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On this day — September 12

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2021

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Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 crashes short of the runway at Kazachinskoye Airport

killing four.

2014

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Synagogue Church building collapse saw the deaths of 115 people and several injured

in the Church run by Nigeria's, T. B. Joshua.

2013

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NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space.

2012

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Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport

killing 10 and injuring four.

2008

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The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.

2007

Politics

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.

2007

Disaster

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

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict

the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.

2003

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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

Politics

Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S

forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.

2003

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Typhoon Maemi

the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.

2001

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Ansett Australia

Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.

1994

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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

Science

NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51.

1992

Milestone

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.