Births on September 12

Benjamin McKenzie

Born on September 12, 1978

Benjamin McKenzie, American actor

Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan (born September 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his television roles as Ryan Atwood on the teen drama The O.C. (2003–2007), Ben Sherman on the crime drama Southland (2009–2013) and James Gordon on the crime drama Gotham (2014–2019).

McKenzie's film credits include Junebug (2005) and 88 Minutes (2007), Goodbye World (2013), Some Kind of Beautiful (2014) and Line of Duty (2019). In 2020, he made his Broadway debut in the Bess Wohl play Grand Horizons.

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Events on 1978

11 Feb

Aristotle
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
27 Apr

Watergate scandal
Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
25 Jul

In vitro fertilisation
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
22 Oct

Pope John Paul II
Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
18 Nov

Jim Jones
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

Births on September 12

Benjamin McKenzie

Born on September 12, 1978

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Events on 1978

Aristotle

Watergate scandal

In vitro fertilisation

Pope John Paul II

Jim Jones