September 12

September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). There are 110 days remaining.

Births:

Deaths:

• 1977: South African anti-apartheid activist [Steven Biko]?.

Events:

• 1953: [Nikita Krushchev]? was elected as the first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1953: US Senator John F. Kennedy married [Jacqueline Lee Bouvier]?.
• 1983: Arnold Schwarzenegger became a US citizen.
• 1992: [Dr. Mae Carol Jemison]? became the first African-American woman in space.

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