What Happened on this Date in History
September 12
1846 – Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning eloped
1940 – Lascaux cave paintings discovered
1951 – Sugar Ray Robinson regains his middleweight belt from Randy Turpin after two months.
1953 – Nikita Khrushchev elected Soviet leader of USSR, succeeding Joseph Stalin.
1953 – John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier.
1995 – Harlem Globetrotters 8829-game winning streak is broken by “Kareem’s All-Stars” team of retired Professional players.
1988 – Hurricane Gilbert slams Jamaica .