September 12 in History |
| September 12th is… Chocolate Milkshake Day National Day of Encouragement National Hug & High 5 Day National Just One Human Family National Report Medicare Fraud Day National Video Games Day |
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1609 – Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River. 1910 – Alice Stebbins Wells was hired as America’s first actual female police officer, in Los Angeles. 1940 – The Lascaux Cave Paintings, about 17,300 year old, were found in southwestern France. 1952 – The Flatwoods Monster was described by several children in Flatwoods, West Virginia. Their mother, Kathleen may also reported seeing a ten foot creature. 1954 – Lassie premiered on CBS 1959 – The Soviet Union’s Lunik 2 was launched, (purposefully) crash-landing on the moon two days later. 1965 – The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, for the fourth time. 1966 – The Monkees debuted on NBC. 1970 – Josie and the Pussycats premiered on CBS Saturday morning. 1970 – LSD advocate, Dr. Timothy Leary, escaped from a California prison and fled to Algeria. 1970 – The unmanned Soviet Luna 16 was launched – it landed on the moon, scooped up 101 grams of the lunar surface, and returned to Earth. 1972 – Maude premiered on CBS. 1977 – South African black civil rights leader Steven Biko died while in police custody. 1978 – Taxi premiered on ABC 1983 – The animated G.I. Joe mini-series based on the toys of the same name debuted in syndication 1983 – Inspector Gadget debuted on ABC 1992- NBC canceled all of their Saturday morning cartoons and opted to air Saved By The Bell, California Dreams, NBA Inside Stuff, Name Your Adventure and a weekend version of Today. It marked the end of all children’s programming entirely on the network. 1993 – Famous Perry Mason actor Raymond Burr died after a battle with liver cancer 1994 – Former Family Feud host Richard Dawson returned to host the game show 2007 (Volcano Eruption) Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 2012 – Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 and iOS 6. |
