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  "The Monkees,"premier on NBC on this day in history.   

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  Two British trawlers sunk by Icelandic gunboats during the 'cod war' on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history robert Lowell, US poet/pacifist (Near the Ocean), dies at 60)   

1978  Frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident on this day in history.   

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 this day in history uS professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut   

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

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

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

1988  Alan Bible, (Sen-D-Nev, 1954-74), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1989  Anton Lubowski, Namibian attorney/SWAPO, murdered at 37 on September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1992  On this day in history anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60   

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

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1492  On September - 12 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 September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1688  Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1213  On September - 12 pedro II, [el Catolico], king of Aragon, dies in battle   

1362  On September - 12 innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

1369  On September - 12 death of blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)