Tukuk-OS📅 September 12
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 12? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2015 — An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others.
- 2008 — A Metrolink train collided head-on with a freight train in Los Angeles, California, resulting in 25 deaths and 135 injuries; the Metrolink driver had passed through a red signal, having likely been distracted by text messaging.
Metrolink (California)2008 Chatsworth train collisionSignal passed at danger
- 2003 — Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.
- 2003 — The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.
- 1995 — Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
- 1992 — Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.
- 1983 — The clandestine Boricua Popular Army staged a bank robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, making off with $7 million in the largest cash theft in U.S. history at the time.
Boricua Popular ArmyÁguila Blanca (heist)West Hartford, Connecticut
- 1977 — South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died after being beaten in police custody in Port Elizabeth.
- 1962 — In a speech at Rice Stadium in Houston, U.S. president John F. Kennedy reiterated an aspiration to land a man on the Moon before 1970 (video featured).
We choose to go to the MoonFirst Community StadiumJohn F. Kennedy
- 1952 — Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.
Flatwoods, West VirginiaFlatwoods monsterUnidentified flying object
- 1948 — The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War.
- 1942 — RMS Laconia was sunk by a U-boat off the coast of West Africa, which then attempted to rescue the passengers as it was acting under the old prize rules.
- 1942 — World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Edson's Ridge in an effort to retake Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from the Allies.
- 1933 — Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while waiting for a traffic light in Bloomsbury, London.
- 1928 — The Okeechobee hurricane first struck the island of Guadeloupe; eventually it reached the United States and caused over 4,000 deaths overall.
- 1910 — Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire and popularly known as the "Symphony of a Thousand", was first performed in Munich.
- 1885 — The Scottish Cup match between Arbroath and Bon Accord ended 36–0, which is still a world record for an unrigged professional association football match.
- 1309 — Reconquista: Castilian forces captured Gibraltar from the Emirate of Granada.
- 379 — Yax Nuun Ahiin I (depicted) took the throne as the ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city of Tikal.
Births
- 2001 — Ziaire Williams, American basketball player
- 1999 — Jerome Ford, American football player
- 1997 — Sydney Sweeney, American actress
- 1997 — Almida de Val, Swedish curler
- 1996 — Colin Ford, American actor
- 1995 — Steven Gardiner, Bahamian sprinter
- 1994 — Druski, American comedian and actor
- 1994 — RM, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer
- 1994 — Elina Svitolina, Ukrainian tennis player
- 1994 — Mohammed Asif, Indian sailor and researcher
- 1993 — Kelsea Ballerini, American country pop singer
- 1992 — Alexia Fast, Canadian actress
Deaths
- 2026 — George Chuvalo, Canadian boxer (born 1937)
- 2024 — Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (born 1952)
- 2019 — ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister of Tonga (born 1941)
- 2019 — Elsie Vartanian, American politician and director of the United States Women's Bureau (born 1930)
- 2018 — Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese academic (born 1932)
- 2017 — Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (born 1921)
- 2017 — Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (born 1929)
- 2015 — Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (born 1940)
- 2014 — Atef Ebeid, Egyptian academic and politician, 47th Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1932)
- 2014 — John Gustafson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1942)
- 2014 — Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (born 1926)
Ian PaisleyFree Presbyterian Church of UlsterFirst Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
- 2014 — Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (born 1939)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Ailbe (Elvis, Eilfyw) of Emly
- Christian feast day: Guy of Anderlecht
- Christian feast day: The Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- Christian feast day: John Henry Hobart (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Laisrén mac Nad Froích
- Christian feast day: Sacerdos of Lyon
- Christian feast day: Blessed Thomas of Zumárraga
- Christian feast day: September 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Commemoration of the mass hanging of the Saint Patrick's Battalion (Mexico)
- Day of Conception (Russia)
- Defenders Day (Maryland, United States)
- Enkutatash falls on this day if it is a leap year. Celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm. (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rastafari)
- Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church) (leap years only, September 11 on normal years)
- National Day (Cape Verde)
- National Day of Encouragement (United States)
- Saragarhi Day (Sikhism)
- United Nations Day for South–South Cooperation (International)
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western EuropeLists of holidays
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