Summary of the Day ✨ 12 September (12/09)
Tragedy struck multiple locations as aircraft crashes in Siberia and Nigeria claimed at least 129 lives, while a train collision in Los Angeles added to the day’s death toll. Amid the sorrow, humanity achieved a milestone when NASA confirmed Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to enter interstellar space, marking a triumph of exploration amid the day’s disasters.
Historical Events 📜
- 2021: Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 crashes short of the runway at Kazachinskoye Airport, killing four.
- 2014: Synagogue Church building collapse saw the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by Nigeria’s, T. B. Joshua.
- 2013: NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space.
- 2012: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and injuring four.
- 2008: The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
- 2007: Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
- 2007: Two earthquakes measuring 8.4 and 7.9 on the Richter Scale hits the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing 25 people and injuring 161.
- 2005: Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.
- 2003: The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
- 2003: Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
- 2003: Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.
- 2001: Ansett Australia, Australia’s first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
- 1994: Frank Eugene Corder fatally crashes a single-engine Cessna 150 into the White House’s south lawn, striking the West wing. There were no other casualties.
- 1993: NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51.
- 1992: NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
Famous 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
- 1993: Kelsea Ballerini, American country pop singer
- 1992: Alexia Fast, Canadian actress
- 1992: Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player
- 1991: Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (died 2016)
- 1991: Scott Wootton, English footballer
- 1989: Freddie Freeman, American-Canadian baseball player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 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)
- 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)
- 2014: Joe Sample, American pianist and composer (born 1939)
- 2013: Ray Dolby, American engineer and businessman, founded Dolby Laboratories (born 1933)
- 2013: Warren Giese, American football player, coach, and politician (born 1924)
- 2013: Erich Loest, German author and screenwriter (born 1926)
- 2013: Candace Pert, American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (born 1946)
- 2012: Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, Russian poet and author (born 1946)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Ailbe (Elvis, Eilfyw) of Emly - Christian feast day:
Ebontius - 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:
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)