this day in history johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

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

1095  On October - 12 death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on October - 12.   

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

1343  On October - 12 reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies