TODAY IN HISTORY – 12th Sept, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS

TODAY IN HISTORY – 12th Sept, 2026 – ORBITS NEWS

By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.

It was Alexis de Tocqueville who said that history is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

Today in history holds the view that this beautiful statement helps us to realize that there may be numerous events and ideas but only a few are truly groundbreaking and innovative.

It is on this account that ORBITS NEWS will be serving you some juicy events that went down on this day in times past.

Today in history

On this day in 1634 a gunpowder factory exploded in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.

Still on this day in 1885, Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional association football was noted.

Today in history reveals that on this day in 1923, Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.

For the very right reasons, on this day in 1961, the African and Malagasy Union was founded.

In 1977, South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko died in police custody.

Today in history shows that it was on this day in 2003 that 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.

Regrettably on this day in 2014, Synagogue Church building collapse saw the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run by Nigeria’s, T. B. Joshua.

Remarkably, today is United Nations Day for South–South Cooperation (International)

While we round off, may I remind you that the world shortest sermon is preached, “KEEP RIGHT”. You’re the point man ~ keep pointing in the right direction.

Today in History