Editing September 12 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; The [[Newport Transporter Bridge]] is opened in [[Newport, Wales|Newport, South Wales]] by [[Viscount Tredegar]].
*[[1910]] &ndash; Premiere performance of [[Gustav Mahler]]'s [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8]] in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] was [[Bruno Walter]]).
*[[1915]] &ndash; French soldiers rescue over 4,000 [[Armenian genocide]] survivors stranded on [[Musa Dagh]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Southern Rhodesia]], today called [[Zimbabwe]], is annexed by the United Kingdom.
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Leó Szilárd]], waiting for a red light on [[Southampton Row]] in [[Bloomsbury]], conceives the idea of the [[nuclear chain reaction]].
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] demands autonomy and self-determination for the [[Sudeten Germans|Germans]] of the [[Sudetenland]] region of [[First Czechoslovak Republic|Czechoslovakia]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Cave painting]]s are discovered in [[Lascaux]], France.
*  1940   &ndash; The [[Hercules Powder plant disaster]] in the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200.
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[RMS Laconia (1921)|RMS ''Laconia'']], carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian [[Prisoner of war|POWs]] is [[Laconia incident|torpedoed]] off the coast of [[West Africa]] and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
*  1942   &ndash; World War II: First day of the [[Battle of Edson's Ridge]] during the [[Guadalcanal campaign|Guadalcanal Campaign]]. [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] protecting [[Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)|Henderson Field]] are attacked by [[Imperial Japanese Army]] troops.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: Benito Mussolini is [[Gran Sasso raid|rescued from house arrest]] by German commando forces led by [[Otto Skorzeny]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[World War II in Yugoslavia|liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation]] continues. [[Bajina Bašta]] in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
*[[1953]] &ndash; U.S. Senator and future President [[John F. Kennedy|John Fitzgerald Kennedy]] marries [[Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis|Jacqueline Lee Bouvier]] at [[St. Mary's Church (Newport, Rhode Island)|St. Mary's Church]] in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Jack Kilby]] demonstrates the first working [[integrated circuit]] while working at [[Texas Instruments]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] launches a large rocket, [[Lunik II]], at the Moon.
*  1959   &ndash; ''[[Bonanza]]'', the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in [[Color television|color]], is launched in the United States.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The [[African and Malagasy Union]] is founded.
*  1961   &ndash; [[Air France Flight 2005]] crashes near [[Rabat–Salé Airport]], in [[Rabat]], [[Morocco]], killing 77 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III F-BJTB Rabat-Sale Airport (RBA)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610912-1|access-date=2021-09-12|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; US President [[John F. Kennedy]] delivers his "[[We choose to go to the Moon]]" speech at Rice University.
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Gemini 11]], the penultimate mission of NASA's [[Gemini program]], and the current human altitude record holder (except for the [[Apollo program|Apollo lunar missions]]).
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Philippine Air Lines Flight 158]] crashes in [[Antipolo]], near [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport|Manila International Airport]] in the Philippines, killing 45 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident BAC One-Eleven 402AP PI-C1131 Manila International Airport (MNL) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690912-0 |access-date=2022-09-11 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Dawson'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]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] of [[Ethiopia]], '[[Messiah]]' of the [[Rastafari]] movement, is deposed following a [[coup d'état|military coup]] by the [[Derg]], ending a reign of 58 years.
*[[1977]] &ndash; South African [[Internal resistance to apartheid|anti-apartheid activist]] [[Steve Biko]] dies in police custody.
*[[1980]] &ndash; The [[43rd government of Turkey]] is overthrown in a [[1980 Turkish coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by General [[Kenan Evren]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; A [[Wells Fargo]] depot in [[West Hartford, Connecticut]], United States, is robbed of approximately US$7&nbsp;million by [[Los Macheteros]].
*  1983   &ndash; The [[Soviet Union|USSR]] vetoes a [[United Nations Security Council]] Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Dwight Gooden]] sets the [[baseball]] record for [[strikeout]]s 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.
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Gilbert]] devastates [[Jamaica]]; it turns towards Mexico's [[Yucatán Peninsula]] two days later, causing an estimated $5&nbsp;billion in damage.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The two German states and the [[Allied Control Council|Four Powers]] sign the [[Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany]] in Moscow, paving the way for [[German reunification]].
