On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on September 12:
1788 Alexander Campbell founded Disciples of Christ
1806 Andrew Hull Foote Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1863
1818 Richard Jordan Gatling US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)
1880 Henry L Mencken Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)
1888 Maurice Chevalier Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi)
1892 Alfred A Knopf US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)
1902 Margaret Hamilton Ohio, wicked witch of the west (Wizard of Oz)
1909 Spud Chandler baseball player (AL MVP 1943)
1913 Jesse Owens track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold
1921 Frank McGee Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening News)
1921 Stanislaw Lem Poland, science-fiction writer (Solaris)
1931 George Jones country singer (White Lightning, Oh Lonesome Me)
1931 Ian Holm Ilford Essex England, actor (Himmler-Holocaust)
1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus)
1940 Linda Gray Santa Monica Calif, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas)
1940 Stephen J Solarz (Rep-D-NY)
1943 Maria Muldaur Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight at the Oasis)
1944 Barry White Galveston Tx, singer (Love's Theme)
1949 Irina Rodnina USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1954 Peter Scolari New Rochelle NY, actor (Jerry-Newhart)
1958 Wilfredo Benitez PR, boxer (world champ at 17)
Deaths which occurred on September 12:
0352 Maximinus van Trier, bishop of Trier/saint, dies
1015 Lambert I, count of Leuven, dies in battle at about 65
1185 Andronicus I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (1183-85), lynched
1591 Richard Grenville, vice-admiral (Roanoke) dies in battle at 49
1647 Joos Banckert Swiss admiral (Spanish silver fleet), dies at 48
1806 Christian Gottfried Thomas composer, dies at 58
1878 Friedrich August von Alberti geologist (Triassic Age), dies at 83
1972 William Boyd cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77
1977 Steven Biko S African black student leader, dies in police custody
1980 Lillian Randolph actress (Roots, Amos n Andy), dies at 65
1988 Lauris Norstad NATO commander/CEO Corning Fiberglass, dies at 71
1991 Regis Toomey actor (You're in the Army Now), dies at 93
1993 Raymond Burr, actor (Perry Mason/Ironsides), dies of liver cancer at 76
1994 Tom Ewell, [S Yewell Tompkins], US actor (7 Year Itch), dies at 85
1995 Jeremy Brett, English actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies at 59
2000 Stanley Turrentine, saxophonist, dies age 66
2003 Johnny Cash, singer/actor
2003 John Ritter, actor, son of Tex Ritter
Take A Moment To Remember
GWOT Casualties
Iraq
12-Sep-2003 2 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Master Sergeant Kevin N. Morehead Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
US Sergeant 1st Class William M. Bennett Ramadi - Anbar Hostile - hostile fire
12-Sep-2004 5 | US: 2 | UK: 0 | Other: 3
POL Corporal Grzegorz Nosek Al Hillah (4 mi. E of) - Babil Hostile - hostile fire
POL 1st Lieutenant Daniel Ró¿yñski Al Hillah (4 mi. E of) - Babil Hostile - hostile fire
POL 1st Lieutenant Piotr Mazurek Al Hillah (4 mi. E of) - Babil Hostile - hostile fire
US Private 1st Class Jason T. Poindexter Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US 1st Lieutenant Alexander E. Wetherbee Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
Afghanistan
A GOOD DAY
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On this day...
1213 Battle at Muret: Crusade of Simon de Montfort defeat Pedro II of Aragon
1556 Emperor Charles resigns, his brother Ferdinand of Austria takes over
1609 Henry Hudson discovers Hudson River
1624 1st submarine tested (London)
1635 Sweden & Poland sign ceasefire Treaty of Stuhmsdorf
1649 Oliver Cromwell captures Drogheda, Ireland. 3,000 inhabitants massacred and all Catholic Churches were blown up by cannon.
1683 A combined Austrian and Polish army defeats the Turks at Kahlenberg and lifts the siege on Vienna, Austria. The severed head of Kara Mustapha, Turkish grand vizier, was preserved by Austria as a souvenir of the siege of Vienna.
