Today in History: September 12, LA commuter train crash kills 25 people
In the current era is Friday Sept the th day of There are days left in the year In the present day in history On Sept a Metrolink commuter train struck a freight train head-on in Los Angeles killing people Also on this date In the S S Central America also known as the Ship of Gold sank off the coast of South Carolina after sailing into a hurricane in one of the worst maritime disasters in American history people were killed and thousands of pounds of gold sank with the ship to the bottom of the ocean Related Articles New Mexico is the first state to promise free child care for all families FBI releases photos of person of interest in Charlie Kirk s killing on a Utah university campus Americans mark the th anniversary of the attacks with emotional ceremonies In the modern day in History September thousands killed in terrorist attack on US Charlie Kirk helped build encouragement for Trump among young people In the Lascaux cave paintings estimated to be years old were discovered in southwestern France In the U S Supreme Court in Cooper v Aaron unanimously ruled that Arkansas personnel who were resisting citizens school desegregation orders could not disregard the high court s rulings In the Soviet Union launched its Luna space probe which made a crash landing on the moon In in a speech at Rice University in Houston President John F Kennedy reaffirmed his endorsement for the manned space project declaring We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things not because they are easy but because they are hard In South African Black participant leader and anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died while in police custody triggering an international outcry In 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 Lawn of the White House He died in the crash In in the Iraqi city of Fallujah U S forces mistakenly opened fire on vehicles carrying police killing eight of them In Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal to win his first U S Open championship In Voyager launched years earlier became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system In the current era s Birthdays Actor Linda Gray is Singer Maria Muldaur is Author Michael Ondaatje is Actor Joe Pantoliano is Photographer Nan Goldin is Composer Hans Zimmer is Actor Rachel Ward is TV host-commentator Greg Gutfeld is Actor-comedian Louis loo-ee C K is Golfer Angel Cabrera is Country singer Jennifer Nettles Sugarland is Rapper Chainz is Singer Ruben Studdard is Basketball Hall of Famer Yao Ming is Singer-actor Jennifer Hudson is Actor Alfie Allen is Actor Emmy Rossum is Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman is Country singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini is Actor Sydney Sweeney is