*  1990   &ndash; The [[Red Cross Society of China|Red Cross organizations of mainland China]] and [[Red Cross Society of the Republic of China|Taiwan]] sign [[Kinmen Agreement]] on repatriation of illegal immigrants and criminal suspects after two days of talks in [[Kinmen]], [[Fujian Province, Republic of China|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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201609120025.aspx|title=Taiwan, China conduct repatriations under Kinmen Agreement|date=2016-09-12|work=Focus Taiwan|author=Chu Tse-wei|author2=Elizabeth Hsu|access-date=2019-09-12}}</ref>
*  [[1991]] &ndash; NASA launches [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] on [[STS-48]] to deploy the [[Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite]].<ref>{{cite web |title=STS-48 |url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-48.htm |access-date=February 26, 2014 |website=spacefacts.de |publisher=Spacefacts}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[NASA]] launches [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'']] on [[STS-47]] which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are [[Mae Jemison|Mae Carol Jemison]], the first [[African-American]] woman in space, [[Mamoru Mohri]], the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and [[Mark C. Lee|Mark Lee]] and [[Jan Davis]], the first married couple in space.
*  1992   &ndash; [[Abimael Guzmán]], leader of the [[Shining Path]], is captured by [[Peru]]vian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of [[Shining Path]]'s leadership fell as well.
*  [[1993]] &ndash; NASA launches Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' on [[STS-51]].<ref name="KSC">{{cite web |title=STS 51 (57) |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-51/mission-sts-51.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302022009/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-51/mission-sts-51.html |archive-date=March 2, 2009 |access-date=March 29, 2008 |publisher=NASA}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Frank 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. 
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ansett Australia]], Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
*[[2003]] &ndash; The [[United Nations]] lifts [[International sanctions|sanctions]] against [[Libya]] after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the [[Pan Am Flight 103|1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103]].
*  2003   &ndash; [[Iraq War]]: In [[Fallujah]], U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
*  2003   &ndash; [[Typhoon Maemi]], the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near [[Busan]].<ref>{{cite report|publisher=[[Japan Meteorological Agency]]|at=8|title=Annual Report on Activities of the RSMC Tokyo: Typhoon Center 2003|access-date=2013-10-15|url=http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/AnnualReport/2003/Text/Text2003.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213726/http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/jma-eng/jma-center/rsmc-hp-pub-eg/AnnualReport/2003/Text/Text2003.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-03|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]: the [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza]] is completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3136516,00.html|title=Demolition of Gaza homes completed|date=2005-01-09|work=Ynetnews|access-date=2018-10-29|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; Former Philippine President [[Joseph Estrada]] is convicted of [[plunder]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Conde |first=Carlos H. |date=September 12, 2007 |title=Philippines Ex-President Convicted |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/world/asia/12filip.html |access-date=September 11, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
*  2007   &ndash; [[September 2007 Sumatra earthquakes|Two earthquakes measuring 8.4 and 7.9]] on the [[Richter Scale]] hits the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Sumatra]], killing 25 people and injuring 161.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Stefano Lorito, Fabrizio Romano, Alessio Piatanesi, Enzo Boschi|date=2008|title=Source process of the September 12, 2007, MW 8.4 southern Sumatra earthquake from tsunami tide gauge record inversion|journal=Geophysical Research Letters|volume=35 |issue=2 |doi-access=free|doi=10.1029/2007GL032661|bibcode=2008GeoRL..35.2310L }}</ref>
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[2008 Chatsworth train collision]] in Los Angeles between a [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] commuter train and a [[Union Pacific]] freight train kills 25 people.
*[[2011]] &ndash; The [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum]] in New York City opens to the public.
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 (2012)|Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251]] crashes on approach to [[Palana Airport]], killing 10 and injuring four.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 September 2012 |title=Accident description |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20120912-0 |accessdate=29 January 2019 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=[[Flight Safety Foundation]]}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[NASA]] confirms that its [[Voyager 1]] probe has become the first [[Interstellar probe|manmade object to enter interstellar space]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Research|title=NASA Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/21/us/nasa-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=CNN|date=21 October 2013 }}</ref> 
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Synagogue Church building collapse]] saw the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by [[Nigeria]]'s, [[T. B. Joshua]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29224936][https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-inquest-church-idUSKCN0PI2KY20150708][https://ewn.co.za/Topic/TB-Joshua-Church-collapse TB Joshua Church collapse]</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A series of [[Petlawad explosion|explosions]] involving [[propane]] triggering nearby illegally stored mining detonators in the Indian town of [[Petlawad]] in the state of [[Madhya Pradesh]] kills at least 105 people with over 150 injured.
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51]] crashes short of the runway at [[Kazachinskoye Airport]], killing four.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-04 |orig-date=2021-09-12 |title=Accident: Aeroservice L410 near Kazachinsk on Sep 12th 2021, collided with trees on approach |url=https://avherald.com/h?article=4ed259dd |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=The Aviation Herald}}</ref>