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  On March - 12 walter R T Witschey installs world's largest sundial, Richmond VA   

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

1982  On March - 12 pLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history arnold Riley, playwright/actor, dies at 88   

1985  On this day in history eugene Ormandy [Blau], Hungarian/US conductor, dies at 85   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1987  On March - 12 world Ice Dance Championship in Cincinnati won by Bestemianova &Bukin (USSR)   

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

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 this day in history.   

1989  15th People's Choice Awards on this day in history.   

1989  2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found (Philadelphia) on this day in history.   

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

1991  5th Soul Train Music Awards on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  Inkhata leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi begins 2½ week speech on this day in history.   

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1270  On March - 12 birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)   

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

1479  Giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence was born on March - 12.   

1515  On March - 12 birth of caspar Othmayr, composer   

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

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  On this day in history 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 March - 12.   

1471  On March - 12 dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies   

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies