September 12
Today in America's Present Past
1695 | Civil Rights: New York religious minorities petition Governor Dongan for religious liberties.
1768 | Composer Benjamin Carr was born.
1776 | War of Independence: Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp on a mission.
1787 | Congress: George Mason proposes the Bill of Rights to the Constitutional Convention, but his motion is defeated.
1806 | Admiral Andrew Hull Foote was born.
1813 | Founding Father Edmund Randolph died.
1814 | War of 1812 | The Battle of North Point was fought near Baltimore, Maryland.
1818 | Entrepreneur Richard Jordan Gatling was born.
1829 | Author Charles Dudley Warner was born.
1847 | Mexican–American War: The Battle of Chapultepec began.
1856 | Civil Rights: Start of Baltimore’s “Know-Nothing” riots.
1860 | Cleric John Winebrenner died.
1862 | Civil War: The Battle of Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
1880 | H. L. Mencken was born.
1892 | Publisher Alfred A. Knopf was born.
1910 | Civil Rights: Alice Stebbins Wells becomes America’s first female law enforcement officer of record.
1913 | Athlete Jesse Owens was born.
1931 | Entrepreneur Charles Seeberger died.
1935 | Entrepreneur Howard Hughes sets a speed record in his H-1 racing plane at Santa Ana, California.
1935 | Sculptor Richard Hunt was born.
1944 | POTUS: Democratic President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met in Canada to discuss European occupation plans.
1944 | Musician Barry White was born.
1945 | Economist Richard Thaler was born.
1953 | POTUS: President John Kennedy weds Jacqueline Onassis.
1958 | SCOTUS: The Court orders Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas to integrate.
1959 | TV: "Bonanza" debuted.
1960 | POTUS: John F. Kennedy, as a candidate, responded to anti-Catholic bigotry, noting the Roman Catholic Church did not speak for him or them.
1964| Canyonlands National Park was designated as a National Park.
1966 | Musician Ben Folds was born.
1967 | Comedia Louis C.K.was born.
1973 | Entrepreneur Marjorie Merriweather Post died.
1973 | Actor Paul Walker was born.
1974 | Civil Rights: Boston, Massachusetts, desegregation bus riots start.
1977 | Poet Robert Lowell died.
1981 | TV: “Smurfs” debuted.
1981 | Musician Jennifer Hudson was born.
1991 | Pro Wrestler Chris Von Erich died.
1992 | Mae Jemison became the first African American woman to explore space.
1993 | Actor Charles Lamont died.
2001 | War on Terror: Article V of the NATO agreement is invoked for the first and only time in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks against the United States of America.
2003 | Musician Johnny Cash died.
2008 | Author David Foster Wallace died.
2013 | Inventor David Dolby died.