Historical Events In September - 12

1964  On September - 12 typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage   

1965  On September - 12 hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75   

1966  "The Monkees,"premier on NBC on this day in history.   

1966  Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight on this day in history.   

1970  USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63   

1972  Two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war' on this day in history.   

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

1973  On this day in history eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77   

1974  On September - 12 coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)   

1977  Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) on September - 12.   

1978  On this day in history frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69   

1979  Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies on September - 12.   

1980  On this day in history military coup in Turkey   

1980  On this day in history lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65   

1982  Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89 on September - 12.   

1983  On this day in history security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million   

1983  USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane on this day in history.   

1984  On September - 12 country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident   

1985  On this day in history flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds   

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

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

1986  On September - 12 frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75   

1987  On this day in history john Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies   

1988  Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica on this day in history.   

1988  Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37   

1990  On this day in history full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state   

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

1990  On September - 12 athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101   

1991  On September - 12 space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched   

1991  Jacques Benoit, [JJM Bayer], poet, dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60   

1993  Charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 95 on September - 12.   

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1492  On September - 12 birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

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

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on September - 12.   

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on September - 12.   

1655  On September - 12 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 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  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 this day in history.   

1213  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on this day in history.   

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