Hello. Welcome to your weekend. We’re glad you are here!
If the hustle has you feeling like it’s all moving a bit too fast, you are in the right place. Every Satruday morning we slow things down for a simple “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a peek back at events that happened on these days in history before we head out to make new history today.
So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Today is Saturday, September 12th, the 255th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1910, 37-year-old Los Angeles social worker Alice Stebbins Wells was appointed as the first woman police officer with arrest powers in the U.S. She was given a telephone call box key, a rule book, a first aid book, and a “policeman’s badge.”
In 1919, Adolf Hitler attended a meeting for the German Worker’s Party, and would be accepted into the organization a few days later. This party is the precursor to the Nazi political Party.
In 1928, actress Katherine Hepburn made her New York stage debut in “Night Hostess.”
In 1935, millionaire Howard Hughes flew in an airplane of his own design, establishing the world’s landplane speed record of 352-point-46 miles per hour.
In 1940, the 17-thousand-year-old Lascaux cave paintings were discovered by four teenagers in France. The paintings are among the finest examples of art from the Paleolithic period.
In 1953, John F Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married in St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 1954, “Lassie” debuted on CBS. The show stayed on the air for 17 years.
In 1959, the television western drama “Bonanza” debuted on NBC and stayed on-air for 14 seasons. It was the first western to be broadcast in color.
In 1966, “The Monkees” debuted on NBC. The show went on to win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series of 1967.
In 1992, Dr. Mae Carol Jemison became the first African-American woman in space when she served as a payload specialist aboard space shuttle Endeavor. The shuttle also carried the first married couple into space.
In 1992, actor Anthony Perkins died at the age of 60. He is best remembered for his role as Norman Bates in the classic Alfred Hitchcock film, “Psycho.”
In 1993, actor Raymond Burr died at the age of 76. He won Emmy Awards for acting in 1959 and 1961 for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons. He also played the suspected murderer in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller “Rear Window,” and is also remembered for his role in the 1956 film “Godzilla, King of the Monsters!”.
In 1994, a Cessna airplane stolen the day before crashed on the South Lawn of the White House, killing the pilot. He was the sole casualty.
In 2001, stunned rescue workers continued to search for bodies in the World Trade Center’s smoking rubble a day after a terrorist attack that shut down the financial capital, badly damaged the Pentagon and left thousands dead. President George W. Bush branded the attacks in New York and Washington “acts of war.”
In 2003, the “Man In Black,” country music legend Johnny Cash died of complications from diabetes. He was 71. He passed away just four months after his wife, June Carter, had died.
In 2006, Britney Spears gave birth to her second son almost exactly a year to the date that she gave birth to her first son with Kevin Federline.
In 2012, Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 at a launch event in San Francisco that included a performance by the Foo Fighters. It was the first iPhone introduction since Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died a year earlier.
In 2014, Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of culpable homicide in South Africa. A judge says the double-amputee Olympic athlete was negligent in firing shots through the bathroom door that killed Reeva Steenkamp in 2013. He was sentenced to five-years behind bars.
In 2015, Floyd Mayweather matched Rocky Marciano’s 49-0 record by beating Andre Berto in Las Vegas. Mayweather said this would be his final fight of his boxing career.
In 2015, Red Sox slugger David Ortiz became the 27th major league player to hit 500 career home runs. “Big Papi” belted his 499th and 500th career home runs in the first and fifth innings of Boston’s 10-4 win over the Rays.
In 2017, Lady Gaga revealed on Twitter she suffers from the chronic illness fibromyalgia.
In 2020, 22-year-old Naomi Osaka won her second U.S. title, beating Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. This made her the first woman to win a U.S. Open final after losing the first set since 1994. She also became the sixth woman to win her first three major finals in the Open Era since 1968.
In 2022, Lee Jung-jae won the Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama for “Squid Game.” He was the first person from foreign-language show to win.
In 2022, jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis died at the age of 87.
In 2022, as Queen Elizabeth’s coffin made its way down the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, an estimated 20-thousand people lined up to pay their respects.
In 2023, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opened an impeachment inquiry on President Joe Biden. The inquiry was opened without a formal House vote.
In 2024, a Jane’s Addiction show in Boston was cut short after an on-stage altercation between band members. Frontman Perry Farrell threw a punch at guitarist at David Navarro.
That brings us here to this day.
Whatever plans you have for your own 9.12.2026 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books!
Thanks for stopping by!
