Page 6: Historical Events In September - 12

1934  Catherine Kunstantino Breshkovsky, mother of Russian revolution, dies on September - 12.   

1935  55th US Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63) on September - 12.   

1936  50th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62) on this day in history.   

1936  Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70 on September - 12.   

1938  On September - 12 adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech   

1940  On this day in history 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)   

1940  49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history first German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko)   

1941  On September - 12 the birth of Linda Gray, American actress   

1941  On September - 12 1st German ship in WW II captured by US ship (Busko)   

1942  On this day in history battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal   

1943  Benito Mussolini, captured by the Allies, is rescued by the Germans on this day in history.   

1943  On September - 12 free French lands on Corsica   

1944  -16] Hurricane, kills 389 in NC on this day in history.   

1946  Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels on September - 12.   

1947  On this day in history pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games   

1947  On this day in history harry Rowe Shelley, composer, dies at 89   

1948  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants   

1952  On September - 12 noel Coward's "Quadrille," premieres in London   

1953  On September - 12 jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy   

1953  On this day in history nikita Khrushchev becomes first Secretary of USSR Communist Party   

1953  On September - 12 "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 perfs   

1953  Frederick Kuys, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898), dies on this day in history.   

1954  Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open on this day in history.   

1955  KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting on September - 12.   

1955  Gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1959  On September - 12 luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the Moon   

1959  Luna 2, of the USSR, became to first spacecraft to crash on the moon on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history the Television show "Bonanza" premiers   

1961  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m on September - 12.   

1963  Ben Sealey, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies on September - 12.   

1964  First football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 on September - 12.   

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1492  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on this day in history.   

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

1605  On this day in history birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

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

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

0352  On this day in history 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  On September - 12 lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65   

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  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on September - 12.   

1369  On September - 12 death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)