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  H de Bie, Dutch lawyer (children's law) was born on this day in history.  

1880  Henry L Mencken, Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices) was born on September - 12.  

1881  Daniel Jones, England phoneticist (English pronouncing dictionary) was born on this day in history.  

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 September - 12.  

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  Billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1898  Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 September - 12.  

1901  Ernst Pepping, German composer was born on this day in history.  

1901  On September - 12 birth of ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)  

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

1904  Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1906  Ruvim Pergament, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1909  On this day in history birth of spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)  

1909  Donald MacDonald, O.C., LL.D. former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician (d.1986) was born on this day in history.  

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

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  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 September - 12.  

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  On September - 12 pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle  

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on September - 12.  

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