September 11

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on September 11. From 1900 until now. September 11 is under the sign of Virgo. Famous birthdays on this day include Bachar al-Assad (1965), Ludacris (1977) and September 11 attacks (1977). Several movies were released around September 11 over the years, such as Goodfellas in 1990 directed by Martin Scorsese and The Bad Sleep Well in 1960 directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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2018 2018 Atlantic hurricane season, Hurricane Florence: The Donald Trump campaign cancels a rally for Missouri ahead of Hurricane Florence, which is expected to make landfall on the East Coast. (Politico)The North Carolina Tar Heels football game against the UCF Knights and the North Carolina State Wolfpack game against the West Virginia Mountaineers are cancelled due to Hurricane Florence. (Orlando Sentinel) (Sporting News)
2017 Sinai insurgency: Militants ambush a police convoy in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula killing 18 police and wounding seven others. (AP)
2016 Syrian civil war: Before a ceasefire takes effect tomorrow, over 100 people have been killed and over 100 injured in airstrikes on rebel-held Idlib. (CNN) (Sky News)
2015 Cross-Strait relations: The People's Liberation Army of China holds three days of live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait, while Taiwan holds exercises simulating Chinese submarines attacking Kinmen and being repelled by Taiwanese amphibious forces. (The Guardian) (AP via Yahoo)
2014 Islamist insurgency in Nigeria:: The Elders Forum in the Nigerian state of Borno warns that Boko Haram militants have surrounded the city of Maiduguri. (BBC)
2013 The UN accuses both the Syrian government and, to a lesser extent, the rebels of war crimes. Out of 9 massacres they investigated, 8 were attributed to the Syrian Army. The remaining massacre was attributed to insurgents. (The New York Times)
2012 18 ampndash A series of protests is directed against United States diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as diplomatic missions of Germany, Switzerland and United Kingdom in some countries, after the screening of a Youtube trailer for the film ''Innocence of Muslims''. In Libya the attacks result in the deaths of the United States Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, and 3 other Americans.
2011 Tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks:
2010 A man is arrested after a minor explosion at a hotel in Copenhagen, amid heightened security fears in Denmark. (BBC) (Deutsche Welle) (Reuters)
2009 The search and rescue effort following the 2009 Sierra Leone shipwreck comes to end, with 90 confirmed dead and at least 100 others declared missing. (Reuters)
2008 Ayman al-Zawahiri, number two leader of al Qaeda, questions Abu Ayyub al-Masri's ability to lead al Qaeda in Iraq, and accuses that organization's umbrella group, the Islamic State of Iraq, of lying to the media about its activities. (CNN)
2007 Bruce Golding is sworn in as Prime Minister of Jamaica following the victory of his Jamaica Labour Party in the parliamentary elections. (Jamaica Gleaner News)
2006 The 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement begins in Havana, Cuba. (Official Site)
2005 An eleven minute video tape purporting to be from Al Qaeda is delivered to American network ABC in Pakistan and shown on ''Good Morning America'', warns of future attacks on Los Angeles, California and Melbourne, Australia. Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American convert to Islam, called the September 11, 2001 attacks ampquotblessed eventsampquot and commenting on possible attacks in the future stated, ampquotThis time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint and compassion.ampquot (Reuters)
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).
2003 Actor John Ritter is stricken by a previously undiagnosed heart problem during the taping of the TV sitcom 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, dying in hospital at age 54.
2002 The World Summit on Sustainable Development comes to a close.
2001 Following four plane crashes in the USA, Disney Chairman Michael Eisner and Disney President Robert Iger decide to stage an orderly closing of Walt Disney World, and not open Disneyland or Disney's California Adventure for the day.
1997 NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
1996 Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.
1995 Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423
1994 114th US Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Michael Stich (61 76 75)
1993 107th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (63 63)
1992 ''STS-47'': Dr. Mae Jemison becomes the first African American woman to travel into space, aboard the Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''.
