Famous Birthdays In September - 12

1877  Maria "Marie" Hens, Flemish actress (Jane Eyre) was born on September - 12.   

1879  On this day in history birth of fausto Agnelli, Swiss painter   

1879  H de Bie, Dutch lawyer (children's law) was born on September - 12.   

1880  Henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices) was born on this day in history.   

1881  On September - 12 birth of daniel Jones, England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary)   

1887  George Georgescu, composer was born on September - 12.   

1888  Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi) was born on this day in history.   

1890  Guido Guerrini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer was born on September - 12.   

1891  Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965) was born on September - 12.   

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

1894  On this day in history birth of billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday)   

1895  On this day in history 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 September - 12 birth of ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters)   

1898  On September - 12 birth of salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)   

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

1900  On September - 12 birth of eric Harding Thiman, composer   

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

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

1901  On this day in history birth of ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)   

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

1904  On this day in history birth of gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer   

1905  Boris Arapov, composer was born on September - 12.   

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

1906  On this day in history birth of ruvim Pergament, composer   

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

1907  On this day in history birth of louis MacNeice, Irish poet (d. 1963)   

1909  Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) was born on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history birth of donald MacDonald, O.C., LL.D. former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician (d.1986)   

1913  On September - 12 birth of ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter   

1913  Jesse Owens, track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold was born on September - 12.   

1913  On September - 12 birth of kenneth Lo, cookery writer/restaurateur   

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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  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 September - 12.   

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