At the moment is Thursday, Sept. 12, the 256th day of 2024. There are 110 days left within the yr.
At the moment in historical past:
On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, grew to become the primary man-made spacecraft ever to go away the photo voltaic system.
Additionally on this date:
In 1857, the S.S. Central America (often known as the “Ship of Gold”) sank off the coast of South Carolina after crusing right into a hurricane in one of many worst maritime disasters in American historical past; 425 folks had been killed and 1000’s of kilos of gold sank with the ship to the underside of the ocean.
In 1940, the Lascaux cave work, estimated to be 17,000 years outdated, had been found in southwestern France.
In 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court docket, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously dominated that Arkansas officers who had been resisting public college desegregation orders couldn’t disregard the excessive court docket’s rulings.
In 1959, the Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 house probe, which made a crash touchdown on the moon.
In 1962, in a speech at Rice College in Houston, President John F. Kennedy reaffirmed his help for the manned house program, declaring: “We select to go to the moon on this decade and do the opposite issues, not as a result of they’re straightforward, however as a result of they’re exhausting.”
In 1977, South African Black pupil chief and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, 30, died whereas in police custody, triggering a global outcry.
In 1994, truck driver Frank Eugene Corder piloted a stolen single-engine Cessna airplane into restricted airspace in Washington, D.C., and crashed it into the South Garden of the White Home.
In 2003, within the Iraqi metropolis of Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly opened hearth on automobiles carrying police, killing eight of them.
In 2008, a Metrolink commuter practice struck a freight practice head-on in Los Angeles, killing 25 folks.
In 2011, Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal to win his first U.S. Open championship.
At the moment’s Birthdays:
- Actor Linda Grey is 84.
- Singer Maria Muldaur is 82.
- Writer Michael Ondaatje is 81.
- Actor Joe Pantoliano is 73.
- Photographer Nan Goldin is 71.
- Composer Hans Zimmer is 67.
- Actor Rachel Ward is 67.
- TV host-commentator Greg Gutfeld is 60.
- Actor-comedian Louis (loo-ee) C.Okay. is 57.
- Golfer Angel Cabrera is 55.
- Nation singer Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) is 50.
- Rapper 2 Chainz is 47.
- Singer Ruben Studdard is 46.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Yao Ming is 44.
- Singer-actor Jennifer Hudson is 43.
- Actor Alfie Allen is 38.
- Actor Emmy Rossum is 38.
- Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is 35.
- Nation singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini is 31.
- Actor Sydney Sweeney is 27.