EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
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TODAY IN HISTORY
September 12
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Day 254 of 2026 | Week 37 | 105 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 crashes short of the runway at Kazachinskoye Airport, killing four.
Synagogue Church building collapse saw the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by Nigeria's, T. B. Joshua.
NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space.
Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and injuring four.
The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
Two earthquakes measuring 8.4 and 7.9 on the Richter Scale hits the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing 25 people and injuring 161.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.
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.
Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Australian television personality and TV Host
Polish footballer
French first woman fighter pilot in the French Air Force aged 25
American country singer (Sugarland)
Portuguese soccer defender (32 caps; Porto
British athlete (Olympic gold 4x100m relay 2004
Canadian ice hockey player
American actor (Mr. Mercedes; The Americans
American activist
Bangladeshi-American anti-censorship activist and blogger
Australian rugby league coach (North Queensland Cowboys NRL premiership 2015; Queensland) and halfback (Australia SL 2 games
American politician and NBA guard (Sacramento Kings)
American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think
American writer (Bright Shiny Morning)
Japanese golfer (3 PGA Tour titles; Presidents Cup 1998
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