Born on September 12
September 12 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 12, you share a birthday with Irène Joliot-Curie, Stanisław Lem and Paul Walker. September 12 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 12 is the 256th day of the year in leap years (255th in other years).
Famous people born on September 12
- 1897Irène Joliot-Curie, French chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1921Stanisław Lem, Polish philosopher and author
- 1973Paul Walker, American actor
- 1913Jesse Owens, American sprinter and long jumper
- 1986Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress
- 1494Francis I of France, King of France from 1515 to 1547
- 1957Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer
- 1997Sydney Sweeney, American actress
- 1981Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress
- 1888Maurice Chevalier, French actor, singer, and dancer
What happened on September 12
- 379Yax Nuun Ahiin I (depicted) took the throne as the ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city of Tikal.
- 1848A new constitution marks the establishment of Switzerland as a federal state.
- 1885The Scottish Cup match between Arbroath and Bon Accord ended 36–0, which is still a world record for an unrigged professional association football match.
- 1885Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional association football.
- 1890Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
- 1910Gustav 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.
- 1940Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
- 1952Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.
- 1953U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
- 1962In 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).
- 1992Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.
- 2003The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.
Also observed on September 12
- Day of Conception (Russia)
- Defenders Day (Maryland, United States)
- National Day (Cape Verde)
- National Day of Encouragement (United States)
- Saragarhi Day (Sikhism)
- United Nations Day for South–South Cooperation (International)
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 12?
People born on September 12 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 12?
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Stanisław Lem (1921), Paul Walker (1973), Jesse Owens (1913), Emmy Rossum (1986), Francis I of France (1494) were all born on September 12.
What happened on September 12 in history?
Among other things: in 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); in 1992, Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space; in 2003, The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 12?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 12 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “September 12”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.