Historical Events In September - 12

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

1890  On this day in history salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia  

1890  On September - 12 cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury)  

1890  Guido Guerrini, composer on September - 12.  

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer on September - 12.  

1892  Alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal) on September - 12.  

1894  Billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) on September - 12.  

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

1895  Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi  

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

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

1900  On this day in history eric Harding Thiman, composer  

1901  Arabs attack Gedara Palestine on September - 12.  

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

1902  On September - 12 juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60)  

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

1905  Boris Arapov, composer on September - 12.  

1906  The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar on September - 12.  

1906  On September - 12 dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]  

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

1907  On this day in history joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe)  

1908  On this day in history winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier  

1909  Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943) on this day in history.  

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 September - 12.  

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

1912  On September - 12 dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)  

1912  On September - 12 pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon  

1913  On September - 12 the birth of Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete  

1913  On this day in history ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter  

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  On September - 12 birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)  

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on September - 12.  

1575  On September - 12 birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)  

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on September - 12.  

1655  On September - 12 birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer  

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1012  On September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies  

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on September - 12.  

1185  On September - 12 death of andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched  

1213  On this day in history pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle  

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 this day in history.