1991 La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family goes on sale
1990 Cold War: The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
1989 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO
1988 1 / 3 of population argues for Estonia autonomy
1987 4th MTV Awards: Peter Gabriel wins
1986 President Mubarak receives Israeli Premier Peres
1985 Flyby of Comet Giacobini-Zinner
1983 103rd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 67 75 60)
1982 96th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61)
1981 2nd government of Agt forms
1980 Chile adopts its constitution
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.
1977 97th US Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60)
1976 90th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight US Open Final (Evert wins)
1974 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
1972 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
1971 2 by 2 closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 343 performances
1970 The Ford Pinto automobile is introduced.
1968 Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
1967 French President De Gaulle visits Poland
1966 80th US Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
1965 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
1964 George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company
1962 Beatles cut Love Me Do andPS I Love You with Andy White on drums
1961 Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy
1959 Duke Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements
1956 Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
1955 69th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62)
1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)
1953 KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews.
1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes
1950 Beetle Bailey comic strip debuts
1948 Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Founder and first Governor General of Pakistan, dies. Pakistan is in a state of shock as it mourns the departure of the father of the nation. The day is a public holiday nation-wide.
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.
1944 FDR and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference
1943 Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno
1941 Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels
1940 54th Postmaster General: Frank C Walker of Pa takes office
1939 Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw
1937 51st US Womens Tennis: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (64 62)
1936 FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam
1935 49th US Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64)
1931 Salvatore Maranzano, American organized crime figure (Born 1868)
1930 Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks two miles.
1929 San Francisco Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
1928 Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
1927 After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2
1926 21st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (4-1)
1923 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run
1922 Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader
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.
1919 U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
1918 Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, four games to two in 15th World Series.
1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece
1914 T Handy publishes St. Louis Blues
1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms
1906 Mahatma Gandhi coins the term ''Satyagraha'' to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
1903 The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
1900 President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique
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Famous Birthday

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Taraji P Henson: American actress and singer.
Tyler Hoechlin: American actor.
Moby : American musician.
Queen Paola of Belgium
Eric Abidal
Dylan Klebold: American homicide with his partner, Eric...
Franz Beckenbauer: German football coach, manager, and...
Brian de Palma
Virginia Madsen: Movie Actress.
Richard Ashcroft: English singer-songwriter (The Verve and...
Ferdinand Marcos: Filipino politician who was elected...
Malu Bailo: Brazilian model, strip-tease dancer and...
Ariana Richards: American actress.
Lola Falana: American dancer, pianist and violinist,...
Theodor Adorno: German philosopher, social theorist and...
Princess Akishino
Barry Sheene: British motorcycle champion who...
Paul Barge
Stéphane Daoudi
Arvo Pärt: Estonian composer.
Maria Bartiromo: American financial journalist and...
Clément Chantôme: French professional footballer (soccer...
Paul-Louis Halley: French businessman, who co-founded the...
René Belletto: French writer, and winner of the Prix...
Gérard Darrieu: French theatre, film and television...
John Hawkes (actor)
Jacques Gaillot: French Catholic clergyman and social...
Shriya Saran: Indian model and actress.
Dominique Lemaître
Rachelle Wood
Roxann Dawson: American actress.
Michel Jobert: French politician of the left-wing...
Patty Wagstaff: American stunt pilot in air shows, a...
Pierre Gattaz
Preben Elkjær Larsen
Elaine Needham: American professional artist and...
Bill Simpson
Jon Buckland: British guitarist.
Jeremy Steele: American actor in porn movies as well as...
Marty Liquori
Geoffroy Chodron de Courcel: French nobleman, soldier and diplomat.
Lesley Visser: American news commentator and...
Betsy Drake: Fitness expert / actress (Every Girl...
Sandra Larue
Charles Dierkop
Bob Packwood: American politician, an Oregon Senator...
Greg Kane
Monique Lange: French writer, editor, and translator,...
Laura Wright: Soap Opera Actress.
Graeme Obree
Johnny Vegas: English comedian.
