Today in History- September 12th

Happy Birthday!
1818 Richard Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun
1888 Maurice Chevalier, actor/singer (Gigi, Fanny, Can-Can)
1913 Jessie Owens, track star
1931 George Jones, singer
1942 Linda Gray, actress (Dallas, Melrose Place)
1944 Barry White, singer
1951 Joe Pantoliano, actor (Midnight Run, La Bamba, Empire of the Sun)
1954 Peter Scolari, actor (Bosom Buddies, Newhart)
1957 Rachel Ward, actress (The Thorn Birds)
1957 Hans Zimmer, composer (The Lion King, The Prince of Egypt, Gladiator)
1963 Amy Yasbeck, actress (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Wings)
1966 Darren E. Burows, actor (Northern Exposure)
1966 Ben Folds, musician from Ben Folds Five (Bad Idea)
1972 Jason Statham, actor (The Italian Job, The Transporter, Snatch)
1973 Paul Walker, actor (The Fast and the Furious, Varsity Blues, She's All That)
1978 Ruben Studdard, American Idol winner
1980 Yao Ming, basketball player
1986 Emmy Rossum, actress (Christine from The Phantom of the Opera)

Deaths:
1972 William Boyd, actor (Hopalong Cassidy)
1992 Anthony Perkins, actor (Norman Bates from Psycho)
2003 Johnny Cash, country singer (Ring Of Fire)

Events:
1953 John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jackie O.