September 12 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for September 12
In the headlines today:

2006		R.E.M. issues a retrospective of their earlier recordings entitled And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years, 1982-1987. (photo credit: Capitol/IRS)
2003	Country music legend Johnny Cash dies of complications from diabetes at a Nashville hospital, at age 71.
1992	A trio of firsts into space aboard a NASA space craft today: the first married couple, the first Japanese citizen, and the first black female, blast off into space aboard the space shuttle Endeavour.
1990	A treaty among WWII allies and East and West Germany is signed in Moscow, approving a unified Germany.
1988	Hurricane Gilbert slams into Jamaica, killing 45 and causing $1 billion in property damage.
1959	The Russian lunar probe Lunik II lands on the moon.
1953	John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier.
1944	US forces enter Germany for the first time during WWII.
1943	Italian dictator Benito Mussolini escapes to German lines.
1877	The Chase National Bank is founded in New York City.
1814	American forces defeat the British at the Battle of Baltimore.
1722	The first commencement ceremony (for eight graduates) is held at Yale University.