The Sinking of the SS Central America
On September 12, 1857, the side-wheel steamship SS Central America sank in a powerful hurricane about 200 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The vessel, traveling from Panama to New ...
The Birth of Jesse Owens
On September 12, 1913, legendary track-and-field athlete James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens was born in Oakville, Alabama, to a family of sharecroppers. As a young child, he moved with his family ...
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The Television Premiere of Bonanza
On September 12, 1959, NBC premiered Bonanza, the landmark Western drama that would become one of the most successful and enduring series in American television history. Set on the vast ...
The Execution of William Walker
On September 12, 1860, the American filibuster, journalist, and mercenary William Walker was executed by firing squad in Trujillo, Honduras. Inspired by the expansionist currents associated with Manifest Destiny, Walker ...
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The Offensive at Saint-Mihiel
On September 12, 1918, the American Expeditionary Forces launched the Saint-Mihiel Offensive in northeastern France, the first major U.S.-led offensive of World War I. General John J. Pershing commanded the ...
The Advance Toward the Siegfried Line
On September 12, 1944, as Allied armies continued their rapid advance after the breakout from Normandy and the liberation of Paris, forward elements of the U.S. Army pushed through eastern ...
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The Committee of Style’s Near-Final Draft of the Constitution
On September 12, 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia received a near-final revised and arranged draft of the proposed United States Constitution from its Committee of Style. Appointed on September ...
Stonewall Jackson and the Investment of Harpers Ferry
On September 12, 1862, during the pivotal Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War, Confederate Major General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson began the operation to surround and capture the strategic ...
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The Birth of Richard Jordan Gatling
On September 12, 1818, American inventor Richard Jordan Gatling was born in the Maney’s Neck community of Hertford County, North Carolina. Raised in an agricultural setting, Gatling showed mechanical ability ...
The Birth of Barry White
On September 12, 1944, Barry White—born Barry Eugene Carter—was born in Galveston, Texas. Raised in South Central Los Angeles, he overcame a difficult early life to become one of the ...
The Battle of Baltimore
On September 12, 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces advanced on Baltimore after landing at North Point, Maryland, the previous day. Fresh from burning Washington, D.C., roughly 5,000 ...
The Wedding of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier
On September 12, 1953, United States Senator John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island. The ceremony and reception at nearby Hammersmith ...
Dwight Gooden’s Rookie Strikeout Record
On September 12, 1984, 19-year-old New York Mets phenom Dwight “Doc” Gooden broke Major League Baseball’s single-season rookie strikeout record. Facing the Pittsburgh Pirates at Shea Stadium, the right-hander threw ...
The Swearing-In of Alice Stebbins Wells
On September 12, 1910, the Los Angeles Police Department swore in Alice Stebbins Wells as its first woman police officer—and, according to the LAPD, the nation’s first policewoman with arrest ...
