Page 4: Historical Events In September - 12

1888  On September - 12 maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi)   

1890  On this day in history 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) on this day in history.   

1890  Guido Guerrini, composer on September - 12.   

1891  On this day in history adolph Weiss, composer   

1892  Alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal) on this day in history.   

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

1895  On this day in history defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup   

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

1895  Alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked) on September - 12.   

1896  Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe) on this day in history.   

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

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

1899  Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter on this day in history.   

1900  On September - 12 eric Harding Thiman, composer   

1901  On September - 12 arabs attack Gedara Palestine   

1901  On September - 12 ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show)   

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

1904  On this day in history gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer   

1905  Boris Arapov, composer on this day in history.   

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

1906  Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS] on September - 12.   

1907  On September - 12 lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)   

1907  On September - 12 joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe)   

1908  Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier on September - 12.   

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

1910  World's first police woman appointed in Los Angeles, USA on this day in history.   

1910  On September - 12 gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians   

1911  On September - 12 boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0   

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

1912  Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon on this day in history.   

1913  The birth of Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete on this day in history.   

1913  Ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter on this day in history.   

1913  Major R B Stewart, cricketer (scored 4 & 9 in S Afr's 1st Test), dies on September - 12.   

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1492  On this day in history birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

1494  On this day in history birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1559  On September - 12 birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect   

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on this day in history.   

1605  On September - 12 birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on September - 12.   

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on September - 12.   

0352  On September - 12 maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  On this day in history death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on September - 12.   

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on this day in history.   

1185  On this day in history death of andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched   

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

1362  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

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