September 3
The Crash of Vietnam Airlines Flight 815
On September 3, 1997, Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 crashed while attempting to land in poor weather near Phnom Penh International Airport in Cambodia. Sixty-five of the 66 people onboard were killed, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in Cambodian history. Only one passenger, a 14-year-old boy from Thailand, survived. The accident was attributed to pilot error amid challenging conditions and inadequate airport technology, leaving a lasting impact on regional aviation safety. Read more
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2022 Michoacán earthquake
On the afternoon of September 19, 2022, a powerful earthquake of roughly magnitude 7.6 struck offshore of Michoacán, Mexico—its epicenter near the municipalities of Coalcomán and Aquila. The quake sent long-period waves across western and central Mexico, tripped national alarms on a day already heavy with memory, prompted tsunami advisories that ultimately produced only minor sea-level changes, and set off days of aftershocks, inspections, and emergency response across affected states.
Read morePeshawar church bombing (All Saints Church attack, Peshawar)
On September 22, 2013, two suicide bombers struck All Saints Church, an Anglican congregation in Peshawar, Pakistan, killing dozens and wounding many more. The attack, which occurred during a Sunday service, stunned a community already living with the threat of militant violence and reopened urgent questions about the protection of religious minorities in the country.
Read morePalimbang (Malisbong) Massacre
In late September 1974—commonly dated to September 24, 1974—soldiers operating under martial law descended on the coastal barangay of Malisbong in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat, Mindanao. Survivors say hundreds to over a thousand men were rounded up, separated from women and children, and many executed; reports also allege widespread sexual violence. Decades of testimony, human-rights inquiries, and community memorials have established that a large-scale massacre and grave abuses occurred, even as exact casualty figures and full legal accountability remain contested and unresolved.
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