Page 7: Historical Events In October - 12

1966  Arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1967  Nat Pendleton, Olympic wrestler/actor (Reckless), dies at 72 on October - 12.   

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

1968  On this day in history norma Enriqueta Basilio Satelo is First woman to light Olympic flame   

1969  On October - 12 soyuz 7 is launched   

1969  On October - 12 yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage   

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

1971  On October - 12 dean G Acheson, US foreign minister (1949-53), dies at 78   

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

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

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

1978  Representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history 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  On October - 12 38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon, Alaska (state record)   

1982  On this day in history chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73   

1983  Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on October - 12.   

1984  IRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying on October - 12.   

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  On this day in history johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75   

1986  Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1990  On October - 12 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  On this day in history expo '92 closes in Seville Spain   

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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 October - 12.   

1490  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

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

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on this day in history.   

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

0638  On this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

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

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12.   

1095  Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on this day in history.   

1176  On this day in history death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

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