September 11
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September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year.
The terms "September 11" and "9/11" have been used by the media to refer to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in the United States of America.
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Births [change]
- 1182 – Minamoto na Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204).
- 1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian physician and naturalist (d. 1605).
- 1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585).
- 1525 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598).
- 1611 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675).
- 1656 – Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, consort of Sweden (d. 1693).
- 1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748).
- 1711 – William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779).
- 1719 – Justus Perthes, German publisher (d. 1816).
- 1724 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790).
- 1743 – Nicolai Abildgaard, Danish painter, sculptor and architect (d. 1809).
- 1764 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian composer (d. 1837).
- 1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish explorer (d. 1806).
- 1786 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832).
- 1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888).
- 1838 – John Ireland, American archbishop (d. 1918).
- 1853 – Katharina Schratt, Austrian actress (d. 1940).
- 1860 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby (d. 1934).
- 1862 – O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910).
- 1862 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British field marshal and Governor-General of Canada (d. 1936).
- 1865 – Rainis, Latvian writer and politician (d. 1929).
- 1877 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-born Bolshevik revolutionary (d. 1926).
- 1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930).
- 1892 – Pinto Colvig, American actor and cartoonist (d. 1967).
- 1899 – Jimmie Davis, American country music singer-songwriter and politician, Governor of Louisiana (d. 2000).
- 1900 – Semyon Lavochkin, Russian aircraft engineer (d. 1960).
- 1903 – Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1969).
- 1913 – Bear Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983).
- 1914 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia (d. 2009).
- 1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (d. 1989).
- 1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor.
- 1917 – Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996).
- 1924 – Daniel Akaka, American politician.
- 1924 – Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000).
- 1935 – Arvo Part, Estonian composer.
- 1935 – Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000).
- 1937 – Queen Paola of Belgium.
- 1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut.
- 1940 – Theodore Olsen, American politician.
- 1940 – Nong Duc Manh, Vietnamese Communist politician.
- 1940 – Brian De Palma, American director.
- 1943 – Mickey Hart, American musician.
- 1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (d. 1974).
- 1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Belgian politician.
- 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer.
- 1948 – John Martyn, British musician (d. 2009).
- 1951 – Miroslav Dvorak, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008).
- 1957 – Brad Bird, American actor, animator, director and screenwriter.
- 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer.
- 1963 – Pietro Ferrero Jr., Italian businessman (d. 2011).
- 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria.
- 1965 – Moby, American musician.
- 1965 – Graeme Obree, British cyclist.
- 1966 – Princess Akishino of Japan.
- 1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer.
- 1968 – Slaven Bilic, Croatian footballer.
- 1969 – Gidget Gein, American musician (d. 2008).
- 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer.
- 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English musician.
- 1971 – Johnny Vegas, English comedian.
- 1972 – Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Iranian footballer.
- 1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player.
- 1978 – Dejan Stankovic, Serbian footballer.
- 1979 – Eric Abidal, French footballer.
- 1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer.
- 1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer.
- 1981 – Charles Kelley, American country music singer (Lady Antebellum).
- 1981 – Dylan Klebold, shooter in the Columbine massacre (d. 1999).
- 1983 – Lauryn Williams, American athlete.
- 1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player.
- 1987 – Mai Oshima, Japanese singer (AKB48).
- 1987 – Asuka Kuramochi, Japanese singer (AKB48).
- 1987 – Susianna Kentikian, Armenian-German boxer.
- 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor.
- 1988 – Lee Yong Dae, South Korean badminton player.
Deaths [change]
- 1063 – King Bela I of Hungary.
- 1161 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105).
- 1380 – King Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1040).
- 1677 – James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611).
- 1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596).
- 1733 – Francois Couperin, French composer (b. 1868).
- 1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704).
- 1823 – David Ricardo, English economist (b. 1772).
- 1865 – Louis Juchault de Lamoriciere, French general and statesman (b. 1806).
- 1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (b. 1811).
- 1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. 1873).
- 1947 – Alice Keppel, English socialite and mistress to Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1868).
- 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (b. 1876).
- 1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873).
- 1950 – Jan Smuts, South African politician (b. 1870).
- 1958 – Robert W. Service, Scottish-Canadian poet (b. 1874).
- 1971 – Nikita Krushchev, Soviet political leader (b. 1894).
- 1973 – Salvador Allende, President of Chile (b. 1908).
- 1973 – E. E. Evans-Pritchard, British anthropologist (b. 1902).
- 1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944).
- 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929).
- 1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek politician and academic (b. 1902).
- 1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician (b. 1944).
- 1988 – Roger Hargreaves, English author (The Mr. Men) (b. 1934).
- 1994 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (b. 1909).
