Page 4: Historical Events In September - 12

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

1890  Salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia on this day in history.   

1890  On September - 12 cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury)   

1890  On this day in history guido Guerrini, composer   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer on this day in history.   

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

1894  On this day in history billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday)   

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

1895  On September - 12 defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup   

1895  On September - 12 alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked)   

1896  On September - 12 giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)   

1897  On September - 12 tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi   

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

1899  Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter on this day in history.   

1900  On September - 12 eric Harding Thiman, composer   

1901  On September - 12 arabs attack Gedara Palestine   

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

1902  On September - 12 juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60)   

1904  On this day in history gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer   

1905  On this day in history boris Arapov, composer   

1906  The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar on September - 12.   

1906  On this day in history dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]   

1907  On September - 12 lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)   

1907  Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe) on this day in history.   

1908  On September - 12 winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier   

1909  Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) on this day in history.   

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 September - 12.   

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  On this day in history the birth of Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete   

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  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1559  On this day in history birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect   

1575  On September - 12 birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

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

1655  On September - 12 birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on September - 12.   

0413  On September - 12 death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

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 September - 12.   

1185  On September - 12 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  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

1369  On this day in history death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)