Historical Events In September - 12

1888  Maurice Chevalier, Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi) on September - 12.   

1890  On September - 12 salisbury is founded by the British South Africa Company in the Mashonaland territory that will become Rhodesia   

1890  On this day in history cecil Rhodes' colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury)   

1890  On September - 12 guido Guerrini, composer   

1891  Adolph Weiss, composer on this day in history.   

1892  On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)   

1894  Billy Gilbert, Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday) on this day in history.   

1895  On September - 12 defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (England) in 10th America's Cup   

1895  On this day in history defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup   

1895  Alice Lake, Brooklyn NY, silent screen actress (Glamour, Wicked) on September - 12.   

1896  On September - 12 giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Il Libro Dell'Alpe)   

1897  Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi on September - 12.   

1898  On this day in history ben Shahn, painter (1964 Arts & Letters)   

1899  Gerard Hordijk, Dutch architect/painter on this day in history.   

1900  On September - 12 eric Harding Thiman, composer   

1901  On this day in history arabs attack Gedara Palestine   

1901  Ben Blue, Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show) on this day in history.   

1902  Juscelino Kubitschek, president Brazil (1955-60) on September - 12.   

1904  On September - 12 gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer   

1905  On September - 12 boris Arapov, composer   

1906  The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar on September - 12.   

1906  On September - 12 dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, St Petersburg Russia, composer [OS]   

1907  On September - 12 lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record)   

1907  Joe Lederer, Austrian actress/writer (Drei Tage Liebe) on September - 12.   

1908  On September - 12 winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier   

1909  On this day in history spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)   

1910  World's first police woman appointed in Los Angeles, USA on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history gustav Mahler's 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians   

1911  On September - 12 boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0   

1912  On this day in history dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC)   

1912  Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon on this day in history.   

1913  The birth of Jesse Owens, American Olympic athlete on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history ben[jamin S] Polak, Neth, physician/communist/resistance fighter   

1913  On this day in history major R B Stewart, cricketer (scored 4 & 9 in S Afr's 1st Test), dies   

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

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

1605  William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686) was born on September - 12.   

1655  Sebastien de Brossard, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0413  Death of Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint on September - 12.   

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 September - 12.   

1362  Innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies on September - 12.   

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