- 2001 – People killed in the September 11 attacks, including:
- David Angell, American sitcom creator (b. 1946).
- Berry Berenson, widow of the actor Anthony Perkins (b. 1948).
- Daniel M. Lewin, American technician (b. 1970).
- Mychal Judge, American priest (b. 1933).
- Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948).
- Carolyn Beug, American filmmaker (b. 1953).
- Charles Burlingame, American pilot (b. 1949).
- William M. Feeham, American firefighter (b. 1929).
- Peter J. Ganci, American firefighter (b. 1946).
- Timothy Maude, American military officer (b. 1947).
- Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955).
- Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (b. 1968).
- Wail al-Shehri, Saudi terrorist (b. 1973).
- Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi terrorist (b. 1973).
- Majed Moqed, Saudi terrorist (b. 1977).
- Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi terrorist (b. 1979).
- 2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish foreign minister (b. 1957).
- 2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948).
- 2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa (b. 1949).
- 2007 – Ian Porterfield, British footballer (b. 1945).
- 2009 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958).
- 2009 – Juan Almeida Bosque, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1927).
- 2009 – Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian and oldest person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1894).
- 2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914).
- 2011 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (b. 1972).
- 2012 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer (b. 1920).
- 2012 – Christopher Stevens, 52, American diplomat (b. 1960).
- 2012 – Sean Smith, American diplomat.
Events [change]
- 9 – The Battle of Teutoburg Forest finishes.
- 1297 – Led by William Wallace, the Scots defeat the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
- 1390 – The Teutonic Knights besiege Vilnius.
- 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors led by Michimalonko.
- 1609 – Henry Hudson arrives at the island of Manhattan.
- 1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to French and Spanish Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1789 – Alexander Hamilton becomes the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- 1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march and invade Washington, DC.
- 1814 – War of 1812: Climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major US victory in the war.
- 1852 – The State of Buenos Aires separates from the Argentine federal government, before re-joining on September 17, 1861.
- 1857 – Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- 1897 – After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last King of Kaffa, bringing the ancient kingdom of Kaffa to an end.
- 1906 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha for the non-violent rights movement in South Africa.
- 1914 – World War I: Australia invades the island of New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
- 1914 – World War I: A battle at present-day Lviv, now in Ukraine, results in a Russian victory over Austria-Hungary, a defeat that the Habsburg monarchy never fully recovers from.
- 1916 – The Quebec Bridge collapses, killing 11 people.
- 1919 – US Marines invade Honduras.
- 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
- 1922 – The British Mandate for Palestine begins.
- 1930 – The biggest-recorded eruption of the Stromboli volcano in Italy takes place.
- 1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of the Pentagon building.
- 1943 – Holocaust: Start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.
- 1944 – An RAF bombing raid destroys the city of Darmstadt in Germany killing around 11,500 people.
- 1954 – Hurricane Edna strikes New England, killing 29 people.
- 1961 – Hurricane Carla hits Texas.
- 1961 – The WWF is founded.
- 1962 – The Beatles record their first single, Love Me Do.
- 1968 – An Air France plane crashes in Nice, France, killing 95 people.
- 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
- 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Papid Transit System has its opening day of passenger service.
- 1973 – A military coup in Chile removes President Salvador Allende, who is subsequently killed in the event, from office. General Augusto Pinochet is installed in his place, and remains in power until March 11, 1990.
- 1974 – An Eastern Airlines plane crashes in Charlotte in North Carolina, killing 69 people.
- 1974 – Charles T. Kowal discovers Jupiter's moon Leda.
- 1985 – Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record of most career hits when he hits his 4,192nd hit.
- 1989 – Hungary opens the Iron Curtain for refugees from East Germany to travel to the West.
- 1992 – Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Kauai.
- 1997 – In a referendum, the people of Scotland vote in favour of a new Scottish Parliament.
- 1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- 1997 – Fourteen Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse Tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea.
- 1998 – Beginning of the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the first time these games are held in Asia.
- 2001 – In the September 11 attacks, Islamic extremists destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and part of The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and down a passenger airliner in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 are killed. The term "9/11" is often used to refer to these attacks.
- 2003 – Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies aged 46, following a knife attack the previous day. After Olof Palme in 1986, she is the second high-profile Swedish politician to be murdered.
- 2004 – A helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea, killing 17 people, including Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria.
- 2006 – George Tupou V becomes king of Tonga, after the death of his father Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
- 2007 – Russia tests a thermobaric weapon.
- 2012 – The US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and Consulate in Benghazi, Libya are attacked by protesters against a film produced by the Coptic Christian Community in Washington, DC, which mocked the Prophet Muhammad. 4 Americans are killed in the attacks, including US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.
