September 11
is the 254th day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (255th in
leap years). There are 111 days remaining.
It is usually the first day of the
Coptic calendar and
Ethiopian calendar (in the period
AD 1900 to AD
2099).
The terms "September 11th", "11th September", and "9/11" (pronounced "nine-eleven") have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the
September 11, 2001 attacks on the
World Trade Center and
The Pentagon in the
United States of America.
In other places of the world the media also uses it as shorthand for other events, for example, the September 11, 1973
Coup D'Etat in Chile is referred to as "El 11 de Septiembre" ("September 11" in Spanish) as shorthand for the Coup events.
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1185 -
Isaac II Angelus kills
Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes
Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the
Byzantine Empire.
*
1226 - The
Catholic practice of
perpetual adoration begins.
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1297 -
Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by
William Wallace defeat the
English.
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1541 -
Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by
indigenous warriors.
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1609 -
Henry Hudson lands on
Manhattan island.
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1683 -
Battle of Vienna *
1690 - Expulsion order announced against the
Moriscos of
Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all
Spain's Moriscos.
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1649 -
Siege of Drogheda ends:
Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and massacre its garrison.
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1708 -
Charles XII of Sweden stop outside
Smolensk heading (by the lack of food since the Russians use the tactic of the burning soil) to the south, culminating in the disastrous
battle of Poltava, the end of
Sweden as a major power.
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1709 -
Battle of Malplaquet:
Great Britain,
Netherlands and
Austria fight against
France.
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1714 -
Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbonic armies in the
War of the Spanish Succession.
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1776 -
British-
American peace conference on
Staten Island fails to stop nascent
American Revolution.
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1777 -
Battle of Brandywine - Major
American Revolutionary war victory for
British in
Chester County,
Pennsylvania.
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1786 - The Beginning of the
Annapolis Convention.
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1789 -
Alexander Hamilton is appointed as first
Secretary of the Treasury.
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1792 -
Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men broke into the house used to store the jewels.
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1814 - The climax of the
Battle of Plattsburgh, which ended the
War of 1812.
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1847 -
Stephen Foster's most well-known song,
Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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1857 - The
Mountain Meadows Massacre:
Mormon settlers and
Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at
Mountain Meadows, Utah.
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1869 - Work completed on the
Wallace Monument.
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1888 - Death of the
Argentine politician
Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the
Latin American
Teacher's Day was chosen.
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1893 - First
World Parliament of Religions conference held.
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1897 - After months of pursuit, generals of
Menelik II of Ethiopia capture
Gaki Sherocho, the last king of
Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
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1911 -
Middle Tennessee State University is founded in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as Middle Tennessee Normal School.
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1914 -
Australia invades
New Britain, defeating a
German contingent there.
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1916 - The
Quebec Bridge collapses for a second time, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed on
August 29,
1907.
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1918 -
Baseball: The
Boston Red Sox won the
World Series; they would not do so again until
October 27,
2004 after 86 years.
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1919 -
US Marines invade
Honduras.
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1921 - Motion picture star
Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape.
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1922 - The
British Mandate of Palestine begins.
* 1922 - One of the
Herald Sun of
Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers
The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
*
1926 - An assassination attempt on
Benito Mussolini fails.
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1931 -
Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by
Charles Luciano's hitmen.
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1932 -
Franciszek Żwirko and
Stanisław Wigura, Polish
Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their
RWD 6 crashed into the ground during a storm.
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1940 -
George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
*
1941 - Ground broken for the construction of
The Pentagon.
* 1941 -
World War II:
US Navy ordered to attack German U-boats.
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1943 - World War II:
German troops occupy
Corsica and
Kosovo-
Metohija* 1943 - World War II: start of the liquidation of the
Ghettos in
Minsk and
Lida by the
Nazis*
1944 - World War II: the first
allied troops of the
US Army cross the western border of
Nazi Germany. The RAF bombing raid on
Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
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1948 -
Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of
France.
