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What Happened On September 12

Q: What happened on September 12?

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. 1928: The Okeechobee hurricane first struck the island of Guadeloupe; eventually it reached the United States and caused over 4,000 deaths overall. 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. 1634: A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings. 1309: The first siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista, pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada and resulting in a Castilian victory. 1213: Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret. 490 BC: Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece. 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.

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1952 Weird
Three boys in Flatwoods, West Virginia, U.S., reported seeing a ten-foot-tall (3 m) monster in the woods while investigating a UFO.
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1928 First ever
The Okeechobee hurricane first struck the island of Guadeloupe; eventually it reached the United States and caused over 4,000 deaths overall.
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1885 Oddly true
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.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1634 Oddly true
A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1309 First ever
The first siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista, pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada and resulting in a Castilian victory.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1213 Oddly true
Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret.
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490 BC First ever
Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2003 Oddly true
Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2003 First ever
The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1995 Oddly true
Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Observed today

2021Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51 crashes short of the runway at Kazachinskoye Airport, killing four. Wikipedia →
2014The Synagogue Church building collapse results in the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by Nigeria's T. B. Joshua. Wikipedia →
2013NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space. Wikipedia →
2012Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and injuring four. Wikipedia →
2008The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people. Wikipedia →
2007Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder. Wikipedia →
2007Two earthquakes measuring 8.4 and 7.9 on the Richter Scale hits the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing 25 people and injuring 161. Wikipedia →
2005Israeli–Palestinian conflict: the Israeli disengagement from Gaza is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished. Wikipedia →
2003The 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. Wikipedia →
2003Iraq War: In Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers. Wikipedia →
2003Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan. Wikipedia →
2001Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed. Wikipedia →
1994Frank 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. Wikipedia →
1993NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51. Wikipedia →
1992NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47, which marks 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 spacecraft, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space. Wikipedia →
1992Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well. Wikipedia →
1991NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. Wikipedia →
1990The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification. Wikipedia →
1990The Red Cross organizations of mainland China and Taiwan sign the Kinmen Agreement on repatriation of illegal immigrants and criminal suspects after two days of talks in Kinmen, Fujian Province in response to the two tragedies in repatriation in the previous two months. It is the first agreement reached by private organizations across the Taiwan Strait. Wikipedia →
1988Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage. Wikipedia →
1984Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 276, previously set by Herb Score with 246 in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record. Wikipedia →
1983A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros. Wikipedia →
1983The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Wikipedia →
1980The 43rd government of Turkey is overthrown in a coup d'état led by General Kenan Evren. Wikipedia →
1980Florida Commuter Airlines Flight 65 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off West End, Bahamas, killing 34 people. Wikipedia →
1977South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody. Wikipedia →
1974Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years. Wikipedia →
1970Dawson's Field hijackings: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Zarqa, Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman. Wikipedia →
1969Philippine Air Lines Flight 158 crashes in Antipolo, near Manila International Airport in the Philippines, killing 45 people. Wikipedia →
1966Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions and Artemis II). Wikipedia →
1962US President John F. Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University. Wikipedia →
1961The African and Malagasy Union is founded. Wikipedia →
1961Air France Flight 2005 crashes near Rabat–Salé Airport, in Rabat, Morocco, killing 77 people. Wikipedia →
1959The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the Moon. Wikipedia →
1959Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color, is launched in the United States. Wikipedia →
1958Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments. Wikipedia →
1953U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities. Wikipedia →
1943World War II: Benito Mussolini is rescued from house arrest by German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life. Wikipedia →
1942World War II: First day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge during the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines protecting Henderson Field are attacked by Imperial Japanese Army troops. Wikipedia →
1940Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France. Wikipedia →
1940The Hercules Powder plant disaster in the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200. Wikipedia →
1938Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia →
1933Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction. Wikipedia →
1923Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom. Wikipedia →
1915French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh. Wikipedia →
1910Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter). Wikipedia →
1906The Newport Transporter Bridge is opened in Newport, South Wales by Viscount Tredegar. Wikipedia →
1897Tirah campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service. Wikipedia →
1890Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded. Wikipedia →
1885Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional association football. Wikipedia →
1857The SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain William Lewis Herndon. The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the California gold rush. Wikipedia →
1848A new constitution marks the establishment of Switzerland as a federal state. Wikipedia →
1847Mexican–American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins. Wikipedia →
1814Battle of North Point: an American detachment halts the British land advance to Baltimore in the War of 1812. Wikipedia →
1723Iran and Russia sign the treaty of Saint Petersburg. Iran is forced to cede all lands on the western and southern coast of the Caspian Sea and Russia pledges to provide military support against the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia →
1683Austro-Ottoman War: Battle of Vienna: Several European armies join forces to defeat the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia →
1634A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings. Wikipedia →
1609Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen. Wikipedia →
1309The first siege of Gibraltar takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista, pitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada and resulting in a Castilian victory. Wikipedia →
1297The Treaty of Alcañices, mediated by the pope, between the king Denis of Portugal and king Ferdinand IV of Castile defines the border between the two countries and establishes an alliance of friendship. Wikipedia →
1229Battle of Portopí: The Aragonese army under the command of James I of Aragon disembarks at Santa Ponça, Mallorca, with the purpose of conquering the island. Wikipedia →
1213Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Battle of Muret. Wikipedia →
1185Isaac Angelos is crowned Byzantine emperor following the deposition of Andronikos I Komnenos and after the crowd rejects the coronation of Isaac's uncle John Doukas. Wikipedia →
372Sixteen Kingdoms: Sima Yao, age 10, succeeds his father Emperor Jianwen as Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin dynasty. Wikipedia →
490 BCBattle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece. Wikipedia →

From The Guardian Archives — On This Day

2021The Guardian
Scholz braves conservative attacks to win second German election debate
Centre-left frontrunner Olaf Scholz gets another boost after second of three televised debates between would-be Merke…
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2011The Guardian
Former MI5 chief urges terrorist talks
Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller says talking to terror groups, including al-Qaida, requires courage but 'is necessary'
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1975The New York Times
Ulster's Major Catholic Party Boycotts Constitutional Parley
N Ireland's const conv reconvenes on Sept 11, but Cath Soc Dem and Labor party boycotts session and calls for early a…
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