September 12th

September 12 is the 256th day of the year.  There are 110 days remaining until the end of the year.

1609 Henry Hudson conveniently discovers the Hudson River, and, as luck would have it, the Hudson Bridge. Coincidence? I think not.

1776 20 year-old cutie patootie Nathan Hale leaves Harlem Heights Camp (127th St) on another unsuccessful spy mission

1940 4 teens, who claim they were following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings.

1959 "Bonanza" premieres on NBC-TV, but, we only want to see Little Joe nekkid!

1970 US psychology professor/LSD and other hallucinogenic drugs advocate Timothy Leary escapes from California jail, but he really doesn’t go anywhere

1983 A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US $7 million (~$14.6M in 2008) by Los Macheteros

1990 US, England, France, U.S.S.R., East and West Germanys sign agreements allowing 2 Germanys to cohabitate in an incestuous relationship, against their better judgment

1994 Frank Eugene Corder crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House's south lawn, striking the west wing and killing himself. F-ing Republicans can’t stand having a Democrat in the White House. . .

2006 Pope Benedict XVI quotes a criticism of the Islamic faith leading to mass protests.  The Pope offers to make up in the way of Roman Catholic priests.

1888 Maurice Chevalier , bisexual French actor/singer 

1931 Sir Ian Holm [Cuthbert], English actor 

1951 Joe Pantoliano [Joey Pants], US actor 

1952 Jeff McCracken, US actor 

1953 Nan Goldin, bisexual US photographer 

1957 Andrea Occhipinti, gay Italian actor 

1960 Robert John Burke, maybe gay US actor 

1967 Louis CK [Szekely], US comedian/actor  

1967 Jason Statham, English actor/diver 

1968 Scott Michaelson, Australian actor 

1970 [William Joshua] Josh Hopkins, maybe gay US actor/Cougartown hottie 

1973 Darren Campbell, English athlete 

1973 Paul Walker, US actor 

1977 James McCartney, maybe gay English musician/son of Sir Paul and Linda

1978 Benjamin McKenzie [Schenkkan], maybe gay US actor 

1980 Yao Ming, Chinese basketball player 

1981 Hosea Chanchez, maybe gay US actor 

1986 Alfie Allen, English actor 

1642 Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars, gay French courtier/"favorite" of Louis XIII/French conspirator, has a hair-raising experience.

1869 Peter Mark Roget, English lexicographer, breathes his last, buys the farm, cashes in his chips, croaks, crosses the bar, crosses the Stygian shore, deceases, drops off, exits, expires, floats belly up, gives up the ghost, goes the way of all flesh, is no longer springtime fresh, is no more, keeps a date with St. Peter, kicks the bucket, knocks on heaven’s door, meets the Grim Reaper, packs it in, passes away, pays his debt to nature, perishes, pips out, relinquishes life, rests in peace, shuffles off this mortal coil, succumbs, turns up his toes. . .

1992 Anthony Perkins, bisexual US actor (Psycho), succumbs to AIDS at 60

1993 Raymond Burr, gay US actor (Perry Mason), loses his second case.

1995 Jeremy Brett [Peter Jeremy William Huggins], bisexual English actor (My Fair Lady), is no longer young and willing