Today in History - History - September 12th

1787American statesman George Mason suggests the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution modeled on previous state declarations, but the motion is defeated

196579th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King (86 75)

1958Jack Kilby demonstrates his first integrated circuit (IC) to his supervisor

1911Boston's Cy Young vs Christy Mathewson of Giants, Giants win 9-0

193650th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (4-6 6-3 6-2)

2005Mark Messier announces on ESPN radio that he will retire from the NHL

1960John F. Kennedy avers he does not speak for the Roman Catholic Church, and neither does the Church speak for him.

1992Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in US Open history (5hr 26min)

1995INXS' Michael Hutchence pleads guilty to punching a photographer

1992106th US Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A Sanchez Vicario (63 63)

1944Barry White, Galveston Tx, singer (Love's Theme), (d. 2003)

1897Irene Joliot-Curie, Paris, physicist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, (d. 1956)

1880Henry Louis Mencken, Baltimore, Md, American newspaperman/critic (Prejudices)

1981Jennifer Hudson, Chicago, Illinois, American actress and singer (Dreamgirls, Jennifer Hudson)

1908Winston Churchill marries Clementine Hozier

1846Poet and playwright Robert Browning (34) weds poet Elizabeth Barrett (40) at Marylebone Church in London

2003Johnny Cash, American singer and guitarist (b. 1932)

1992Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60