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1955 - Dedication of the first
Temple of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the
Bern Switzerland Temple.
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1960 -
Young Americans for Freedom meeting at home of
William F. Buckley, Jr. promulgates the
Sharon Statement.
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1961 - Formation of the
World Wildlife Fund.
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1962 -
The Beatles record their debut single,
Love Me Do.
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1965 - The
1st Cavalry Division of the
United States Army arrives in
Vietnam.
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1970 - The
Ford Pinto is introduced.
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1971 - The
:Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
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1972 -
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in America begins regular service.
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1973 - A military
coup in
Chile headed by General
Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President
Salvador Allende. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years.
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1974 -
Eastern Airlines Flight 212 crashes in
North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
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1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Begin of Israel met at Camp David and agreed on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
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1981 -
The Pee-wee Herman Show airs as a special on
HBO.
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1982 - The international forces, which were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's
1982 Invasion of Lebanon, left Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees were massacred in the
Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
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1985 -
Baseball:
Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking
Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.
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1987 -
9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
* 1987 -
CBS Evening News anchor
Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a
tennis match, marches off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk.
* 1987 -
Reggae musician Peter Tosh is
murdered in his own home in
Kingston.
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1989 - The
iron curtain opens between the
communist Hungary and
Austria. From Hungary thousands of
East Germans throng to Austria and
West Germany.
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1990 - President
George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove
Iraqi soldiers from
Kuwait, which Iraq had recently invaded.
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1992 -
Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging
hurricane in
United States history during its time, devastates the
State of Hawai'i, especially the islands of
Kaua'i and
Oahu.
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1996 -
Union Pacific Railroad purchases
Southern Pacific Railroad
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1997 -
Scotland votes to re-establish its own
Parliament on the 700th anniversary of the
Battle of Stirling Bridge, after 290 years of union with
England.
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1998 - Independent counsel
Kenneth Starr sends a report to the
U.S. Congress accusing President
Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
* 1998 -
Yevgeny Primakov is appointed
Prime Minister of Russia.
* 1998 - Opening ceremony for the
1998 Commonwealth Games in
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games.
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1999 -
Tennis:
Serena Williams, 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first Grand Slam tournament when she became US Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
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2000 - Activists protest against the
World Economic Forum meeting in
Melbourne,
Australia. See
S11.
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2001 - The
September 11 attacks destroy the
World Trade Center in
New York City, part of
The Pentagon in
Arlington, Virginia, and crash a passenger airliner in
Pennsylvania. In total almost 3,000 are killed.
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2003 -
Swedish foreign minister
Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on
September 10.
* 2003 - The
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect.
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2004 -
Petros VII, the (Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Alexandria and his company are killed in an unexplained helicopter crash outside
Mount Athos,
Greece.
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2005 - The
State of Israel officially declares an end to military rule in the
Gaza Strip after 38 years of
occupation.
It has been suggested by Ernest L. Martin that
Jesus of Nazareth was born on September 11 in 3 BC when the moon moved in a rare pattern with
Venus generating the
Star of Bethlehem. On the
Julian calender September 11, 3 BC is also the second day of
Rosh Hashana, the
Jewish New Year.
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1182 -
Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d.
1204)
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1522 -
Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d.
1605)
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1524 -
Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d.
1585)
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1611 -
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d.
1675)
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1681 -
Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d.
1741)
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1700 -
James Thomson, Scottish poet (d.
1748)
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1711 -
William Boyce, English composer (d.
1779)
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1723 -
Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d.
1790)
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1798 -
Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d.
1895)
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1816 -
Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d.
1888)
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1825 -
Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d.
1904)
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1836 -
Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d.
1870)
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1838 -
John Ireland, American Catholic archbishop (d.
1918)
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1860 -
Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d.
1938)
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1862 -
O. Henry, American writer (d.
1910)
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1865 -
Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d.
