^B{^#!16!12 September^N! Feast day of St Guy of Anderlecht, St Ailbhe, and St Eanswida.
^B{1609^B} Henry Hudson sailed the sloop ^I{Half Moon^I} into New York Harbor and up to Albany to discover the river named for him. ^B{1878^B} Cleopatra's Needle, the obelisk of Thothmes II, was erected on London's Embankment. ^B{1910^B} Alice Stebbins Wells, a former social worker, became the world's first policewoman, appointed by the Los Angeles Police Department. ^B{1914^B} The Allies were victorious at the First Battle of Marne, in World War I. ^B{1919^B} Italian writer and nationalist Gabriele D'Annunzio led an unofficial army and seized Fiume from Yugoslavia. ^B{1940^B} The Lascaux Caves, France, containing prehistoric wall paintings, were discovered. ^B{1943^B} Benito Mussolini, imprisoned by the Allies, was rescued by German parachutists. ^B{1974^B} A military coup deposed Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, the Lion of Judah.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Richard Jordan Gatling, US inventor, ^B{1818^B}; Herbert Henry Asquith, British statesman, ^B{1852^B}; Maurice Chevalier, French actor and entertainer, ^B{1888^B}; Louis MacNeice, British poet, ^B{1907^B}; John Cleveland 'Jesse' Owens, US athlete, ^B{1913^B}; Wesley Hall, West Indies cricketer and politician, ^B{1937^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Franτois Couperin, French composer, ^B{1733^B}; Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer, ^B{1764^B}; Gebhard Leberecht von Blⁿcher, Prussian general and field-marshal, ^B{1819^B}; Peter Mark Roget, English lexicographer, ^B{1869^B}; Steve Biko, South African civil rights leader, ^B{1977^B}; Anthony Perkins, US actor, ^B{1992^B}.
