Historical Events In September - 12

1888  Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi) on this day in history.   

1890  On September - 12 salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia   

1890  On this day in history cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury)   

1890  Guido Guerrini, composer on this day in history.   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer on September - 12.   

1892  On September - 12 alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)   

1894  Billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) on September - 12.   

1895  On this day in history defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup   

1895  Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked)   

1896  Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe) on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi   

1898  Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters) on this day in history.   

1899  On September - 12 gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter   

1900  On September - 12 eric Harding Thiman, composer   

1901  Arabs attack Gedara Palestine on September - 12.   

1901  On this day in history ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show)   

1902  Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60) on this day in history.   

1904  On September - 12 gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer   

1905  Boris Arapov, composer on this day in history.   

1906  On this day in history the Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.   

1906  Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS] on September - 12.   

1907  Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) on September - 12.   

1907  On this day in history joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe)   

1908  On this day in history winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier   

1909  On September - 12 spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

1910  World's first police woman appointed in Los Angeles, USA on September - 12.   

1910  Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians on this day in history.   

1911  Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0 on September - 12.   

1912  Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) on this day in history.   

1912  Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon on September - 12.   

1913  The birth of Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter   

1913  On this day in history major R B Stewart, cricketer (scored 4 & 9 in S Afr's 1st Test), dies   

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1492  On September - 12 birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

1494  On this day in history birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On September - 12 birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect   

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on this day in history.   

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on September - 12.   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on September - 12.   

0352  On this day in history maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  On this day in history death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on September - 12.   

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on September - 12.   

1185  On this day in history death of andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched   

1213  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on September - 12.   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on September - 12.   

1369  On September - 12 death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)