1929)
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1885 -
D.H. Lawrence, English novelist (d.
1930)
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1892 -
Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d.
1980)
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1899 -
Jimmie Davis, composer (d.
2000)
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1903 -
Theodor Adorno, German sociologist (d.
1969)
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1913 -
Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (d.
1983)
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1917 -
Ferdinand Marcos,
President of the Philippines (d.
1989)
* 1917 -
Jessica Mitford, British writer (d.
1996)
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1923 -
Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda, Hindu guru
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1924 -
Daniel Akaka Chinese-American US senator
* 1924 -
Tom Landry, American football coach (d.
2000)
* 1924 -
Rudolf Vrba, Jewish Canadian professor, Holocaust survivor (d.
2006)
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1926 -
Eddie Miksis, baseball player (d.
2005)
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1927 -
G. David Schine, American businessman (d.
1996)
* 1927 -
Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d.
2002)
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1932 -
Peter Anderson, English footballer
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1933 -
Dr. William L. Pierce, American author and activist (d.
2002)
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1935 -
Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
* 1935 -
Gherman Titov, second man in space (d.
2000)
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1937 -
Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman
* 1937 -
Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria of Belgium
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1939 -
Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman
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1940 -
Brian de Palma, American film director
* 1940 -
Theodore Olson,
U.S. Solicitor General*
1942 -
Lola Falana, American singer
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1943 -
Mickey Hart, American drummer (
Grateful Dead)
* 1943 -
Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist
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1944 -
Everaldo, Brazilian football player
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1945 -
Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
* 1945 -
Felton Perry, American actor
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1948 -
John Martyn, English musician
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1950 -
Barry Sheene, British motorcyclist
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1958 -
Roxann Dawson, American actress
* 1958 -
Scott Patterson, American actor
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1961 -
Virginia Madsen, American actress
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1961 -
Philip Ardagh, British writer
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1962 -
Elizabeth Daily, American actress
* 1962 -
Filip Dewinter Belgian politician
* 1962 -
Kristy McNichol, American actress
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1964 -
Ellis Burks, baseball player
* 1964 -
Victor Wooten, American musician
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1965 -
Bashar al-Assad, The current President of Syria
* 1965 -
Paul Heyman, American wrestling manager
* 1965 -
Moby, American musician
* 1965 -
David Roe, English snooker player
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1966 -
Princess Akishino, Wife of
Prince Akishino,
Japanese Imperial Family*
1967 -
Maria Bartiromo, Financial Broadcast Journalist
* 1967 -
Harry Connick, Jr., American singer
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1968 -
Kay Hanley, American musician
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1969 -
Eduardo Perez, American baseball player
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1971 -
Richard Ashcroft, British singer
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1976 -
Elephant Man, Jamaican musician
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1977 -
Ludacris, American rapper
* 1977 -
Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
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1978 -
Ed Reed, American football player
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1979 -
Nathan Gale, American murderer (d.
2004)
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1979 -
Ariana Richards, American actress
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1979 -
Frank Francisco,
Major League Baseball pitcher*
1981 -
Dylan Klebold, Columbine high school shooter (d.
1999)
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1982 -
Shriya Saran, South Indian actress
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1161 - Queen
Melisende of Jerusalem (b.
1105)
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1185 -
Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier
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1279 -
Robert Kilwardby,
Archbishop of Canterbury*
1298 -
Philip of Artois, French soldier (b.
1269)
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1349 -
Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of
John II of France (b.
1315)
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1599 -
Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman executed for conspiring to kill her father (b.
1577)
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1677 -
James Harrington, English politicial philosopher (b.
1611)
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1680 -
Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (b.
1621)
* 1680 -
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b.
1596)
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1721 -
Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b.
1665)
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1760 -
Louis Godin, French astronomer (b.
1704)
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1823 -
David Ricardo, economist
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1843 -
Joseph Nicollet, mathematician and explorer
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1851 -
Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist
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1865 -
Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b.
