September 12
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September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 110 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1492 – Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (d. 1519)
- 1494 – King Francis I of France (d. 1547)
- 1575 – Henry Hudson, English explorer (d. 1611)
- 1605 – William Dugdale, English antiquarian (d. 1686)
- 1688 – Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1731)
- 1690 – Peter Dens, Belgian Catholic theologian (d. 1775)
- 1725 – Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d. 1792)
- 1740 – Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817)
- 1812 – Richard Hoe, American inventor and industrialist (d. 1886)
- 1818 – Richard Gatling, American weapons inventor (d. 1903)
- 1829 – Anselm Feuerbach, German painter (d. 1880)
- 1837 – Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1892)
- 1838 – Arthur Auwers, German astronomer (d. 1915)
- 1852 – H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
- 1857 – Manuel Espinosa Batista, Panamanian politician and businessman (d. 1919)
- 1857 – George Hendrik Breitner, Dutch painter (d. 1923)
- 1875 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (d. 1926)
- 1880 – H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
- 1888 – Maurice Chevalier, French singer and actor (d. 1972)
- 1891 – Don Pedro Albizu Campos, advocate for Puerto Rican independence (d. 1965)
- 1892 – Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (d. 1984)
- 1897 – Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1956)
- 1898 – Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (d. 1963)
- 1901 – Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1902 – Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- 1913 – Jesse Owens, American athlete (d. 1980)
- 1913 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese industrialist
- 1914 – Desmond Llewelyn, Welsh actor (d. 1999)
- 1915 – Frank McGee, American journalist (d. 1974)
- 1916 – Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961)
- 1921 – Stanislaw Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)
- 1924 – Amilcar Cabral, Cape Verdean-Guinea-Bissauan politician (d. 1973)
- 1931 – Sir Ian Holm, English actor
- 1931 – George Jones, American singer
- 1932 – Atli Dam, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2005)
- 1934 – Jaegwon Kim, Korean-American philosopher
- 1934 – Glenn Davis, American athlete (d. 2009)
- 1937 – George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer
- 1938 – Claude Ruel, French-Canadian ice hockey coach
- 1939 – Henry Waxman, United States Congressman
- 1940 – Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
- 1940 – Linda Gray, American actress
- 1943 – Maria Muldaur, American singer
- 1943 – Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer
- 1944 – Leonard Peltier, Native American activist
- 1944 – Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1949 – Charles Burlingame, American pilot (d. 2001)
- 1951 – Joe Pantoliano, American actor
- 1951 – Bertie Ahern, Irish politician and former Taoiseach
- 1951 – Ali-Ollie Woodson, American singer and musician (d. 2010)
- 1952 – Neil Peart, Canadian musician and author
- 1954 – Peter Scolari, American actor
- 1956 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
- 1956 – Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
- 1957 – Hans Zimmer, German composer
- 1957 – Rachel Ward, English actress
- 1958 – Wilfredo Benitez, American boxer
- 1959 – Sigmar Gabriel, German politician
- 1959 – Scott Brown, United States senator
- 1960 – Stefanos Korkolis, Greek songwriter and pianist
- 1961 – Mylene Farmer, French singer-songwriter
- 1963 – Amy Yasbeck, American actress
- 1964 – Dieter Hecking, German footballer
- 1966 – Ben Folds, American musician
- 1966 – Vezio Sacratini, Italian ice hockey player
- 1967 – Mirko Slomka, German footballer and manager
- 1967 – Pat Listach, American baseball player
- 1969 – Mika Myllyla, Finnish cross-country skier (d. 2011)
- 1969 – Angel Cabrera, Argentine golfer
- 1973 – Darren Campbell, British athlete
- 1973 – Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Paul Walker, American actor
- 1974 – Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer
- 1976 – Maciej Zurawski, Polish footballer
- 1977 – Nathan Bracken, Australian cricketer
- 1977 – James McCartney, British musician
- 1978 – Ruben Studdard, American singer
- 1980 – Sean Burroughs, American baseball player
- 1980 – Josef Vasicek, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1980 – Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player
- 1981 – Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
- 1983 – Sergio Parisse, Argentine-born Italian rugby player
- 1984 – September, Swedish singer
- 1986 – Joanne Jackson, British swimmer
- 1986 – Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
- 1996 – Colin Ford, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 1185 – Andronikos I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
- 1213 – Peter II of Aragon (b. 1174)
- 1348 – Joan the Lame, Queen of France (b. 1293)
- 1362 – Pope Innocent VI (b. 1295)
- 1500 – Albert III, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
- 1612 – Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
- 1660 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (b. 1577)
- 1683 – King Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)
- 1691 – John George III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1647)
- 1764 – Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (b. 1683)
- 1829 – Juan Ignacio Molina, Chilean naturalist (b. 1740)
- 1874 – Francois Guizot, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
- 1903 – Duncan Gillies, Australian politician, 14th Premier of Victoria (b. 1834)
- 1907 – Ilia Chavchavadze, Georgian poet, journalist and lawyer (b. 1837)
- 1918 – George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
- 1919 – Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (b. 1871)
- 1929 – Rainis, Latvian poet, playwright and politician (b. 1865)
- 1938 – Prince Arthur of Connaught (b. 1883)
- 1945 – Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese general (b. 1880)
- 1956 – Hans Carossa, German writer (b. 1878)
- 1956 – Sandor Festetics, Hungarian politician (b. 1882)
- 1977 – Steve Biko, South African anti-Apartheid activist (b. 1946)
- 1981 – Eugenio Montale, Italian poet (b. 1896)
- 1992 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (b. 1932)
- 1993 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (b. 1917)
- 1994 – Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and cosmonaut (b. 1937)
- 1996 – Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Victor Wong, Chinese-American actor (b. 1927)
- 2003 – Johnny Cash, American country music singer (b. 1932)
- 2004 – Max Abramowitz, American architect (b. 1908)
- 2008 – David Foster Wallace, American writer (b. 1962)
- 2009 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist (b. 1914)
- 2009 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player (b. 1921)
- 2009 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (b. 1910)
- 2010 – Claude Chabrol, French film director (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Alexander Galimov, Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
- 2012 – Sid Watkins, British neurosurgeon (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Derek Jameson, British tabloid journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
Events [change]
- 1609 – Henry Hudson explores the Hudson River.
