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.
Events
Up to 1900
- 640 – Sak K'uk', Maya Queen of Palenque
- 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)
- 1369 – Blanche of Lancaster (b. 1345)
- 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)
- 1870 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American writer (b. 1836)
- 1874 – François Guizot, 22nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1787)
- 1885 – Ranbir Singh, 2nd Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir (b. 1830)
1901 – 2000
- 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)
- 1960 – Dino Borgioli, Italian tenor (b. 1891)
- 1977 – Steve Biko, South African anti-Apartheid activist (b. 1946)
- 1977 – Robert Lowell, American poet (b. 1917)
- 1981 – Eugenio Montale, Italian poet (b. 1896)
- 1982 – Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer (b. 1891)
- 1986 – Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer (b. 1894)
- 1992 – Anthony Perkins, American actor (b. 1932)
- 1993 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (b. 1917)
- 1994 – Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and cosmonaut (b. 1937)
- 1995 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
- 1995 – Yasutomo Nagai, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)
- 1996 – Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (b. 1907)
- 2000 – Gary Olsen, English actor (b. 1957)
From 2001
- 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 movie 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)
- 2013 – Erich Loest, German writer (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Otto Sander, German actor (b. 1941)
- 2013 – Ray Dolby, American engineer and inventor (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Atef Ebeid, Prime Minister of Egypt (b. 1932)
- 2014 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish religious and political leader (b. 1926)
- 2014 – John Bardon, English actor (b. 1939)
- 2014 – Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (b. 1939)
- 2014 – Antony Kidman, Australian psychologist, biochemist and writer (b. 1938)
- 2015 – Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
- 2016 – Gunilla Bernadotte, Swedish duchess (b. 1923)
- 2016 – Ellen Burka, Canadian-Dutch figure skater (b. 1921)
- 2016 – Stanley Steinbaum, American activist (b. 1920)
- 2017 – Heiner Geissler, German politician (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Alex Hawkins, American football player (b. 1937)
- 2017 – Siegfried Köhler, German conductor (b. 1923)
- 2017 – Allan MacEachen, Canadian politician (b. 1921)
- 2017 – Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technological manager at IBM (b. 1929)
- 2018 – Henry Kalis, American politician (b. 1937)
- 2018 – Hans Kloss, German artist and graphic designer (b. 1938)
- 2018 – Walter Mischel, Austrian-American psychologist (b. 1930)
- 2018 – Billy O'Dell, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2018 – Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese physicist and academic (b. 1932)
- 2018 – Rachid Taha, Algerian singer, songwriter and activist (b. 1958)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian (d. 1975)
- 1901 – Shmuel Horowitz, Russian-Israeli agronomist (d. 1999)
- 1902 – Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (d. 1976)
- 1904 – Gavriil Popov, Russian composer (d. 1972)
- 1904 – Istvan Horthy, Hungarian admiral (d. 1942)
- 1907 – Roger Bonvin, Swiss Federal Councillor (d. 1982)
- 1912 – Frances Lennon, English artist (d. 2015)
- 1913 – Jesse Owens, American athlete, four-time Olympic champion (d. 1980)
- 1913 – Eiji Toyoda, Japanese industrialist (d. 2013)
- 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)
- 1922 – Antonio Cafiero, Argentine politician (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Amilcar Cabral, Cape Verdean-Guinea-Bissauan politician (d. 1973)
- 1925 – Stan Lopata, American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Dickie Moore, American actor (d. 2015)
- 1927 – Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress
- 1928 – Ernie Vandeweghe, American basketball player (d. 2014)
- 1930 – Gunder Gundersen, Norwegian skier (d. 2005)
- 1930 – Akira Suzuki, Japanese chemist
- 1931 – Sir Ian Holm, English actor
- 1931 – George Jones, American singer (d. 2013)
- 1931 – Adrian Rogers, American religious leader (d. 2005)
- 1932 – Atli Dam, 5th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2005)
- 1933 – Tatiana Doronina, Russian actress
- 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 (d. 2015)
- 1939 – Nobuyuki Oishi, Japanese footballer
- 1939 – Henry Waxman, United States Congressman
- 1940 – Joachim Frank, German-American biophysicist, joint 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner
- 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 – Yoshio Kikugawa, Japanese footballer
- 1944 – Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1944 – Vladimir Spivakov, Russian violinist and conductor
- 1944 – Colin Young, American singer
- 1949 – Irina Rodnina, Russian figure skater
- 1949 – Charles Burlingame, American pilot (d. 2001)
1951 – 1975
- 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 writer (Rush) (d. 2020)
- 1952 – Gerry Beckley, American musician
- 1953 – Fiona Mactaggart, Scottish politician
- 1954 – Peter Scolari, American actor
- 1956 – Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer (d. 2003)
- 1956 – Ricky Rudd, American race car driver
- 1956 – Sam Brownback, American politician, 46th Governor of Kansas
- 1956 – Brian Robertson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 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
- 1959 – Hisashi Kaneko, Japanese footballer
- 1960 – Stefanos Korkolis, Greek songwriter and pianist
- 1961 – Mylène Farmer, French singer-songwriter
- 1962 – 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
- 1968 – Paul F. Tompkins, American comedian, actor and screenwriter
- 1969 – Mika Myllyla, Finnish cross-country skier (d. 2011)
- 1969 – Angel Cabrera, Argentine golfer
- 1969 – Shigeki Maruyama, Japanese golfer
- 1971 – Chandra Sturrup, Bahamanian athlete
- 1973 – Darren Campbell, British athlete
- 1973 – Martin Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1973 – Paul Walker, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1974 – Caroline Aigle, French pilot (d. 2007)
- 1974 – Nuno Valente, Portuguese footballer
From 1976
- 1976 – Maciej Zurawski, Polish footballer
- 1976 – 2 Chainz, American rapper
- 1976 – Lauren Stamile, American actress
- 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
- 1985 – Hiroki Mizumoto, Japanese footballer
- 1986 – Yuto Nagatomo, Japanese footballer
- 1986 – Joanne Jackson, British swimmer
- 1986 – Emmy Rossum, American actress and singer
- 1987 – Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstani tennis player
- 1988 – Amanda Jenssen, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1989 – Freddie Freeman, American baseball player
- 1992 – Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarussian tennis player
- 1993 – Kelsea Ballerini, American singer
- 1994 – Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1994 – Mhairi Black, Scottish politician
- 1996 – Colin Ford, American actor
Deaths
Observances
- National Day of Cape Verde
- Ethiopian New Year
- Day of Conception (Russia)
- Defenders Day (Maryland)