Historical Events In October - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1966 Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1967 On this day in history nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72
1968 On this day in history 19th modern Olympic games opens in Mexico City
1968 On October - 12 norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame
1969 Soyuz 7 is launched on October - 12.
1969 Yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage on October - 12.
1969 On October - 12 serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies
1971 On this day in history dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78
1972 On October - 12 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 On this day in history nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as VP
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 On October - 12 hua Guo-feng succeeds Mao Tse-tung as chairman of Communist Party
1977 On October - 12 4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise
1977 US Supreme Court heard arguments in "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, white student denied admission to U of Calif Med School on October - 12.
1977 On October - 12 doris Davenport, actress (Behind the News, Westerner), dies at 81
1978 Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington on October - 12.
1979 Celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82 on this day in history.
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 October - 12.
1982 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record) on October - 12.
1982 On this day in history chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73
1983 On October - 12 jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61
1984 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1985 Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1986 Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China on October - 12.
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 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 Aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92 on this day in history.
1992 Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain on this day in history.
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