- 1683 – Battle of Kahlenberg: Forces of John III Sobieski of Poland surprise Ottoman Empire forces under Kara Mustafa, defeating them decisively.
- 1689 – Tsar Peter I of Russia assumes absolute power.
- 1847 – Mexican-American War: The Battle of Chapultepec begins.
- 1848 – Switzerland becomes a federal state.
- 1857 – The ship SS America sinks about 160 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, with 426 people drowning. It was carrying gold from the San Francisco gold rush.
- 1885 – Arbroath 36-0 Bon Accord: This scoreline in Scotland is the highest-recorded in professional football.
- 1890 – Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) is founded.
- 1905 – Copenhagen town hall is inaugurated in Denmark.
- 1906 – Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, south Wales.
- 1910 – First performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony Number 8, in Munich.
- 1918 – British passenger ship Galway Castle is torpedoed by a German U-boat off Land's End, killing 143 people.
- 1920 – The 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp begins.
- 1928 – A hurricane in Guadeloupe kills 1,200 people.
- 1933 – Leo Szilard conceives the idea of a nuclear chain reaction.
- 1940 – World-famous cave paintings are discovered in the Lascaux in southern France.
- 1940 – An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenil, New Jersey kills 51 and injures over 200.
- 1942 – World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers, and Italian POWs, is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa, with a heavy loss of life.
- 1942 – World War II: First Day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal campaign. US Marines protecting Henderson Field in Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, are attacked by Imperial Japanese Forces.
- 1943 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest on the Gran Sasso in Abruzzi, led by German commandos under Otto Skorzeny.
- 1953 – John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1958 – Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit.
- 1959 – Showing of the first episode of Bonanza, first regularly scheduled television programme presented in colour.
- 1959 – The Soviet Union launches the Lunik II rocket.
- 1961 – The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
- 1964 – The Canyonlands National Park in Utah is created.
- 1966 – Gemini 11, of NASA's Gemini programme, is launched.
- 1970 – Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan. Passengers are held at secret locations in the capital city, Amman.
- 1974 – Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I is deposed in a military coup.
- 1977 – Anti-Apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
- 1979 – Indonesia is struck by a magnitude 8.1 earthquake.
- 1980 – A military coup occurs in Turkey.
- 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert hits Jamaica.
- 1990 – The Faroe Islands national football team scores a surprise 1-0 win over the Austria national football team. The Faroese players are celebrated as heroes after their return home from the match.
- 1990 – East Germany's national football team plays its last-ever match, winning 2-0 against the Belgium national football team.
- 1992 – NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on the STS-47 mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison (first African American woman in space), Mamoru Mohri (first Japanese citizen on a US spaceship), and Mark Lee and Jan Davis (first married couple in space).
- 1992 – Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman is arrested in Peru, by special forces.
- 1999 – Indonesia announces it will allow international peacekeepers into East Timor.
- 2003 – The UN lifts sanctions against Libya.
- 2003 – US Forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers in Fallujah.
- 2005 – Hong Kong Disneyland opens.
- 2007 – Former President of the Philippines Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
- 2008 – The Chatsworth train collision occurs in Los Angeles, California, between a Metrolink commerce train and a Union Pacific Freight train, killing 25 people.
- 2011 – Around 100 people are killed by an oil pipeline explosion in Nairobi, Kenya.
- 2011 – Russian ice hockey player Alexander Galimov dies, as the 44th, and final, victim of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash. This means that the whole entire ice hockey team was wiped out by the accident.
Observances [change]
- National Day of Cape Verde
- Ethiopian New Year
