Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of September 12:

1720 Frederick Philipse III NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam)
1788 Alexander Campbell founded Disciples of Christ
1818 Richard Jordan Gatling US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun)
1829 Charles Dudley Warner Mass, newspaperman/author (Being a Boy)
1852 HH Asquith (L) British PM (1908-16)
1871 Prince Friedrich of Liechtenstein, Romania
1880 Henry L Mencken Baltimore, Md, newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)
1888 Maurice Chevalier Paris, thanked heaven for little girls (Gigi)
1892 Alfred A Knopf US, publisher (1966 Alexander Hamilton Medal)
1894 Billy Gilbert Louisville Ky, (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday)
1898 Ben Shahn painter (1964 Arts & Letters)
19-- Bruce Mahler NYC, comedian (Fridays)
19-- Gianna Maria Canale Italy, actress (Go For Broke, Sword & Cross)
19-- Jeff McCracken Chicago Ill, actor (Bay City Blues, Hawaiian Heat)
1901 Ben Blue Montreal, actor (Accidental Family, Frank Sinatra Show)
1902 Margaret Hamilton Ohio, wicked witch of the west (Wizard of Oz)
1909 Spud Chandler baseball player (AL MVP 1943)
1913 Jesse Owens track star, spoiled Hitler's 1936 Olympics with 4 gold
1915 Billy Daniels Jacksonville Fla, singer (Billy Daniels Show)
1920 Irene Daily actress (Liz-Another World, Grissom Gang)
1921 Am¡lcar Cabral worked for independence of Portuguese Africa
1921 Frank McGee Monroe La, news anchor (NBC Evening News)
1921 Stanislaw Lem Poland, science-fiction writer (Solaris)
1924 Howard Curtis Nelson (Rep-R-Ut)
1925 Dickie Moore LA Calif, actor (Expert, Oliver Twist, Little Men)
1931 George Jones country singer (White Lightning, He Stopped Loving Her Today, I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair)
1931 Ian Holm Ilford Essex England, actor (Himmler-Holocaust)
1934 Gunther Gebel-Williams lion tamer (Ringling Bros Circus)
1935 Richard H Hunt Chicago, sculptor (Pyramidal Construction)
1938 Tatiana Troyanos NYC, mezzo-soprano (Octavian-Der Rosenleavalier)
1940 Linda Gray Santa Monica Calif, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas)
1940 Mickey Lolich Detroit Tiger pitcher (won 25 in 1971)
1940 Stephen J Solarz (Rep-D-NY)
1940 Susan Sennett Santa Monica Calif, actress (Big Bad Mama)
1943 Maria Muldaur Greenwich Village, NY, singer (Midnight at the Oasis)
1944 Barry White Galveston Tx, singer (Love's Theme)
1945 John Mauceri NYC, conductor (Wash DC Opera)
1945 Vern M Lindblad Seattle WA, Turkologist
1949 Irina Rodnina USSR, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
1951 Joe Pantoliano actor (The Finelli Boys)
1952 Gerry Beckley rock vocalist/guitarist (America-Daisy Jane)
1953 John Williams US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972)
1954 Peter Scolari New Rochelle NY, actor (Jerry-Newhart)
1955 Nina Blackwood Mass, actress/VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad)
1957 Rachel Ward Cornwell Manor England, actress (Thorn Birds)
1958 Wilfredo Benitez PR, boxer (world champ at 17y176d)
1977 James Louis McCartney son of Paul & Linda McCartney