On This Day in History Friday, September 12, 2014 Events * 1015 Henry I becomes earl of Leuven * 1213 Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort beat Pedro II of Arag¢n * 1217 French prince Louis & English king Henry III sign peace treaty * 1396 Crusaders under earl of Nevers reaches Nicopolis * 1543 Treaty of Venlo: Duke Willem of Gulik & Emperor Charles V * 1556 Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand van Austria takes over * 1624 1st submarine tested (London) * 1635 Sweden & Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf * 1639 Viceroy Thomas Wentworth sails back to England * 1666 -16] Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 [OS=Sept 2] * 1673 Prince Willem III occupies Naarden * 1683 Turkish troops attacks Vienna overthrows by Polish king Sobieski * 1695 NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties * 1703 Emperor Leopold I ends contacts on Spanish heritage * 1703 English army under arch duke Charles of Austria lands in Portugal * 1720 Isa„k of Hoornbeek elected Dutch pension advisor * 1722 Russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent on Persia * 1733 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king * 1745 Duke of Toscane chosen German emperor Frans I Stefanus * 1751 Amsterdam refuses establishment of Jewish ghetto * 1758 Charles Messier observes Crab Nebula & begins catalog * 1776 Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission * 1787 Black Masons form 1st lodge * 1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812 * 1840 Composer Robert Schumann marries Clara Wieck * 1857 423 die when Central America sinks off Cape Romain SC * 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry VA * 1867 2nd synagogue in Cura‡ao, Emanu-El of Willemstad, inaugurated * 1876 King Leopold II opens Congo-conference * 1878 Cleopatra Needle installed in London * 1882 Belgian King Leopold II receives Pierre de Brazza * 1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set * 1888 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure Greek Interpreter (BG) * 1890 Cecil Rhodes colonies reach Mashonaland (Ft Salisbury) * 1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th Americas Cup * 1901 Arabs attack Gedara Palestine * 1907 Lusitania arrives in NYC after 5 day crossing of Atlantic (record) * 1908 Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier * 1910 Gustav Mahlers 8th Symphony premieres in Munich with 1028 musicians * 1910 Worlds 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, appointed (LAPD) * 1911 Bostons Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0 * 1912 Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) * 1914 Yankee shortstop Roger Peckinpaugh, 23, becomes youngest manager * 1918 During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel * 1920 7th Olympic games close in Antwerp Belgium * 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 5000m (14:35.4) * 1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co * 1925 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0) * 1927 Sigmund Rombergs musical My Maryland, premieres in NYC * 1928 -17] Hurricane in Florida, kills 6,000 * 1928 Katharine Hepburns NY stage debut in Night Hostess * 1930 Brooklyn catcher Al Lopez hits major leagues last recorded bounce HR * 1931 51st US Mens Tennis: H E Vines beats George M Lott Jr (79 63 97 75) * 1932 Bkln Dodger Johnny Frederick hits his record 6th pinch hit HR * 1932 German govt of Papen falls/Reichstag dissolved * 1933 Alejandro Lerroux forms new Spanish govt * 1933 Dutch parliament accepts ban on uniforms * 1934 Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania signs Baltic Entente, against USSR * 1935 55th US Mens Tennis: Wilmer L Allison beats Sidney B Wood (62 62 63) * 1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph * 1936 50th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62) * 1936 56th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (26 62 86 16 108) * 1938 Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech * 1940 49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) * 1940 Italian troops enter Egypt * 1940 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings * 1941 1st German ship in WW II captured by US ship (Busko) * 1942 Battle of Edsons Ridge begins at Guadalcanal * 1942 Free-Poland & Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes * 1943 Free French lands on Corsica * 1943 Waffen-SS (Skorzeny) frees Mussolini at Gran Sasso * 1943 German paratroopers, on orders of Adolf Hitler, seize former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who was being held prisoner by the govt * 1944 -16] Hurricane, kills 389 in NC * 1944 Noorbeek & Mheer freed * 1944 US Army troops entered Germany for 1st time * 1946 Court martial convicts Henry de Man to 20 years, in Brussels * 1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games * 1949 Theodor Heuss elected 1st pres/Conrad Adenauer 1st PM of German FR * 1950 Belgian govt dismisses all communist civil servants * 1952 Noal Cowards Quadrille, premieres in London * 1953 Carnival in Flanders closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 perfs * 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team * 1953 Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of USSR Communist Party * 1953 Sen John F Kennedy, 36, marries Jacqueline Bouvier, 24 * 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St Louis Golf Open * 1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563) * 1954 WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting * 1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920 * 1955 KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting * 1956 Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school * 1957 Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus visits US * 1958 US Supreme Court orders Little Rock Ark high school to integrate * 1958 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site * 1959 Bonanza premieres on NBC-TV * 1959 J nos K d r becomes premier of Hungary * 1959 Luna 2 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on