Sunday, September 12, 2010

September 12: On This Day in History...

Presidential
John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island, 1953

Music
Maestro Barry White was born, 1944

American Revolution

Congress receives news of defeat at Brandywine, 1777

Automotive
I-90 stretches from coast to coast, 1993

Civil War
Siege of Lexington, Missouri, Begins, 1861

Cold War
German occupation rights are relinquished, 1990

Crime
Tyco execs indicted, 2002

Disaster
Hurricane Gilbert slams Jamaica, 1988

General Interest
Khrushchev elected Soviet leader, 1953
Violence in Boston over racial busing, 1974

Literary
Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning elope, 1846

Old West
Hopalong Cassidy rides off into his last sunset, 1972

Sports
Sugar Ray Robinson wins back belt, 1951

Vietnam War
Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam, 1959
U.S. intelligence agencies report 100,000 troops in the South, 1972

World War I
U.S. launches Saint-Mihiel offensive , 1918

World War II
The Laconia is sunk, 1942

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