Historical Events In September - 12

1888  On this day in history maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi)   

1890  On this day in history salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia   

1890  Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury) on September - 12.   

1890  On this day in history guido Guerrini, composer   

1891  On September - 12 adolph Weiss, composer   

1892  On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)   

1894  On September - 12 billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday)   

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

1895  Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup on September - 12.   

1895  Alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked) on September - 12.   

1896  Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe) on September - 12.   

1897  Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi on September - 12.   

1898  On this day in history ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters)   

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

1900  Eric Harding Thiman, composer on September - 12.   

1901  On this day in history arabs attack Gedara Palestine   

1901  Ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show) on September - 12.   

1902  Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60) on September - 12.   

1904  On this day in history gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer   

1905  Boris Arapov, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1907  On this day in history lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)   

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

1908  On September - 12 winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier   

1909  Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) on September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)   

1912  On September - 12 pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon   

1913  On September - 12 the birth of Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete   

1913  Ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter on September - 12.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

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

1575  On this day in history birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

1605  On September - 12 birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

1655  On this day in history 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 September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  On September - 12 lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65   

1185  On this day in history 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 September - 12.   

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