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Today is Saturday, September 12
Religious Observances on September 12
- Jewish: Rosh Hashana 5787 ראש השנה 5787
On This Day in History — September 12
- 2015 — A series of explosions involving propane triggering nearby illegally stored mining detonators in the Indian town of Petlawad in the state of Madhya Pradesh(मध्य प्रदेश) kills at least 105 people with over 150 injured.
- 2014 — Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappears in Kendall, New South Wales, Australia
- 2011 — The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public.
- 2008 — The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
- 2007 — Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
- 2003 — The 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.
Notable Births on September 12
- 1995 — Ryan Potter, American actor
- 1994 — Rap Monster, South Korean Rapper, songwriter and record producer
- 1993 — Kelsea Ballerini, American Singer
- 1992 — Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player
- 1991 — Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (d. 2016)
- 1991 — Scott Wootton, English footballer
Notable Deaths on September 12
- 2017 — Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1921)
- 2017 — Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)
- 2015 — Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)
- 2015 — Frank D. Gilroy, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2015 — Al Monchak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
- 2015 — Aronda Nyakairima, Ugandan general and politician (b. 1959)
Sports on September 12
- College Football: Missouri Tigers @ Kansas Jayhawks — Final
- MLB: Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins — Final
- MLB: Chicago White Sox @ St. Louis Cardinals — Final
- MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Athletics — In Progress
- MLB: Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks — In Progress
- MLB: San Diego Padres @ San Francisco Giants — In Progress
Tomorrow is Sunday, September 13
National Days & Fun Holidays Tomorrow
Religious Observances on September 13
- Jewish: Rosh Hashana II ראש השנה ב׳
On This Day in History — September 13
- 2013 — Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured.
- 2008 — Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
- 2008 — Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas.
- 2007 — The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
- 2001 — Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks.
- 1993 — Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
Notable Deaths on September 13
- 2016 — Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (b. 1938)
- 2015 — Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1961)
- 2015 — Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2015 — Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (b. 1931)
- 2015 — Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1955)
- 2014 — Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (b. 1936)
Sports on September 13
- College Football: Grambling Tigers @ TCU Horned Frogs — Scheduled
- College Football: Prairie View A&M Panthers @ Baylor Bears — Scheduled
- MLB: Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks — Scheduled
- MLS: Portland Timbers @ FC Dallas — Scheduled
- MLS: LAFC @ Sporting Kansas City — Scheduled
- MLS: Minnesota United FC @ St. Louis CITY SC — Scheduled