Page 4: Historical Events In September - 12

1888  Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi).   

1890  Salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia.   

1890  Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury).   

1890  Guido Guerrini, composer.   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer   

1892  Alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)   

1894  Billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday)   

1895  Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup.   

1895  Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup   

1895  Alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked)   

1896  Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)   

1897  Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi   

1898  Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts and Letters).   

1899  Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter.   

1900  Eric Harding Thiman, composer   

1901  Arabs attack Gedara Palestine   

1901  Ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show).   

1902  Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60)   

1904  Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer.   

1905  Boris Arapov, composer.   

1906  The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar.   

1906  Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]   

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

1907  Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe).   

1908  Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier.   

1909  Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943).   

1910  World's inaugural police woman appointed in Los Angeles, USA   

1910  Gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians.   

1911  Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0   

1912  Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)   

1912  Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon.   

1913  Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete is born   

1913  Ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter   

1913  Major R B Stewart, cricketer (scored 4 and 9 in S Afr's 1st Test), dies   

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1492  Lorenzo ii de' medici: Duke of urbino   

1494  Francois i of valois-angouleme: King of france (1515-47)   

1494  King francis i of france: King francis i of france (d. 1547)   

1559  Lodovico cardi da cigoli: Italian painter/architect   

1575  Henry hudson: England, navigator/explorer (hudson river)   

1605  William dugdale: English antiquarian   

1655  Sebastien de brossard: Composer   

1688  Ferdinand brokoff: Czech sculptor   

0352  Death of Maximinus van trier: Bishop of trier/saint,   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of carthage: Christian saint   

1012  Guido van anderlecht: Flemish pilgrim/saint,   

1015  Death of Lambert i with the beard: Count of leuven,   

1185  Death of Andronicus i comnenus: Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched   

1213  Pedro ii: [el catolico], king of aragon,   

1362  Death of Innocent vi: [etienne aubert], pope (1352-62),   

1369  Blanche of lancaster: Wife of john of gaunt (b. 1345)