MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · September 12
THE DAY IN HISTORY · SEPTEMBER 12
September 12 in history
1914 — The Marne
5-12 Sep 1914 — Joffre’s counterstroke catches the German First and Second Armies 40 km from Paris with a gap between them. Six hundred Paris taxis carry one brigade to the front; the whole German line falls back to the Aisne — and digs in.
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1977 — Steve Biko
12 Sep 1977 — The founder of Black Consciousness dies of his injuries after police interrogation in Port Elizabeth; the inquest finds no one responsible. His death makes him apartheid’s most famous martyr. Remember him.
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