1683 Cappuccino first made. Turks left behind sacks of coffee at Vienna which the Christians found too bitter, so they sweetened it with honey and milk and named the drink cappuccino after the Capuchin order of monks to which d'Aviano belonged. An Austrian baker created a crescent-shaped roll, the Kipfel, to celebrate the victory. Empress Maria Theresa later took it to France where it became the croissant.
1695 NY Jews petition governor Dongan for religious liberties
1733 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king
1758 Charles Messier observes the Crab Nebula & begins catalog
1776 Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) for spy mission
1814 Battle of North Point fought near Baltimore during War of 1812
1814 A British fleet under Sir Alexander Cochrane began the bombardment of Fort McHenry, the last American defense before Baltimore. Lawyer Francis Scott Key had approached the British attackers seeking the release of a friend who was being held by the British. Key himself was detained overnight on September 13 and witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry from a British ship. As the sun rose, Key was amazed to see the American flag still flying over the battered fort. This experience inspired Key to write the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner" and adapt them to the tune of a well-known British drinking song. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was officially recognized as the national anthem in 1931.
1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry VA
1866 The first burlesque show opened in NYC.
1885 Highest score (35) recorded in any 1st-class soccer match is set
1878 Cleopatra Needle installed in London
1895 Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup
1908 Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier
1918 During WW I, US forces launch an attack on German-occupied St Mihiel
1919 Adolf Hitler joins the German Worker's Party.
1923 Britain takes over Southern Rhodesia from British South Africa Co
1928 Katharine Hepburn's NY stage debut in "Night Hostess"
1934 Baltic Pact signed by Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia
1938 Adolph Hitler demands self-determination for Sudeten Germans in Czech
1939 In response to the invasion of Poland, the French Army advances into Germany and on this day made their furthest penetration-five miles.
1940 The Lascaux Caves in France, with their prehistoric wall paintings, are discovered.
1940 49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
1941 1st German ship in WW2 captured by US ship (Busko)
1942 Battle of Edson's Ridge begins at Guadalcanal
1943 Waffen-SS troops under Otto Skorzeny freed Fascist leader Benito Mussolini from the Italian resistance forces. Mussolini was greeted by Hitler later in the day.
1947 Pirate Ralph Kiner hits his record 8th HR in 4 games
1953 Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy
1953 Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of USSR Communist Party
1956 Black students enter & are barred from Clay Ky elementary school
1958 Jack Kilby invented the Integrated Circuit.
1958 Little Rock High School in Arkansas is ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to admit blacks.
1959 "Bonanza" premiers
1959 Luna 2 launched by USSR; 1st spacecraft to impact on the Moon
1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 34,840 m
1962 Washington Senator Tom Cheney strikes out record 21 Orioles in 16 inn game
1964 1st football game at Shea Stadium, Jets defeat Denver 30-6
1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage
1965 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida & Louisiana kills 75
1966 "The Monkees," premier on NBC
1966 Gemini XI launched for 71-hour flight
1970 Dr. Timothy Leary escapes from Calif jail
1970 USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility
1972 Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics
1972 Cod War: Icelandic gunboats sink 2 British trawlers in North Sea
1973 2 bettors win the largest US Daily Double ($19,909.60 in Detroit)
1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)
1974 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joins Doobie Brothers
1974 Opposition to court-ordered school "busing" turns violent on the opening day of classes in Boston, Massachusetts
1976 Seattle Seahawks play 1st regular-season game (St L 30, Sea 24)
1976 White Sox Minnie Minoso at age 53 hits a single
1978 Taxi premiers on ABC television
1979 Indiana Pacers cut Ann Meyers, 1st woman on an NBA club
1979 Pietro Mennea of Italy sets the 200m record (19.72) in Mexico City
1979 Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski gets his 3,000th hit off Yankee Jim Beattie
1980 Military coup in Turkey
1981 Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas) is crowned Miss America
1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes
1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million
1983 USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane (great moments at the UN #5,284)
1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
1984 NY Met Dwight Goodin sets rookie strike out record at 251
1985 Flight readiness firing of Atlantis' main engines; 20 seconds
1986 US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut
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
1990 US, England, France, USSR, East & West Germanys sign agreements allowing the 2 Germanys to merge
1991 Space shuttle STS 48 (Discovery 14) launched
1994 A pilot crashed his small plane on the White House lawn, killing himself and creating an alarm over presidential security.
