Page 7: Historical Events In October - 12

1966  On this day in history arthur Vincent Lourie, composer, dies at 74   

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  On October - 12 soyuz 7 is launched   

1969  On October - 12 yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage   

1969  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 October - 12 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  4th test of the space shuttle Enterprise on October - 12.   

1977  On October - 12 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  On this day in history representatives of Israel and Egypt open talks in Washington   

1979  On this day in history celia Lovsky, actress (Airport, Harlow, T'Pau-Star Trek), dies at 82   

1980  On this day in history 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.   

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  On October - 12 iRA bombs hotel where Margaret Thatcher is staying   

1985  Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 61A mission on October - 12.   

1985  On October - 12 intl Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War receives Nobel Prize   

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 October - 12.   

1987  Alfred M Landon, former Kansas Gov, dies at his Topeka home at 100 on October - 12.   

1988  On this day in history ken Murray, actor (Bill & Coo, Crooner, Half-Marriage), dies at 85   

1989  Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history max Tailleur, adjunct prince Bernhard/Jewish humorist, dies   

1991  Aline MacMahon, US actress (Backdoor to Heaven), dies at 92 on October - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on October - 12.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.   

0632  On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

0638  On October - 12 honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies   

0642  On October - 12 johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

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

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  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on this day in history.   

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on October - 12.