On This Day: 12 September

12 September in Indian history

• 2015An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others.India
• 1897Tirah campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.India

12 September in world history

• 2013NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space.
• 2003Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.
• 2001Ansett Australia, Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
• 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, th
• 1988Hurricane Gilbert devastates Jamaica; it turns towards Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula two days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
• 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.
• 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).
• 1948The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War.
• 1944World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
• 1942World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the Battle of Edson's Ridge in an effort to retake Henderson Field on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands from the Allies.
• 1942RMS Laconia was sunk by a U-boat off the coast of West Africa, which then attempted to rescue the passengers as it was acting under the old prize rules.
• 1938Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
• 1933Hungarian-American physicist Leo Szilard conceived of the idea of the nuclear chain reaction while waiting for a traffic light in Bloomsbury, London.
• 1910Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8, one of the largest-scale choral works in the classical concert repertoire and popularly known as the "Symphony of a Thousand", was first performed in Munich.
• 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.
• 1309Reconquista: Castilian forces captured Gibraltar from the Emirate of Granada.

Born on 12 September

• 1994Mohammed Asif, Indian sailor and researcherIndia
• 1974Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter
• 1969Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author
• 1945John Mauceri, American conductor and producer
• 1894Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, Indian novelist and short story writer (died 1950)India
• 1415John Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (died 1461)

Died on 12 September

• 2024Sitaram Yechury, Indian politician and leader of CPI(M) (born 1952)India
• 1994Tom Ewell, American actor (born 1909)
• 1982Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (born 1891)
• 1962Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (born 1923)India

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 12 September in history?

2015: An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others. 2013: NASA confirms that its Voyager 1 probe has become the first manmade object to enter interstellar space. 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.

What happened on 12 September in Indian history?

2015: An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others. 1897: Tirah campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.

Which famous people were born on 12 September?

Mohammed Asif, Indian sailor and researcher (1994); Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter (1974); Max Boot, Russian-American historian and author (1969); John Mauceri, American conductor and producer (1945).

Which day is observed on 12 September?

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).