This Day, That Year – September 12

Hans Zimmer is a German film score composer and record producer born on this day in 1957.

Did you know that:

• The first submarine was publicly tested in London on the Thames for King James I on this day in 1624
• The world’s first patent for synthetic rubber was granted to German chemist Fritz Hofmann on this day in 1909
• A patent was granted to Kenneth Eldredge for an automatic reading system for utilities on this day in 1961