Page 7: Historical Events In September - 12

1964  On this day in history typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage   

1965  Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75 on September - 12.   

1966  On this day in history "The Monkees,"premier on NBC   

1966  On this day in history gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight   

1970  On this day in history uSSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility   

1971  On September - 12 lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63   

1972  On this day in history two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war'   

1972  William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77 on September - 12.   

1973  On September - 12 eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77   

1974  Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) on this day in history.   

1977  Robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60) on this day in history.   

1978  Frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69 on September - 12.   

1979  Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies on September - 12.   

1980  On this day in history military coup in Turkey   

1980  Lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1982  On September - 12 kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89   

1983  On September - 12 security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million   

1983  On this day in history uSSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane   

1984  Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident on September - 12.   

1985  Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds on this day in history.   

1986  240.49 million shares traded in the NY Stock Exchange on this day in history.   

1986  On September - 12 uS professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut   

1986  Frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history john Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies   

1988  On this day in history gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica   

1988  Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78 on September - 12.   

1989  On September - 12 anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37   

1990  Full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state on September - 12.   

1990  US, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge on this day in history.   

1990  On September - 12 athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101   

1991  On September - 12 space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched   

1991  Jacques Benoit, [JJM Bayer], poet, dies on this day in history.   

1992  Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60 on September - 12.   

1993  On September - 12 charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 95   

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

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 this day in history.   

1559  On September - 12 birth of lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect   

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on this day in history.   

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on September - 12.   

1688  On this day in history birth of ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)   

0352  Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies on September - 12.   

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

1012  On September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

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 September - 12 pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle   

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)