Historical Events In March - 12

1978  On this day in history eric Heiden skates world record 1000 meter (1:14.99)   

1980  Jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history soyuz T-4 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1981  Walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA on this day in history.   

1982  1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history pLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"   

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

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 March - 12 national Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike   

1984  On March - 12 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 this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history giotto encounters Comet Halley   

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  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 12.   

1987  World Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR) on March - 12.   

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

1987  On March - 12 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  15th People's Choice Awards on March - 12.   

1989  On March - 12 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia)   

1989  Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election on March - 12.   

1989  On this day in history maurice Evans, actor (Bewitched, MacBeth), dies at 87   

1990  Los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history 5th Soul Train Music Awards   

1991  On March - 12 etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92   

1992  On this day in history barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84   

1993  317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay on this day in history.   

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 March - 12.   

1336  On this day in history birth of eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern   

1479  On March - 12 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  On March - 12 birth of johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667)   

1626  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on this day in history.   

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on March - 12.   

1289  Death of King Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) on this day in history.   

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  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