Today’s date includes some of the significant historical events that The Ozark Trading Post has gathered.

  1. 12th, September, 1940 → Discovery of the Lascaux Cave Paintings


  2. 12th, September, 1966 → The Monkees TV show premieres


  3. 12th, September, 1962 → President John F. Kennedy delivers his “We choose to go to the Moon” speech


  4. 12th, September, 1952 → Birth of Neil Peart, drummer for Rush


  5. 12th, September, 1957 → The Price Is Right debuts on television


  6. 12th, September, 1984 → Birth of Jennifer Hudson, American singer, and actress


  7. 12th, September, 2005 → Hong Kong Disneyland opens


  8. 12th, September, 1992 → Mae Jemison becomes the first African-American woman in space


  9. 12th, September, 2015 → Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer at the US Open


  10. 12th, September, 1993 → The X-Files TV series debuts


  11. 12th, September, 1943 → Birth of Maria Muldaur, American folk and blues singer


  12. 12th, September, 1977 → Birth of Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter


  13. 12th, September, 1994 → Major League Baseball players go on strike, resulting in a season without World Series but the strike eventually led to labor reforms


  14. 12th, September, 2008 → Swiss pilot Yves Rossy becomes the first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel


  15. 12th, September, 1983 → Birth of Carly Smithson, Irish-American singer