Famous Birthdays In September - 12

1877  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) was born on this day in history.   

1879  Fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter was born on September - 12.   

1879  On this day in history birth of h de Bie, Dutch lawyer (children's law)   

1880  On this day in history birth of henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)   

1881  Daniel Jones, England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary) was born on September - 12.   

1887  On this day in history birth of george Georgescu, composer   

1888  Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi) was born on September - 12.   

1890  On this day in history birth of guido Guerrini, composer   

1891  On September - 12 birth of adolph Weiss, composer   

1891  Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965) was born on this day in history.   

1892  Alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1897  Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956) was born on September - 12.   

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

1898  Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963) was born on September - 12.   

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

1900  Eric Harding Thiman, composer was born on this day in history.   

1901  Ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show) was born on this day in history.   

1901  On September - 12 birth of ernst Pepping, German composer   

1901  Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.   

1902  On this day in history birth of juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60)   

1904  Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer was born on September - 12.   

1905  Boris Arapov, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1906  Ruvim Pergament, composer was born on September - 12.   

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

1907  Louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963) was born on September - 12.   

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

1909  On September - 12 birth of donald MacDonald, O.C., LL.D. former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician (d.1986)   

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

1913  On this day in history birth of jesse Owens, track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold   

1913  Kenneth Lo, cookery writer/restaurateur was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1012  On September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  On this day in history 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  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1362  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

1369  Death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345) on this day in history.