September
11
Events
506 – The
bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
1185 – Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites
and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that
deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne
of the Byzantine Empire.
1226 – The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to
parishes.
1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William
Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): the Teutonic Knights
begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
1526 – The Ottoman army occupies Buda after the crushing Hungarian
defeat in the Battle of Mohács.
1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors,
led by Michimalonko.
1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta, End of the Great Siege
of Malta.
1609 – Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia;
beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.
1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous
people living there.
1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian
troops take the town and execute its garrison.
1683 – Battle of Vienna.
1697 – Battle of Zenta.
1708 – 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 ceases to be a major power.
1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and
Austria fight against France.
1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia,
surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of
the Spanish Succession.
1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion
during the Seven Years' War.
1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
1776 – British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails
to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
1777 – American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine – The British
celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
1786 – The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States
Secretary of the Treasury.
1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown
jewels when six men break into the house used to store them.
1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
1803 – Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War,
between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's
army under General Louis Bourquin.
1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and
prepare to march to and invade Washington D.C..
1814 – War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh,
a major United States victory in the war.
1829 – Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at
Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico,
This was the final consummation of Mexican independence.
1847 – Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first
performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1857 – The 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 an end
to that ancient kingdom.
1903 – The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin
is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1914 – Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent
at the Battle of Bita Paka.
1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11
men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
1919 – U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
1921 – Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as
part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a
Jewish state, later to be Israel.
1922 – The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
1922 – One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor
papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
1931 – Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's
hitmen.
1932 – Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge
1932 winners, are killed when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during
a storm.
1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, the country's
first independent declaration of war
1940 – George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of
a computer.
1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British,
Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with
Germany.
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 U.S. Army
cross the western border of Germany.
1944 – World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following
firestorm kill 11,500.
1945 – World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate
the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment
camp on the island of Borneo.
1954 – Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane,
causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category
4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
1965 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town
of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing
89 passengers and 6 crew.
1970 – The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages.
The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are
held until September 25.
1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its
opening day of passenger service.
1973 – A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples
the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet
remains in power for almost 17 years.
1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North
Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
1976 – A group of Croatian nationalists planted a bomb in a
coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political
demands, they revealed the location and provided the instructions
for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation was not executed
properly killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist.
1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of
Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp
David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace
between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle
East.
1980 – Voters approve the present Constitution of Chile.
1982 – The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety
of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of
Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees
are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
1985 – Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career
hits with his 4,192nd hit
1988 – The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince,
Haiti.
1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had
been housed in temporary camps, were free to leave for West
Germany.
1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes
in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of
Kauai and Oahu.
1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish
a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.
1997 – 14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning
in the Baltic Sea
1998 – Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host
the games.
2000 – Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests
also took place.
2001 – The September 11 attacks take place in the United States.
Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade
Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington,
Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner near Shanksville,
Pennsylvania.
2004 – 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).
2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the
Father of all bombs.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Days:
Deiniol
John Gabriel Perboyre
Our Lady of Coromoto
Paphnutius of Thebes (Roman Catholic Church)
Protus and Hyacinth
September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a former
holiday. (Pakistan)
Earliest date on which Enkutatash can fall, while September
12 is the latest, celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm. (Ethiopia)
Emergency Number Day, proclaimed by President Reagan on August
26 in 1987. (United States communities, particularly the local
emergency services)
National Day of Catalonia (Catalonia)
Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church)
Patriot Day (United States)
Teacher's Day (Argentina)
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