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  On this day in history hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75   

1966  On September - 12 "The Monkees,"premier on NBC   

1966  Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight on September - 12.   

1970  USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility on September - 12.   

1971  On this day in history lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63   

1972  On September - 12 two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war'   

1972  On September - 12 william Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77   

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

1974  On September - 12 coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)   

1977  On September - 12 robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60)   

1978  On September - 12 frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69   

1979  On September - 12 denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies   

1980  On this day in history military coup in Turkey   

1980  On this day in history lillian Randolph, actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65   

1982  On this day in history kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89   

1983  Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million on September - 12.   

1983  On September - 12 uSSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane   

1984  On September - 12 country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident   

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  US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut on this day in history.   

1986  On September - 12 frank Nelson, actor (Ralph-I Love Lucy, Jack Benny Show), dies at 75   

1987  John Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies on this day in history.   

1988  On September - 12 gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica   

1988  On this day in history alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78   

1989  Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 on this day in history.   

1990  Full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state on this day in history.   

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

1990  On this day in history athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101   

1991  On this day in history space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched   

1991  On September - 12 jacques Benoit, [JJM Bayer], poet, dies   

1992  On September - 12 anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60   

1993  On this day in history 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  Francois I of Valois-Angouleme, king of France (1515-47) was born on this day in history.   

1494  On this day in history birth of king Francis I of France (d. 1547)   

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

1575  Henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River) was born on September - 12.   

1605  On September - 12 birth of william Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)   

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

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

0352  On September - 12 maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies   

0413  On September - 12 death of marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint   

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  On September - 12 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  On this day in history death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)