1806)
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1888 -
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento,
President of Argentina*
1911 -
Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist (b.
1847)
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1921 -
Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet (b.
1882)
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1931 -
Salvatore Maranzano, crime boss
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1932 -
Franciszek Żwirko and
Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilots (plane crash)
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1939 -
Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b.
1861)
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1948 -
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of
Pakistan*
1950 -
Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman
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1956 -
Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot in World War I
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1958 -
Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet
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1966 -
C. E. Woolman, American airline magnate
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1971 -
Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet politician and leader (b.
1894)
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1972 -
Max Fleischer, American animator (b.
1883)
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1973 -
Salvador Allende,
President of Chile (b.
1908)
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1978 -
Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (assassinated) (b.
1929)
* 1978 -
Janet Parker, medical photographer, the final victim of smallpox
* 1978 -
Ronnie Peterson, Swedish F1 driver. Crashed on Monza circuit.
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1984 -
Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b.
1901)
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1985 -
William Alwyn, English composer (b.
1905)
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1987 -
Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b.
1915)
* 1987 -
Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician and singer (b.
1944)
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1988 -
John Sylvester White, American actor (b.
1919)
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1990 -
Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (assassinated) (b.
1949)
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1993 -
Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b.
1912)
* 1993 -
Antoine Izméry, Haitian pro-democracy activist (assassinated)
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1994 -
Jessica Tandy, American actress (b.
1909)
* 1994 -
William Obanhein, police officer, mentioned in "
Alice's Restaurant" (b.
1924)
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1995 -
Anita Harding, neurologist
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1998 -
Dane Clark, American actor (b.
1913)
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1999 -
Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b.
1972)
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2001 -
September 11, 2001 attacks**
David Angell, American sitcom creator (b.
1946)
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Muhammad Atta, Egyptian
terrorist (b.
1968)
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Todd Beamer, passenger on
United Airlines Flight 93 (b.
1968)
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Mark Bingham, passenger on
United Airlines Flight 93 (b.
1970)
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Angel L. Juarbe, Jr., American firefighter, winner of
Murder in Small Town X (b.
1966)
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John P. O'Neill, former
FBI agent, and Director of Security at the
World Trade Center (b.
1952)
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John Ogonowski, pilot for
American Airlines Flight 11 (b.
1951)
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Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b.
1955)
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Betty Ong, flight attendant on
American Airlines Flight 11 (b.
1956)
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Madeline Amy Sweeney, flight attendant on
American Airlines Flight 11*
2002 -
Kim Hunter, American actress (b.
1922)
* 2002 -
Johnny Unitas, American football player (b.
1933)
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2003 -
Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (assassinated) (b.
1957)
* 2003 -
John Ritter, American actor (b.
1948)
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2004 -
Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (helicopter crash) (b.
1949)
* 2004 -
Fred Ebb, American lyricist (b.
1933)
* 2004 -
David Mann, U.S. artist (emphysema) (b.
1939)
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2005 -
Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b.
1923)
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RC Saints - Virgin of the Holy cave; Saint
Deiniol,
Our Lady of Coromoto,
Protus and Hyacinth* Also see
September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Coptic Orthodox Church - Feast of Neyrouz, the New Year's Day in the
Coptic calendar*
New Year's Day in the
Ethiopian calendar (
Enkutatash)
*
Catalonia -
National Day*
Latin America Teacher's Day, after the death of
Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento* Death anniversary of
Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of
PakistanOther observances
* Proclaimed
9-1-1 Emergency Number Day by President
Reagan on
August 26 in
1987 and celebrated since then by some United States communities, particularly the local
emergency services.
*
Patriot Day (
USA) - Anniversary of the
September 11 attacks* Feast day of
Saint Deiniol*
BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This DaySeptember 10 ·
September 12 ·
August 11 ·
October 11 · more
historical anniversaries
