Page 7: Historical Events In September - 12

1964  On September - 12 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  Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight on September - 12.   

1970  USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility on this day in history.   

1971  Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63 on September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1973  Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1974  Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) on September - 12.   

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

1978  On this day in history frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69   

1979  Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies on this day in history.   

1980  On September - 12 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  On September - 12 security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million   

1983  USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane on September - 12.   

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 September - 12.   

1986  On this day in history 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 September - 12.   

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

1988  Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica on September - 12.   

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

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

1990  On September - 12 full sovereignity handed back to the newly unified German state   

1990  US, England, France, USSR, East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge on September - 12.   

1990  Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101 on September - 12.   

1991  Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched on this day in history.   

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

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

1993  Charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 95 on September - 12.   

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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 September - 12.   

1494  King Francis I of France (d. 1547) was born on this day in history.   

1559  Lodovico Cardi da Cigoli, Italian painter/architect was born on this day in history.   

1575  On this day in history birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

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  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 this day in history 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 September - 12 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  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

1369  On this day in history death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)