September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). There are 110 days remaining.
Events
- 490 BC - Athens defeats Persia at the Battle of Marathon
- 1609 - Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River
- 1683 - Battle of Vienna
- 1846 - Elizabeth Barrett elopes with Robert Browning
- 1890 - Salisbury, Rhodesia is founded
- 1938 - Adolf Hitler demands autonomy for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia
- 1940 - Cave paintings discovered in Lascaux, France
- 1943 - Benito Mussolini, dictator of Italy, is rescued from house arrest by German commando Otto Skorzeny
- 1947 - Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath
- 1953 - Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 1953 - John F. Kennedy marries Jackie Bouvier
- 1962 - President John F. Kennedy declares the USA will get a man on the moon by the end of the decade
- 1974 - Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie deposed
- 1980 - Military coup in Turkey
- 1992 - Mae Carol Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space
- 1994 - The Netscape browser is released
- 2001 - NATO Article V of the NATO agreement is invoked for the first time in response to the September 11 Terrorist Attack against the United States of America.
Births
- 1449 - Lorenzo de Medici, Italian politician (+ 1492)
- 1812 - Richard Hoe[?], inventor, industrialist (+ 1886)
- 1818 - Richard Gatling[?], inventor of the Gatling gun (+ 1903)
- 1880 - H.L. Mencken, journalist, author (+ 1956)
- 1888 - Maurice Chevalier, singer, actor (+ 1972)
- 1897 - Irene Joliot-Curie, scientist (+ 1956)
- 1901 - Ben Blue[?], vaudeville star (+ 1975)
- 1902 - Margaret Hamilton[?], actress (+ 1985)
- 1913 - Jesse Owens, athlete (+ 1980)
- 1914 - Desmond Llewelyn, actor (+ 1999)
- 1915 - Frank McGee[?], journalist (+ 1974)
- 1916 - Tony Bettenhausen[?], race car driver (+ 1961)
- 1918 - Chaim Herzog[?], President of Israel (+ 1997)
- 1921 - Stanislaw Lem, science fiction writer
- 1931 - George Jones, country music singer
- 1931 - Sir Ian Holm, actor
- 1934 - Glenn Davis[?], Olympic Games track and field gold medalist
- 1943 - Maria Muldaur[?], singer
- 1943 - Michael Ondaatje, poet
- 1944 - Barry White, singer
- 1951 - Joe Pantoliano, actor
- 1952 - Neil Peart, musician
- 1954 - Peter Scolari[?], actor
- 1957 - Rachel Ward[?], actress
- 1958 - Wilfredo Benitez, three time world champion boxer
- 1973 - Paul Walker, actor
Deaths
- 1213 - King Peter II of Aragon
- 1764 - Jean-Philippe Rameau[?], composer
- 1972 - William Boyd[?], actor
- 1977 - Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist
- 1992 - Anthony Perkins, actor
- 1993 - Willie Mosconi[?], billiards champion
- 1993 - Raymond Burr, actor
- 1994 - Tom Ewell[?], actor
- 1994 - Boris Yegorov, cosmonaut
Holidays and observances
See Also:
September 11 - September 13 - August 12 - October 12 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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