Page 4: Historical Events In September - 12

1888  Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi) on September - 12.   

1890  Salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia on September - 12.   

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

1890  On September - 12 guido Guerrini, composer   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer on September - 12.   

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

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

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  On September - 12 alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked)   

1896  Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe) on September - 12.   

1897  Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi on September - 12.   

1898  Ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters) on this day in history.   

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

1902  Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60) on September - 12.   

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  Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) on September - 12.   

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

1908  Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier on September - 12.   

1909  On September - 12 spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

1910  World's first police woman appointed in Los Angeles, USA on September - 12.   

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  Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) on this day in history.   

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 September - 12.   

1913  On September - 12 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  Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On September - 12 birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

1559  On this day in history birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect   

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

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

1655  On this day in history birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

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 this day in history.   

1015  On September - 12 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)