Page 7: Historical Events In September - 12

1964  On September - 12 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  On September - 12 gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight   

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

1971  Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

1973  Eduard Flipse, Dutch conductor/composer, dies at 77 on September - 12.   

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 September - 12.   

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  Military coup in Turkey on September - 12.   

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

1982  Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1983  On this day in history 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  On September - 12 flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  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  Athene Seyler, actress (Make Mine Mink), dies at 101 on this day in history.   

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

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

1992  Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history charles Lamont, actor/director (Abbott & Costello movies), dies at 95   

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1492  Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519) was born on September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1575  On September - 12 birth of henry Hudson, England, navigator/explorer (Hudson River)   

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

1655  On this day in history birth of sebastien de Brossard, composer   

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 this day in history 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  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on September - 12.   

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)