Page 4: Historical Events In September - 12

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

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

1890  Cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury) on this day in history.   

1890  On September - 12 guido Guerrini, composer   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer on this day in history.   

1892  On September - 12 alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)   

1894  Billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) on this day in history.   

1895  Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup on September - 12.   

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 this day in history giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)   

1897  Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi on this day in history.   

1898  Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters) on September - 12.   

1899  On September - 12 gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter   

1900  On this day in history eric Harding Thiman, composer   

1901  On September - 12 arabs attack Gedara Palestine   

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

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

1904  Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer on September - 12.   

1905  Boris Arapov, composer on September - 12.   

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

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

1907  On this day in history lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)   

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

1908  On September - 12 winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier   

1909  Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) on September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1911  Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0 on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)   

1912  Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon on September - 12.   

1913  On this day in history 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  On September - 12 birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1688  On September - 12 birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on September - 12.   

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on this day in history.   

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