Moon * 1960 Vintage 60 opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances * 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m * 1961 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR * 1962 Wash Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game * 1963 WHYY TV channel 12 in Wilmington, DE (PBS) begins broadcasting * 1964 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6 * 1964 Ralph Boston of US, sets then long jump record at 27 4« * 1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage * 1965 79th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75) * 1965 85th US Mens Tennis: Manuel Santana beats Cliff Drysdale (62 79 75 61) * 1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75 * 1965 Manuel Santana wins US Tennis Open * 1965 Mary Mills wins LPGA Eugene Golf Open * 1965 WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting * 1966 Monkees premieres on NBC-TV * 1966 Gemini XI (Charles Conrad & R Gordon) launched for 71-hour flight * 1966 KPNE TV channel 9 in North Platte, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting * 1966 WCES TV channel 20 in Wrens, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting * 1966 WUSF TV channel 16 in Tampa-St Petersburg, FL (PBS) 1st broadcast * 1966 Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Mich begins teaching * 1968 Albania announces it is withdrawing from the Warsaw Pact * 1970 1st Concorde lands at Heathrow airport * 1970 Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return) * 1970 Phyllis Ann George (Texas), 21, crowned 43rd Miss America 1971 * 1970 Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport * 1970 US LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from Calif jail * 1970 USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility * 1971 85th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76) * 1971 91st US Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76) * 1972 Ciod War: Icelandic gunboats sink 2 British trawlers in North Sea * 1972 Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics * 1973 2 bettors win largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit) * 1973 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR * 1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) * 1974 Jeff Skunk Baxter joins Doobie Brothers * 1976 96th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Bj”rn B”rg (64 36 76 64) * 1976 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open * 1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24) * 1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso, 53, is oldest to get a hit in majors * 1978 Fidel Castro visits Addis Abba * 1978 Situation comedy Taxi premieres on ABC television * 1979 Carl Yastrzemski, is 15th to get 3,000 hits * 1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die & $23 million damage * 1979 Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club * 1979 Red Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off Yankee Jim Beattie * 1980 Military coup under General Kenan Evren in Turkey * 1981 95th US Womens Tennis: Tracy Austin beats M Navratilova (16 76 76) * 1981 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982 * 1981 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation * 1981 Red Sox rookie Bob Ojeda no-hits Yanks for 8 innings before Rick Cerone & Dave Winfield lead off 9th with back-to-back doubles * 1982 102nd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64) * 1982 Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon * 1982 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic * 1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes * 1983 Emmy Creative Arts Award presentation * 1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million * 1983 USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane * 1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident * 1984 Cyndi Lauper sings She-Bop on Tonight Show * 1984 Ethiopia forms socialist republic * 1984 NY Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251 * 1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis main engines; 20 seconds * 1986 240.49 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange * 1986 Twins fire manager Ray Miller & replace him with coach Tom Kelly * 1986 US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut * 1987 101st US Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Steffi Graf (76 61) * 1987 Ethiopia adopts constitution * 1987 Vince Coleman steals his 100th base for 3rd straight year * 1988 1st NFL regular-season game played in Phoenix; Cowboys beat Card * 1988 Gilbert, strongest hurricane ever (160 mph), devastates Jamaica * 1989 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation * 1990 Les Miserables, opens at Cirkus Theater, Stockholm * 1990 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation * 1990 US, England, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to merge * 1991 Nolan Ryans 4-3 victory over Twins is his 312th career win * 1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched * 1992 106th US Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A Sanchez Vicario (63 63) * 1992 Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii * 1992 STS-47 (Endeavour 2) launches * 1992 Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in US Open history (5hr 26min) * 1993 113rd US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Cedric Pioline (64 64 63) * 1993 Donna Andrews wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship * 1993 Junxia Cheek runs 3000 m ladies world record (8:12.29) * 1993 Paul Molitor at 37 is oldest to reach 100 RBIs for 1st time in career * 1993 STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit * 1994 Cessna crashes in White House front yard * 1994 Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery * 1994 Parti Qu‚b‚cois wins parliamentary election * 1995 INXS Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer * 1997 NY Met John Olerud hits for the cycle * 1999 113th US Womens Tennis: * 1999 119th US Mens Tennis:
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