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 this day in history.   

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

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  Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1972  William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1973  On September - 12 eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77   

1974  Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) on September - 12.   

1977  On this day in history robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60)   

1978  On September - 12 frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69   

1979  On September - 12 denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies   

1980  On this day in history military coup in Turkey   

1980  On September - 12 lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65   

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  On this day in history uSSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane   

1984  Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident on September - 12.   

1985  Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds on September - 12.   

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

1986  On this day in history uS professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut   

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 September - 12 gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica   

1988  Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78 on September - 12.   

1989  Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history uS, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge   

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  On September - 12 jacques Benoit, [JJM Bayer], poet, dies   

1992  Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 95   

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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 this day in history 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 September - 12 birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

1688  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

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

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on September - 12.   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1015  On this day in history lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65   

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  On September - 12 innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

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