How Many Days Until September 12?

This day in history: September 12

1. 1983

   The clandestine Boricua Popular Army staged a bank robbery in West Hartford, Connecticut, making off with $7 million in the largest cash theft in U.S. history at the time.

2. 1992

   Aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour, American Mae Jemison became the first Black woman to travel to space.

3. 1995

   Hurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.

4. 2003

   Typhoon Maemi, the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall near Busan.

5. 2003

   The first public release of Steam, a distribution service for computer games, was made available for download.

6. 2008

   A Metrolink train collided head-on with a freight train in Los Angeles, California, resulting in 25 deaths and 135 injuries; the Metrolink driver had passed through a red signal, having likely been distracted by text messaging.

7. 2015

   An explosion involving illegally stored mining detonators in Petlawad, India, killed 104 people and injured more than 150 others.

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