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 September - 12.   

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

1938  Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech on September - 12.   

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

1941  On this day in history the birth of Linda Gray, American actress   

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

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

1943  Benito Mussolini, captured by the Allies, is rescued by the Germans on September - 12.   

1943  On this day in history free French lands on Corsica   

1944  -16] Hurricane, kills 389 in NC on September - 12.   

1946  Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels on this day in history.   

1947  Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games on September - 12.   

1947  On this day in history 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 on September - 12.   

1949  On September - 12 theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR   

1950  Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history noel Coward's "Quadrille," premieres in London   

1953  On this day in history jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy   

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

1953  On this day in history "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  On September - 12 kNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1955  On September - 12 gustave Vanzype, Belgian literary (La Gazette), dies at 86   

1959  On this day in history luna 2 launched by USSR; first spacecraft to impact on the Moon   

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

1959  The Television show "Bonanza" premiers on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On September - 12 first football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6   

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1492  On this day in history birth of lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)   

1494  Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47) was born on this day in history.   

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  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on September - 12.   

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  On September - 12 death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

1012  Guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1015  On this day in history 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  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on this day in history.   

1369  Death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345) on this day in history.