September 12
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Art and culture
Births
- 1880 - H. L. Mencken, American journalist and author (d. 1956)
- 1921 - Stanisław Lem, Polish writer (d. 2006)
- 1943 - Michael Ondaatje, Sri Lankan-born writer
- 1944 - Barry White, American singer (d. 2003)
Deaths
- 413 - Marcellinus of Carthage, Christian saint
- 1185 - Andronikos I Komnenos (b. 1118)
- 1213 - King Peter II of Aragon (b. 1174)
- 1362 - Pope Innocent VI
- 1369 - Blanche of Lancaster, wife of John of Gaunt (b. 1345)
- 1500 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (b. 1443)
- 1612 - Tsar Vasili IV of Russia (b. 1552)
- 1642 - Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, French conspirator (b. 1620)
- 1660 - Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (b. 1577)
- 1665 - Jean Bolland, Flemish Jesuit writer (b. 1596)
- 1672 - Tanneguy Lefebvre, French classical scholar (b. 1615)
- 1683 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (b. 1643)
- 1691 - John George III, Elector of Saxony (b. 1647)
- 1695 - Jacob Abendana, Spanish scholar (b. 1630)
- 1712 - Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter (b. 1637)
- 1764 - Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer (b. 1683)
- 1779 - Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (b. 1711)
- 1819 - Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Prussian general (b. 1742)
- 1836 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (b. 1801)
- 1869 - Peter Roget, British lexicographer (b. 1779)
- 1870 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (b. 1836)
- 1874 - François Guizot, French historian and statesman (b. 1787)
- 1912 - Pierre-Hector Cardinal Coullie, Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon
- 1918 - George Reid, fourth Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1845)
- 1919 - Leonid Andreyev, Russian writer (b. 1871)
- 1923 - Jules Violle, French physicist and inventor (b. 1841)
- 1927 - Sarah Frances Whiting, American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
- 1929 - Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (b. 1865)
- 1945 - Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese general (committed suicide, b. 1880)
- 1953 - Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (b. 1884)
- 1956 - Hans Carossa, German writer (b. 1878)
- 1956 - Sándor Graf Festetics, Hungarian politician (b. 1882)
- 1961 - Carl Hermann, German physicist (b. 1898)
- 1968 - Tommy Armour, Scottish golfer (b. 1894)
- 1972 - William Boyd, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1977 - Steve Biko, South African anti-apartheid activist (b. 1946)
- 1981 - Eugenio Montale, Italian poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
- 1991 - Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1969)
- 1992 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (b. 1932)
- 1993 - Raymond Burr, Canadian actor (b. 1917)
- 1993 - Willie Mosconi, American billiards player (b. 1913)
- 1994 - Tom Ewell, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1994 - Boris Yegorov, Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937)
- 1995 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (b. 1933)
- 2000 - Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1934)
- 2001 - Victor Wong, Chinese-American actor (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Johnny Cash, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)
Notes
* Johnny Cash * Peter Roget * Fernand Khnopff * Henry Hudson * H. L. Mencken * Ludlow * Robert Gober
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