Page 9: Historical Events In March - 12

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

1980  On this day in history jury finds John Wayne Gacy guilty of murdering 33 in Chicago   

1981  On March - 12 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 March - 12.   

1982  PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 12 elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90   

1983  Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 on March - 12.   

1984  On this day in history british ice dancing team, Torvill &Dean, become first skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships   

1984  National Union of Mine Workers in England begin a 51 week strike on March - 12.   

1984  Arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1985  Eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85 on March - 12.   

1986  On March - 12 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange   

1986  Giotto encounters Comet Halley on this day in history.   

1986  Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on March - 12.   

1987  "Les Miserables" opens at Broadway/Imperial NYC for 4000+ performances on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 12 federal judge dismisses lawsuits sought by Oliver North   

1987  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR)   

1987  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by E Gordeeva &Grinkov (USSR) on March - 12.   

1987  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt (German Democratic Republic) on March - 12.   

1987  On this day in history world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (Canada)   

1988  On this day in history billie Rhodes, dies   

1989  15th People's Choice Awards on March - 12.   

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

1989  Madagascar AREMA party wins parliamentary election on this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history los Angeles Raiders announce they were returning to Oakland   

1991  5th Soul Train Music Awards on March - 12.   

1991  Etienne Decroux, French mime (Voyage, Surprise), dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1992  Barbara Morrison, actress (Proj Moonbase), dies of heart failure at 84 on March - 12.   

1993  On March - 12 317 killed by bomb attacks in Bombay   

1993  Entertainment Tonight's 3,000th show on March - 12.   

1993  On March - 12 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 this day in history.   

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on this day in history.   

1479  On March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence   

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.   

1607  On March - 12 birth of paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676)   

1613  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)   

0417  On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies   

0604  On March - 12 gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64   

1209  On this day in history djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies   

1289  On March - 12 death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)   

1374  On March - 12 death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)   

1447  Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on this day in history.   

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1496  On March - 12 johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies