Historical Events In September - 12

1888  On September - 12 maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi)   

1890  On September - 12 salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia   

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

1890  Guido Guerrini, composer on September - 12.   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer on September - 12.   

1892  Alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal) on September - 12.   

1894  On this day in history 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  On September - 12 defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup   

1895  Alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked) on this day in history.   

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

1897  On this day in history tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi   

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

1899  Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter on September - 12.   

1900  On this day in history eric Harding Thiman, composer   

1901  On this day in history arabs attack Gedara Palestine   

1901  On September - 12 ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show)   

1902  Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer   

1905  On this day in history boris Arapov, composer   

1906  On this day in history the Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.   

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

1907  Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) on this day in history.   

1907  Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe) on September - 12.   

1908  Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier on September - 12.   

1909  On September - 12 spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

1910  On September - 12 world's first police woman appointed in Los Angeles, USA   

1910  Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians on September - 12.   

1911  On this day in history boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0   

1912  Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) on September - 12.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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 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 September - 12.   

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

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

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on September - 12.   

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 this day in history.