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2008 – The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people. 2011 – The National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public. 2012 – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251 crashes on approach to Palana Airport, killing 10 and ...
1948 – The People's Liberation Army launched the Liaoshen campaign, the first of the three major military campaigns during the late stage of the Chinese Civil War. 1995 – Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
September 30, 1962: James Meredith escorted to the all-white University of Mississippi September 12, 1962: U.S. President Kennedy speaks at Houston, pledges to land a man on the Moon by end of decade September 17, 1962: The next group of American astronauts introduced. The following events occurred in September 1962:
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians .
Like most people, the Italian-born celeb also can't resist a sweet treat. ... And while the "Giada At Home" star is most famous for her skills in the kitchen, there's another role she's most proud ...
1712 - Death of Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-born astronomer (b. 1625) 1713 - Birth of Johann Kies, German mathematician (d. 1781) 1752 - The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2) 1769 - Birth of Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (d. 1859
Launch was rescheduled for September 12. [56] Hendrik Verwoerd's state funeral, attended by a quarter of a million people (almost entirely white), [60] was held in Pretoria, South Africa. Died: Emil Gumbel, 75, German mathematician and political commentator who had fled the Nazi government in 1932 after his demotion from Heidelberg University.
On September 11, 2001, almost 3,000 people lost their lives during the attacks at the Twin Towers, Pentagon and aboard United Airlines Flight 93. ... For 10 years, he made many fancy and famous ...