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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history yoko Ono suffers another miscarriage   

1969  Serge Poliakoff, Russ/French painter, dies on October - 12.   

1971  On October - 12 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  Joseph Frederick Wagner, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 October - 12.   

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

1982  On October - 12 chris[tiaan R] Reumer, Dutch opera singer, dies at 73   

1983  On this day in history jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61   

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 October - 12.   

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

1985  Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 on October - 12.   

1986  On October - 12 queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China   

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 October - 12.   

1989  Franco, [Francis Luambo/"Makiadi"], Zaire composer/music, dies at 51 on October - 12.   

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  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.   

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

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

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

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

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)   

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

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12.   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.   

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

1095  On October - 12 death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  On October - 12 death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

1320  On October - 12 michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  On October - 12 reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies