September 11th Events |
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| September 11th, 2007 (September 11 2007) | Event | Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs. | |
| September 11th, 2005 (September 11 2005) | Event | The State of Israel completes its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip. | |
| September 11th, 2004 (September 11 2004) | Event | All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria). | |
| September 11th, 2003 (September 11 2003) | Event | Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on September 10. | |
| September 11th, 2003 (September 11 2003) | Event | The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect. | |
| September 11th, 2002 (September 11 2002) | Event | Through extreme and coordinated effort, The Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building. | |
| September 11th, 2001 (September 11 2001) | Event | Coordinated attacks result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, destruction of the western portion of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and an unintentional passenger airliner crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania after airplane passengers fought back on the plane. In total, 2,974 people are killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks. | |
| September 11th, 2000 (September 11 2000) | Event | Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia. See S11. | |
| September 11th, 1998 (September 11 1998) | Event | Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| September 11th, 1998 (September 11 1998) | Event | Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games. | |
| September 11th, 1997 (September 11 1997) | Event | NASA s Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. | |
| September 11th, 1997 (September 11 1997) | Event | After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom. | Devo Quotes |
| September 11th, 1996 (September 11 1996) | Event | Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad. | |
| September 11th, 1994 (September 11 1994) | Event | Frank Eugene Corder steals a Cessna plane, intending to crash it into the White House. | |
| September 11th, 1992 (September 11 1992) | Event | Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history , devastates the State of Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu. | |
| September 11th, 1990 (September 11 1990) | Event | U.S. 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 invadedied in He mentions the term "New World Order" in this speech for the first time, which is also named "Towards a New World Order".(full text of the speech) | George H. W. Bush Quotes |
| September 11th, 1989 (September 11 1989) | Event | The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany. | |
| September 11th, 1987 (September 11 1987) | Event | Dan Rather walks off the set of the CBS Evening News over disapproval of the handling of a major event being interrupted and postponed by a sports program, leaving six minutes of dead air. | |
| September 11th, 1985 (September 11 1985) | Event | Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb s record which stood for over 60 years. | |
| September 11th, 1982 (September 11 1982) | Event | 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. | |
| September 11th, 1981 (September 11 1981) | Event | A small plane crashes into the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino damaging it beyond repair. | |
| September 11th, 1980 (September 11 1980) | Event | Voters approve the present Constitution of Chile. | |
| September 11th, 1978 (September 11 1978) | Event | 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. | Jimmy Carter Quotes |
| September 11th, 1974 (September 11 1974) | Event | Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. | |
| September 11th, 1973 (September 11 1973) | Event | A CIA backed coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years. | |
| September 11th, 1972 (September 11 1972) | Event | Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins regular service. | |
| September 11th, 1971 (September 11 1971) | Event | The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. | |
| September 11th, 1970 (September 11 1970) | Event | 88 of the hostages from the Dawson s Field hijackings are releasedied in The remaining hostages, mostly Jews or Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. | |
| September 11th, 1970 (September 11 1970) | Event | The Ford Pinto is introduced. | |
| September 11th, 1968 (September 11 1968) | Event | Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew. | |
| September 11th, 1965 (September 11 1965) | Event | The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam. | |
| September 11th, 1961 (September 11 1961) | Event | Formation of the World Wildlife Fund. | |
| September 11th, 1961 (September 11 1961) | Event | Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest storm ever to hit the state. | |
| September 11th, 1960 (September 11 1960) | Event | Young Americans for Freedom meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr. promulgates the Sharon Statement. | Sharon Tate Quotes |
| September 11th, 1956 (September 11 1956) | Event | People to People International is founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| September 11th, 1955 (September 11 1955) | Event | Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple. | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| September 11th, 1945 (September 11 1945) | Event | World War II: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15. | |
| September 11th, 1944 (September 11 1944) | Event | World War II: the first allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany. | |
| September 11th, 1944 (September 11 1944) | Event | World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500. | |
| September 11th, 1943 (September 11 1943) | Event | World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija. | |
| September 11th, 1943 (September 11 1943) | Event | World War II: start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis. | |
| September 11th, 1941 (September 11 1941) | Event | Ground broken for the construction of The Pentagon. | |
| September 11th, 1941 (September 11 1941) | Event | World War II: U.S. Navy ordered to attack German U-boats. | |
| September 11th, 1941 (September 11 1941) | Event | Charles Lindberg s Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR s administration of pressing for war with Germany. | |
| September 11th, 1940 (September 11 1940) | Event | George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer. | |
| September 11th, 1940 (September 11 1940) | Event | World War II: Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid. | |
| September 11th, 1932 (September 11 1932) | Event | Franciszek Zwirko and Stanislaw Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their RWD 6 crashed into the ground during a storm. | |
| September 11th, 1931 (September 11 1931) | Event | Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano s hitmen. | |
| September 11th, 1926 (September 11 1926) | Event | An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails. | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| September 11th, 1922 (September 11 1922) | Event | The British Mandate of Palestine begins. | |
| September 11th, 1922 (September 11 1922) | Event | The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. | |
| September 11th, 1922 (September 11 1922) | Event | One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia s predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded. | |
| September 11th, 1921 (September 11 1921) | Event | Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled. | |
| September 11th, 1919 (September 11 1919) | Event | U.S. Marines invade Honduras. | |
| September 11th, 1916 (September 11 1916) | Event | The Quebec Bridge s central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907. | |
| September 11th, 1915 (September 11 1915) | Event | The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using overhead AC trolley wires for power. | |
| September 11th, 1914 (September 11 1914) | Event | Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there. | |
| September 11th, 1906 (September 11 1906) | Event | Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa. | Mahatma Gandhi Quotes |
| September 11th, 1903 (September 11 1903) | Event | First race is held at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. | |
| September 11th, 1897 (September 11 1897) | Event | 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. | |
| September 11th, 1893 (September 11 1893) | Event | First World Parliament of Religions conference held. | |
| September 11th, 1891 (September 11 1891) | Event | The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch. | |
| September 11th, 1888 (September 11 1888) | Event | Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher s Day was chosen. | |
| September 11th, 1857 (September 11 1857) | Event | The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah. | |
| September 11th, 1847 (September 11 1847) | Event | Stephen Foster s most well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | Stephen Foster Quotes |
| September 11th, 1814 (September 11 1814) | Event | The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the War of 1812. | |
| September 11th, 1802 (September 11 1802) | Event | France annexed the Kingdom of Piedmont. | |
| September 11th, 1792 (September 11 1792) | Event | Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men broke into the house used to store the jewels. | |
| September 11th, 1789 (September 11 1789) | Event | Alexander Hamilton is appointed as first United States Secretary of the Treasury. | Alexander Hamilton Quotes |
| September 11th, 1786 (September 11 1786) | Event | The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention. | |
| September 11th, 1777 (September 11 1777) | Event | Battle of BrandywineMajor American Revolutionary war victory for British in Chester County, Pennsylvania. | |
| September 11th, 1776 (September 11 1776) | Event | British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolution. | |
| September 11th, 1773 (September 11 1773) | Event | The Public Advertiser publishes a satirical essay titled Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One, which is written by Benjamin Franklin. | Benjamin Franklin Quotes |
| September 11th, 1714 (September 11 1714) | Event | Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession. | |
| September 11th, 1709 (September 11 1709) | Event | Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France. | |
| September 11th, 1708 (September 11 1708) | Event | Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power. | |
| September 11th, 1697 (September 11 1697) | Event | Battle of Zenta | |
| September 11th, 1683 (September 11 1683) | Event | John III Sobieski of Poland arrives on Kahlen Hill, leading to the Battle of Vienna the next day.[1] | |
| September 11th, 1649 (September 11 1649) | Event | Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell s English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison. | Oliver Cromwell Quotes |
| September 11th, 1609 (September 11 1609) | Event | Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain s Moriscos. | |
| September 11th, 1609 (September 11 1609) | Event | Henry Hudson comes across Manhattan Island and the natives living there. | |
| September 11th, 1541 (September 11 1541) | Event | Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko. | |
| September 11th, 1297 (September 11 1297) | Event | Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English. | |
| September 11th, 1226 (September 11 1226) | Event | The Roman Catholic practice of perpetual adoration begins. | |
| September 11th, 1185 (September 11 1185) | Event | 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. | |
| September 11th, 0506 (September 11 0506) | Event | The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. | |
| September 11th, 0009 (September 11 0009) | Event | Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends. | |
