Today in History for 12th September 2017:
Historical Events
1876 – King Leopold II opens Congo-conference
1925 – 20th Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (5-0)
1961 – USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1976 – 96th Men’s U.S. Open: Jimmy Connors beats Bjorn Borg(6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4)
1993 – STS-51 (Discovery) launches into orbit
1995 – Belarus military shoots down a hydrogen balloon, killing its two American pilots.
Famous Birthdays
1494 – King Francis I of France (1515-47), born in Cognac, France (d. 1547)
1788 – Alexander Campbell, Irish/US founder (Disciples of Christ)
1890 – Guido Guerrini, composer
1909 – Spud Chandler, baseball player (AL MVP 1943)
1925 – Dickie Moore, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2015)
1976 – Maciej ?urawski, Polish footballer
Famous Deaths
1674 – Claes P “Nicolas” Tulip, mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 80
1912 – Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon
1979 – Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies
1986 – Jacques-Henri Lartigue, French photographer, dies at 92
1987 – John Qualen, actor (Patch of Blue, Jungle Book), dies
1991 – Regis Toomey, actor (You’re in the Army Now, Burke’s Law), dies at 93