2000 Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first first lady to win an election as she claimed victory in the New York Democratic Senate primary, defeating Dr. Mark McMahon.
2001 Amid a frantic beehive of activity that followed the attacks the previous day, around-the-clock workers continued to search for unlikely survivors in the World Trade Center wreckage. With President Bush given the go-ahead by a supportive Congress to use all "necessary and appropriate force" needed against those responsible, the U.S. sought international backing for an all-out war on terrorism. While most Middle Eastern leaders joined in deploring the attacks, Iraq's Saddam Hussein(Ruler of all he surveys. ie a small....very small prison cell) called them the result of America's "evil policy."
2001 Mohammad Omar, the Taliban leader, goes into hiding.
2002 Pres. Bush addressed the UN and laid out his case against Iraq's Pres. Saddam Hussein.
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
China : Daylight Savings Time ends
Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau : National Day
Japan : Respect for the Aged Day
Maryland : Defenders Day (1812)
Southern Rhodesia : Occupation Day (1923)
International Chocolate Day
Chocolate Milk Shake Day
National P.O.W./M.I.A. Recognition Day
Swap Ideas Day
Southern Gospel Music Month
Religious Observances
Christian : Feast of the Holy Name of Mary
Ang : Commemoration of John Henry Hobart, bishop of NY
Religious History
1771 Pioneer Methodist bishop Francis Asbury, 26, on his maiden voyage to America, wrote in his journal: 'Whither am I going? To the New World. What to do? To gain honor? No, if I know my own heart. To get money? No, I am going to live to God, and to bring others to do so.'
1851 Birth of Francis E. Clark, American Congregationalist clergyman. In 1881, at age 29, Clark organized the world's first church "youth fellowship" in Portland, Maine. Clark's original name for this Christian group concept was "The Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor."
1922 The House of Bishops of the U.S. Protestant Episcopal Church voted 36-27 to delete the word "obey" from the vows of their denomination's official marriage service.
1908 The Bible-distributing mission agency known as the Pocket Testament League was incorporated in Birmingham, England. (The U.S. branch of this outreach is headquartered in Lititz, PA.)
1958 In Canada, a two-day church convention closed in Winnipeg, Ontario. At this assembly the Lutheran Church of Canada (LCC) was organized.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Angry women sue doctor for online dating lies
12 September 2005
NEW YORK: A Manhattan fertility specialist has been sued by two women who say he broke their hearts after meeting them through an online dating site on which he pretended to be single.
In their lawsuits the two women, Tiffany Wang and Jing Huang, accused Dr Khaled Zeitoun, 46, of pretending to be single and using mind games to entice them into sexual relationships with tales of past lives.
According to court papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court and made public this week, Zeitoun is married with three children. Wang said she met him in March 2001 through a website on which he said he was single and had never married.
"Zeitoun claimed he and Wang had been married to each other in previous lives," Wang's lawsuit said, adding that the doctor told her he had mistreated her in that life and "searched for her in this lifetime to correct his past mistakes."
Wang says that in May 2002, he asked her to marry him but only proposed "to see the look of joy on her face."
In a separate suit filed earlier this year, Huang said she met the reproductive endocrinologist in October 2003 through an online dating service. He fed her a similar line about being single and having been married to her in a previous life.
Huang eventually realised he was cheating on her and the relationship ended in July 2004.
Both women are seeking unspecified money damages for infliction of severe emotional distress "outside the boundaries of human decency and social norms."
In a written response to the court papers filed by Huang, Zeitoun admitted that he told her he was single and had relationships with other women he met on the internet.
Thought for the day :
"A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground."
H. L. Mencken
