Daily Calendar for Saturday, September 12, 2026
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Saturday, September 12, 2026
Born
- Richard Jordan Gatling (inventor) –
- Charles Dudley Warner (editor) –
- The Viscount Willingdon (Canadian Governor General 1926-1931) –
- H.L. Mencken (journalist) –
- Alfred A. Knopf (publisher) –
- Ben Shahn (painter) –
- Jesse Owens (Olympic track and field athlete) –
- Barry White (singer) –
- Amy Yasbeck (actress) –
- Paul Walker (actor) –
- Benjamin McKenzie (actor) –
- Yao Ming (basketball player) –
- Jennifer Hudson (actress and singer) –
- Emmy Rossum (actress) –
- Freddie Freeman (baseball player) –
Died
- William Boyd (actor) –
- Anthony Perkins (actor) –
- Raymond Burr (actor) –
- John Hollman (CNN newscaster) –
- Johnny Cash (singer) –
Events
- Henry Hudson began exploration of what is later to be named the Hudson River –
- Astronomer Charles Messier cataloged the Crab Nebula –
- A whale followed a boat to the Montreal harbor –
- Elizabeth Barrett eloped with Robert Browning –
- Art believed to date to the Upper Paleolithic era was discovered in Lascaux cave, near Montignac, France. –
- John F. Kennedy married Jacqueline Lee Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island –
- Lassie made its television debut –
- Bonanza made its television debut –
- Luna 2 spacecraft launched –
- U.S. President Kennedy delivered Moon speech, Rice University, Houston, Texas –
- The Monkees debuted on television –
- Astronauts Jan Davis and Mark Lee became the first married couple in space during a shuttle mission –
- Hong Kong Disneyland opened –
Weather
- Hot, dry winds caused tree foliage to crumble in east Kansas –
- Hurricane Donna made landfall on central Long Island, then tracked across New England, with winds reaching 140 mph at the Blue Hills Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts, and 130 mph on Block Island, Rhode Island –