In the present day is Friday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2025. There are 110 days left within the 12 months.
In the present day in historical past:
On Sept. 12, 2008, a Metrolink commuter prepare struck a freight prepare head-on in Los Angeles, killing 25 individuals.
Additionally on this date:
In 1857, the S.S. Central America (also called 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 individuals have 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 previous, have been found in southwestern France.
In 1958, the U.S. Supreme Court docket, in Cooper v. Aaron, unanimously dominated that Arkansas officers who have been resisting public college desegregation orders couldn’t disregard the excessive courtroom’s rulings.
In 1959, the Soviet Union launched its Luna 2 area 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 area 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 onerous.”
In 1977, South African Black scholar 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. He died within the crash.
In 2003, within the Iraqi metropolis of Fallujah, U.S. forces mistakenly opened hearth on autos carrying police, killing eight of them.
In 2011, Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal to win his first U.S. Open championship.
In 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, turned the primary man-made spacecraft ever to depart the photo voltaic system.
In the present day’s Birthdays:
- Actor Linda Grey is 85.
- Singer Maria Muldaur is 82.
- Creator Michael Ondaatje is 82.
- Actor Joe Pantoliano is 74.
- Photographer Nan Goldin is 72.
- Composer Hans Zimmer is 68.
- Actor Rachel Ward is 68.
- TV host-commentator Greg Gutfeld is 61.
- Actor-comedian Louis (loo-ee) C.Okay. is 58.
- Golfer Angel Cabrera is 56.
- Nation singer Jennifer Nettles (Sugarland) is 51.
- Rapper 2 Chainz is 48.
- Singer Ruben Studdard is 47.
- Basketball Corridor of Famer Yao Ming is 45.
- Singer-actor Jennifer Hudson is 44.
- Actor Alfie Allen is 39.
- Actor Emmy Rossum is 39.
- Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is 36.
- Nation singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini is 32.
- Actor Sydney Sweeney is 28.