The Phenomenon of September 12: A Day Filled with Surprises and Celebrations Natural Disasters & Epidemics

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   

1914  Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, is recorded as becoming youngest manager   

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