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12 September 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2015 - An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others.2015 disaster in Madhya Pradesh, India
Anniversary
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.Regional commuter rail system in Southern California
Anniversary
2003 - Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.Pacific typhoon in 2003
Anniversary
2003 - The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.Video game distribution platform
Anniversary
1995 - Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.Category 1 Pacific hurricane in 1995
Historical events
History
2021 - Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 crashes short of the runway at Kazachinskoye Airport, killing four.2021 aviation accident in Russia
History
2014 - The Synagogue Church building collapse results in the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by Nigeria's T. B. Joshua.Christian Church in Lagos, Nigeria
History
2013 - NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space.American space and aeronautics agency
History
2012 - Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and injuring four.Aviation accident
History
2008 - The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.Collision in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
History
2007 - Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001
History
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.Earthquakes affecting Indonesia
History
2005 - Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.Ongoing military and political conflict in West Asia
History
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.Global intergovernmental organization
History
2003 - Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.2003–2011 conflict in Iraq
Notable births
Born
2001 - Ziaire Williams, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 2001)
Born
1999 - Jerome Ford, American football playerAmerican football player (born 1999)
Born
1994 - Druski, American comedian and actorAmerican comedian, actor, and influencer (born 1994)
Born
1994 - RM, South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producerSouth Korean rapper (born 1994)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (born 1952)Indian politician (1952–2024)
Died
2019 - ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, Tongan politician and activist, Prime Minister of Tonga (born 1941)Tongan politician (1941–2019)
Died
2019 - Elsie Vartanian, American politician and director of the United States Women's Bureau (born 1930)Died
2018 - Shen Chun-shan, Taiwanese academic (born 1932)Taiwanese physicist (1932–2018)
Died
2017 - Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (born 1921)Canadian politician
Died
2017 - Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (born 1929)American LGBTQ rights activist and technology manager (1929–2017)
Died
2015 - Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (born 1940)American philosopher
Sky
Moon phase
First Quarter
66.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 8.9 days
Sun zodiac
Virgo
20.22 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Moon zodiac
Capricorn
5.12 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.