September 12th, 1789

Born on September 12th, 1789

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 12th?

September 12th, 2008

A Metrolink train collided head-on with a freight train in Los Angeles, California, resulting in 25 deaths and 135 injuries; the Metrolink driver had passed through a red signal, having likely been distracted by text messaging.

September 12th, 2003

The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.

September 12th, 1995

Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.

September 12th, 1992

Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.

September 12th, 1983

The clandestine Boricua Popular Army staged a bank robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, making off with $7 million in the largest cash theft in U.S. history at the time.

September 12th, 1977

South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died after being beaten in police custody in Port Elizabeth.

September 12th, 1962

In a speech at Rice Stadium in Houston, U.S. president John F. Kennedy reiterated an aspiration to land a man on the Moon before 1970 (video featured).

September 12th, 1952

Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.

September 12th, 1948

The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War.

September 12th, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Edson's Ridge in an effort to retake Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from the Allies.

September 12th, 1933

Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while waiting for a traffic light in Bloomsbury, London.

September 12th, 1928

The Okeechobee hurricane first struck the island of Guadeloupe; eventually it reached the United States and caused over 4,000 deaths overall.

September 12th, 1910

Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire and popularly known as the "Symphony of a Thousand", was first performed in Munich (1916 performers pictured).

September 12th, 1846

The English poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (both pictured) married in secret to avoid their disapproving families before moving to Italy.

September 12th, 1309

Reconquista: Castilian forces captured Gibraltar from the Emirate of Granada.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 12th

Same year
Born in 1789

65

Georg Simon Ohm

German physicist and mathematician

*March 16th, 1789, Erlangen †July 6th, 1854, Munich

61

James Fenimore Cooper

American writer (1789–1851)

*September 15th, 1789, Burlington †September 14th, 1851, Cooperstown

64

Silvio Pellico

Italian writer and poet

*June 24th, 1789, Saluzzo †January 31st, 1854, Turin

28

Francisco Javier Mina

Spanish general and lawyer

*July 1st, 1789, Otao †November 11th, 1817, Pénjamo

67

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

French mathematician (1789–1857)

*August 21st, 1789, Paris †May 23rd, 1857, Sceaux

63

Józef Damse

Polish composer and actor

*January 26th, 1789, Sokołów Małopolski †December 15th, 1852, Rudno, Otwock County

57

Friedrich List

German economist

*August 6th, 1789, Reutlingen †November 30th, 1846, Kufstein

75

Antonio Alcalá Galiano

Spanish politician and writer (1789–1865)

*July 22nd, 1789, Cádiz †April 11th, 1865, Madrid

80

Pietro Tenerani

Italian artist (1789-1869)

*November 11th, 1789, Carrara †December 16th, 1869, Rome

62

Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza

19th century Mexican writer, dramatist and diplomat (1789-1851)

*October 13th, 1789, Veracruz †October 23rd, 1851, Mexico City

69

William Cranch Bond

American astronomer (1789–1859)

*September 9th, 1789, Portland †January 29th, 1859, Cambridge

80

Johann Friedrich Overbeck

German painter, a member of the Nazarene movement (1789–1869)

*July 3rd, 1789, Lübeck †November 12th, 1869, Rome

66

William Swainson

English naturalist and artist

*October 8th, 1789, London †December 6th, 1855, Lower Hutt

64

John Martin

English painter, engraver and illustrator (1789–1854)

*July 19th, 1789, Haydon Bridge †February 17th, 1854, Douglas

75

Carl Gotthilf Nestler

German businessperson

*January 9th, 1789, Neudorf †February 6th, 1864, Johanngeorgenstadt

68

Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein

German general (1789-1858)

*November 16th, 1789, Immendingen †May 29th, 1858, Münster

84

Antoine Laurent Apollinaire Fée

French botanist (1789-1874)

*November 7th, 1789, Ardentes †May 21st, 1874, Paris

62

Wilhelm Snell

Jurist and politician (1789-1851)

*April 8th, 1789, Idstein †May 8th, 1851, Bern

58

Vasil Aprilov

Bulgarian educator (1789—1847)

*July 21st, 1789, Gabrovo †October 2nd, 1847, Galați

64

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré

French botanist (1789-1854)

*September 4th, 1789, Angoulême †January 16th, 1854, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1789 is a normal year and no leap year.

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