Page 7: Historical Events In October - 12

1966  On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74   

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

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

1968  Norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame on this day in history.   

1969  On October - 12 soyuz 7 is launched   

1969  Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage on this day in history.   

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole on this day in history.   

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

1974  On this day in history joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74   

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  4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise on this day in history.   

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 October - 12 celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82   

1980  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 on this day in history.   

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  Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

1985  Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission on this day in history.   

1985  Intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize on this day in history.   

1985  Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 on October - 12.   

1986  On this day in history queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China   

1987  On October - 12 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 October - 12.   

1989  Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on this day in history.   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on this day in history.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on October - 12.   

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 this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  On October - 12 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  On October - 12 death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

1320  On October - 12 michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on October - 12.