Historical Events on September 12.

1. 1910, 12th September – The World’s first policewoman was appointed by the Los Angeles Police Department: Mrs. Alice Stebbin Wells was a social worker in her previous carrier.

2. 1935, 12th September – American millionaire Howard Hughes achieved an aviation record, flying an airplane of his design at 352.46 mph (564 kph).

3. 1936, 12th September – British Tennis champion Fred Perry won the US Tennis championships to become the first non-American winner.

4. 1953, 12th September – Nikita Khrushchev was elected the first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.

5. 1857, 12th September – The SS Central America sunk about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13-15 tons of gold from the California Gold Rush.

6. 1919, 12th September – Adolf Hitler became a candidate for the German Workers Party.

7. 1948, 12th September – Marshal Lin Biao, commander-in-chief of the Chinese communist Northeast Field Army, launched a massive offensive toward Jinzhou, Liaoshen Campaign has begun.

8. 1959, 12th September –The Soviet Union launched a large rocket, Lunik II, at the Moon.

9. 2002, 12th September – Metsat, an Indian satellite was successfully launched.

10. 2005, 12th September – Disney land started in Hong Kong.

11. 2011, 12th September – The National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City opened to the public.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 12.

1. 1494 – Francis I, King of France.

2. 1791 – Michael Faraday, an American scientist. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism, and electrolysis.

3. 1818 – Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor, invented the Gatling gun.

4. 1852 – Herbert Henry Asquith, British Liberal prime minister who introduced the old-age pension.

5. 1894 – Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, Indin Bengali author.

6. 1894 – Dorothy Maud Wrinch, Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist, and philosopher. She was best known for her attempt to deduce protein structure using mathematical principles.

7. 1897 – Irene Joliot-Curie, French chemist, and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate. She was the daughter of Marie Curie and Pierre Curie.

8. 1912 – Feroze Gandhi, Indian politician, and journalist. He published the newspapers The National Herald and The Navjivan.

9. 1948 – Max Walker, Australian footballer, cricketer, sportscaster, and architect.

10. 1973 – Tarana Burke, American civil rights activist.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 12.

1. 1952 –  Pandit Sawai Gandharva, a popular Hindustani Classical vocalist from Karnataka.

2. 1973 – Marjorie Merriweather Post, American Entrepreneur.  

3. 1977 – Steve Biko, South African Black Consciousness activist, died after six days in police detention.

4. 1981 – Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, essayist, and translator, Nobel Prize laureate.

5. 1992 – Mallikarjun Mansur, an Indian classical singer from Karnataka.

6. 1994 – Boris Yegorov, Soviet Astronaut, The first Soviet physician to be sent into outer space.

7. 2003 – Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash was a famous American singer-songwriter, author and actor.

8. 2009 – Norman Borlaug, American agronomist, and humanitarian, Noble Prize laureate. Known as the Father of the Green Revolution.

9. 2013 – Ray Milton Dolby, an American engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR. 

 12-September-1627

Ibrahim Adilshah died.

12-September-1686

Aurangzeb ended Adilshah's kingdom. The garrison lost heart and surrendered Sikandar who was sent to the state prison at Daulatabad. Bijapur was invested and the city opened its gates to the Mughals. Bijapur as an independent kingdom ceased to exist.

12-September-1779

Garibdas, follower of Saint Kabir and founder of 'Garib Panth', died.

12-September-1786

Lord Cornwallis was appointed, and became Governor General of India, as well as the Commander-in-Chief Army Officer.

12-September-1898

Baldev Prasad Mishra, Hindi litterateur, was born.

12-September-1899

T. N. Swaminathan Pillai, master of Karnataka Classical Music, was born.

12-September-1899

Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.

12-September-1905

Anglo-Japanese treaty provides for Japan to help safeguard India at London.

12-September-1912

T. A. Ramachandran, cricket Test Umpire of one test during 1948-49, was born in Tamil Nadu.

12-September-1922

Chandradhar Sharma Guleri passed away.

12-September-1931

Triloki Nath Madan, educationist and journalist, was born at Srinagar, Kashmir.

12-September-1932

Vijaya Shriniwas Jahagirdas, famous Marathi story writer and poet, was born.

12-September-1934

Shantakumar Jagannath Sharma was born in Garhjamula, Distt. Kangra (Himachal Pradesh).

12-September-1961

Nalin Vilochan Sharma, great Hindi critic, died.

12-September-1962

Raghav Rangayya, famous Hindi poet, story writer and novelist, died.

12-September-1965

Army fights back heavy Indian tank attacks at Pakistan.

12-September-1966

Mihir Sen, famous Indian swimmer, crossed Darda Nailes Channel.

12-September-1971

Jaikishen, famous Hindi film music director, died.

12-September-1974

T. C. Yohannan at Teheran, sets record for LJ in 8.07.

12-September-1990

Konkan Railway project formally launched with the opening of a project office in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra State.

12-September-1992

Mallikarjun Bhimramayya Mansoor, famous Hindustani classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana, died in Dharward, Karnataka at the age of 81 years.

12-September-1993

Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Hitendra Desai died.

12-September-1994

UN Secretary General Ghali visits New Delhi.

12-September-1995

Heavy rainfall in the Himalaya region, resulting in landslide, claimed 70 lives near Kullu.

12-September-1998

Bihar flood toll mounts to 320.

12-September-1998

India, Malaysia sign an agreement on cooperation in science and technology in Kuala Lumpur.