12 septembrie: Mae Jemison, povestea primei femei afro-americane care a ajuns în spațiu

On September 12, several notable events occurred, including the birth of writer Ion Agârbiceanu and athlete Jesse Owens. Agârbiceanu, a Romanian author and politician, was influential in the early 20th century. Owens, an African American athlete, famously won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, challenging Nazi racial ideologies. The day also marks the establishment of the University of Regele Ferdinand in Cluj in 1919, and the signing of an armistice convention between Romania and the United Nations in 1944. Additionally, actress Linda Gray, known for her role in "Dallas," was born in 1940. The day is also remembered for the death of anti-apartheid activist Steven Biko in 1977, who suffered severe abuse while in police custody.