Historical Events In September - 12

1964  Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage on September - 12.   

1965  Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75 on September - 12.   

1966  On September - 12 "The Monkees,"premier on NBC   

1966  Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight on September - 12.   

1970  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility   

1971  On September - 12 lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63   

1972  On this day in history two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war'   

1972  On this day in history william Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77   

1973  On this day in history eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77   

1974  On this day in history coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)   

1977  Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) on September - 12.   

1978  Frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69 on September - 12.   

1979  Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies on September - 12.   

1980  Military coup in Turkey on this day in history.   

1980  Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89   

1983  On September - 12 security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million   

1983  USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane on September - 12.   

1984  Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds   

1986  240.49 million shares traded in the NY Stock Exchange on September - 12.   

1986  US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut on September - 12.   

1986  Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75 on September - 12.   

1987  John Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies on September - 12.   

1988  On this day in history gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica   

1988  On this day in history alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78   

1989  On September - 12 anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37   

1990  Full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state on this day in history.   

1990  US, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge on September - 12.   

1990  Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101 on September - 12.   

1991  Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched on this day in history.   

1991  Jacques Benoit, [JJM Bayer], poet, dies on September - 12.   

1992  On September - 12 anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60   

1993  Charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 95 on September - 12.   

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

1494  Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47) was born on September - 12.   

1494  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on September - 12.   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on September - 12.   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

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

1688  On September - 12 birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on this day in history.   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on this day in history.   

1012  On this day in history guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on this day in history.   

1185  On September - 12 death of andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched   

1213  On this day in history pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on this day in history.   

1369  Death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345) on September - 12.