Historical Events In September - 12

1964  Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage on September - 12.   

1965  On this day in history hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75   

1966  On this day in history "The Monkees,"premier on NBC   

1966  Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight on this day in history.   

1970  On September - 12 uSSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility   

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 September - 12.   

1972  On this day in history william Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77   

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 September - 12.   

1978  Frank Ferguson, actor (Wagons West, Dynamite, My Gal Sal), dies at 69 on September - 12.   

1979  Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies on September - 12.   

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

1984  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 240.49 million shares traded in the NY Stock Exchange   

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 September - 12.   

1988  On this day in history gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica   

1988  On September - 12 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 September - 12.   

1990  On September - 12 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  Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched on this day in history.   

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  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 September - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

1688  On September - 12 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 September - 12 guido van Anderlecht, Flemish pilgrim/saint, dies   

1015  Lambert I with the Beard, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65 on September - 12.   

1185  Death of Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched on September - 12.   

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

1362  On this day in history innocent VI, [Etienne Aubert], Pope (1352-62), dies   

1369  Death of Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345) on this day in history.