Historical Events In October - 12

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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1008  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)   

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

1350  On October - 12 birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

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

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  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.   

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

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

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

1320  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on October - 12.   

1343  On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies