On September 12, Tinashe was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 27 of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional partner was Brandon Armstrong.
National Chocolate Milkshake Day
Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968)
Tinashe was featured on the dance single "Artificial People" by OFM, released on September 12, 2011
• St Guy of Anderlecht, patron of horned animals, work horses, sheds and outbuildings.
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• National Waffle Week (Sept 7-13, 2025)
Black students entered Clay, Ky., elementary school under National Guard protection. They were barred from the school on September 17.
Floyd Patterson first professional fight took place. He was the first to hold the world heavyweight championship twice.
Jesse Owens was a renowned twentieth century African-American track and field athlete. He was considered the most famous athlete, as he excelled in the sprints and the long jump. He earned fame and respect in the sports world by achieving four gold medals in Olympics.
James Cleveland Owens was born on September 12, 1913 in Oakville, Alabama, to Henry Cleveland Owens and Mary Emma Fitzgerald. When he was nine years old, his family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. The movement was in the light of Great
Malvin Russell Goode died of a stroke on September 12, 1995, at the age of eighty-seven in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Steve Biko , in full Bantu Stephen Biko (born December 18, 1946, King William’s Town, South Africa—died September 12, 1977, Pretoria), founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa.
First Black baseball player in the major leagues, Jackie Robinson, named National League Rookie of the
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1818 Richard Jordan Gatling was born. Before inventing the Gatling Gun, he developed a machine for sowing rice, wheat, and other grains, and invented a steam plow.
1909 German chemist Fritz Hofman received the world's first patent for synthetic rubber.
1928 Katharine Hepburn makes her first New York stage appearance in 'Night Hostess.'
1937 The French L'appellation d'origine contrôl Beaujolais (Beaujolais AOC) was created ('controlled designation of origin').
1940 The caves at Lascaux in France are discovered. They contain some of the earliest known art, dating back over 17,000 years. The prehistoric cave paintings (over 600) depict many large animals including aurochs, red deer, horses, stags, bison, etc.
1959 The TV show 'Bonanza' premiers. The frontier adventures of the Cartwright family, father, 3 sons and Chinese cook Hop Sing, on the 'Ponderosa' ranch near Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
1965 Norwood Fisher of the music group 'Fishbone' was born.
1966 The first episode (‘The Royal Flush’) of the 'The Monkees' aired on the NBC television network.
1971 Palisades Amusement Park in New Jersey closed.
1989 The pilot episode of the TV sitcom 'Chicken Soup' aired on ABC. Starring Jackie Mason and Lynn Redgrave as a Jewish man and an Irish-Catholic woman. It was canceled after 8 episodes.
2009 Norman Ernest Borlaug died (born March 25, 1914). American agronomist, Nobel Peace Prize winner for efforts to overcome world hunger. Developed the wheat/rye hybrid called 'triticale' with higher yield and protein content.
Jennifer Kate Hudson is an American singer and actress. She was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 12, 1981 to Darnell Donnerson and Samuel Simpson. She started singing in her church choir as a child and also performed in community theatre. She graduated from high school in 1999 and enrolled at Langston University but left after one semester and transferred to Kennedy–King College. She received her first singing contract in 2002 with an independent Chicago label called “Righteous Records”. The initial terms of the contract were for 5 years but when Hudson wanted to compete on the reality singing show American Idol, she was effectively released from her contract.
Jennifer Hudson auditioned for season 3 of American Idol from Atlanta which was very popular. During the Top 9 contestants episode, she received the highest number of votes for performing Elton John’s hit song “Circle of Life” but just two weeks later she was eliminated from the show. Her exit from the show caused much controversy at the time, especially given the fact that the bottom three contestants were all African American women. Several magazines, including the Los Angeles Times have commented on how Hudson may be one of the best contestants to ever perform on the show and that her exit was untimely and unwarranted.