Page 6: Historical Events In September - 12

1934  On September - 12 catherine Kunstantino Breshkovsky, mother of Russian revolution, dies   

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 September - 12.   

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  49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) on September - 12.   

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

1941  First German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko) on September - 12.   

1941  The birth of Linda Gray, American actress on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 1st German ship in WW II captured by US ship (Busko)   

1942  Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history benito Mussolini, captured by the Allies, is rescued by the Germans   

1943  On this day in history free French lands on Corsica   

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

1946  On September - 12 court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels   

1947  On September - 12 pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games   

1947  Harry Rowe Shelley, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

1949  Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR on September - 12.   

1950  Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants on September - 12.   

1952  Noel Coward's "Quadrille," premieres in London on September - 12.   

1953  Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy on this day in history.   

1953  Nikita Khrushchev becomes first Secretary of USSR Communist Party on this day in history.   

1953  "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 perfs on this day in history.   

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 September - 12.   

1955  On this day in history kNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

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 this day in history.   

1963  On September - 12 ben Sealey, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies   

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 September - 12.   

1494  On September - 12 birth of francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47)   

1494  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on September - 12.   

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

1575  On this day in history 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  On September - 12 birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  On this day in history maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  On this day in history death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

1012  On this day in history 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  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on this day in history.   

1213  Pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 September - 12.