Top Historical Events That Happened on September 12 Natural Disasters & Epidemics

1935  55th US Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63)   

1936  50th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62)   

1936  Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70.   

1938  In this year, Adolph Hitler formally claims self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech   

1940  49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)   

1941  inaugural German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko).   

1941  Linda Gray, American actress is born   

1941  1st German ship in WW II captured by US ship (Busko)   

1942  Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal.   

1943  Benito Mussolini, captured by the Allies, is rescued by the Germans.   

1943  Free French lands on Corsica.   

1944  -16] Hurricane, results in the deaths of 389 in NC.   

1946  Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels   

1947  Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games   

1947  Harry Rowe Shelley, composer, dies at 89.   

1948  Invasion of the State of Hyderabad by the Indian Army on the day after the Pakistani leader Jinnah's death   

1949  Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR.   

1950  Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants   

1952  Noel Coward's "Quadrille," premieres in London   

1953  Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy.   

1953  Nikita Khrushchev is recorded as becoming inaugural Secretary of USSR Communist Party.   

1953  "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 perfs   

1953  Frederick Kuys, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898), dies   

1954  In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA St Louis Golf Open   

1955  KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1955  Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86.   

1959  Luna 2 launched by USSR; inaugural spacecraft to impact on the Moon   

1959  Luna 2, of the USSR, became to inaugural spacecraft to crash on the moon   

1959  The Television show "Bonanza" premiers   

1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34840 m.   

1963  Ben Sealey, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies   

1964  inaugural football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6   

1964  Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage.   

1965  Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana results in the deaths of 75   

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