September 12
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- Video Games Day in the U.S.
- National Day in Cape Verde
- National Revolution Day in Ethiopia
On this day . . .
- Eton College is founded by Henry VI (1440)
- Henry Hudson sails into New York Bay and up to Albany to discover the river named after him (1609)
- Los Angeles appoints first ever policewoman (1910)
- The Lascaux Caves, France, containing prehistoric wall paintings, were discovered (1940)
- Lassie makes its TV debut (1954)
- The Monkees makes its TV debut (1966)
- Concorde lands at Heathrow airport for first time (1970)
- South African black student leader Steven Biko dies while in police custody (1977)
- The first married couple travel into space (1992)
- Same-sex couples are given the right to marry and adopt children in Holland (2000)
Births
- Richard Marsh Hoe, American inventor of rotary printing press (1812)
- Richard Jordan Gatling, American inventor (1818)
- Jesse Owens, American athlete (1913)
- Barry White, American singer (1944)
- Jennifer Hudson, American actress and singer (1981)
Deaths
- Peter Mark Roget, English lexicographer (1869)
- Steve Biko, South African civil rights leader (1977)
- Jacques Henri Lartigue, French photographer (1986)
- Anthony Perkins, American actor (1992)
- Johnny Cash, American singer and songwriter (2003)