Jean Aurenche: French screenwriter who first made...
Reubin Askew: American politician, a liberal Dem.
Earl Holliman: American actor.
Herbert Lom: Czech-born English actor (d. 2012).
Jean-Philippe Fleurian
Scott Patterson: American actor.
Victor Wooten: American musician.
Lisa Richette: American jurist, colorful and...
Jacoby Ellsbury: American baseball player.
Jack Davis (athlete)
Jean-Yves Cendrey
Lorraine Geller
Filip Dewinter: Belgian politician.
Robert Crippen: American astronaut, selected by NASA to...
Jessica Mitford: British writer, sometimes referred to as...
Leilani Bishop
Francis Delattre
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Michel Seydoux
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Jon Moss: English drummer (Culture Club London and...
Felton Perry: American actor.
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Jean-Claude Forest: French writer and illustrator of comics...
Catherine Pierce (singer)
Paul Heyman: Wrestler.
Elizabeth Daily: Voice Actor.
Kristy McNichol: American actress, with wholesome good...
Gerald Wilkins: American basketball player:...
Georges Hage
Tony Gilroy: American director producer and...
Bonnie Gadusek
Kay Hanley: American singer of "Letters to Cleo" and...
Jeff Sluman: American golfer.
Cameron Richardson
Daniel Wildenstein: French art tycoon, third in a family...
Joseph Mount
Jazz Gillum
Slaven Bilic
Julia Nickson
Charles Kelley: American singer-songwriter.
Shaun Livingston: American basketball player.
Ike Diogu: American basketball player.
Serge Haroche: French physicist who was awarded the...
Ben Lee: Australian singer-songwriter guitarist...
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Famous Deaths

John Ritter: American actor and member of a...
Kim Hunter: American actress with a screen debut in...
Jessica Tandy: British-American actress, noted on stage...
Lorne Greene: Ottawa, Ontario -- Actor (Bonanza,...
Peter Phillips: British royal family, the first born son...
Erich Leinsdorf: Austrian conductor, studied in Vienna...
Charlie Cantor: Actor (Artie-Ray Bolger Show), dies at...
Percy Helton: Actor (Homer-Beverly Hillbillies), dies...
Salvador Allende Gossens: President Chile (1970-73), dies at 65.
Jan Kunc: Composer, dies at 93.
Leonard Carey: Actor (Laughter), dies at 90.
Jose Antonio Calcano: Composer, dies at 80.
Frank McHugh: Actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies...
Albert Soboult: French historian, dies at 68.
Hilding Hallnas: Composer, dies at 81.
Erik Terpstra: Director (Versier de leegte, De ander,...
Frank Singuineau: Actor (Firepower, Pressure, Mummy).
Paul Storken: Dutch priest (Away Backing).
Antoine Izmery: Haitian businessman / advisor to...
Frederick Rand Weissman: Philanthropist, dies at 82.
Sara Taylor: Mother of Elizabeth, dies at 62.
Charles William Hutton: Architect, dies at 90.
Jerome Theisen: Benedioctine, dies at 64.
Keith Odor: Racing Driver, dies at 33.
Guido Aristarco: Film critic, dies at 77.
JoAnne Dru: Actress (Sylvia, Drango), dies of...
Louis Henri Boussenard: French novelist (Born 1847).
Subramanya Bharathy: Tamil poet (Born 1882).
Muhammad Ali Jinnah: founder of Pakistan (Born 1876).
Billy Bishop: Canadian fighter pilot (Born 1894).
Robert W Service: Scottish-born Canadian poet (Born 1874).
C E Woolman: American businessman (Born 1889).
Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev: Soviet politician and leader (Born...
Jerry Voorhis: American politician (Born 1901).
John Sylvester White: American actor (Born 1919).
Anita Harding: British neurologist (Born 1952).
Gonzalo Rodriguez: Uruguayan auto racing driver (Born...
George Alpert: railroad executive, dies at age 90.
Luis W Alvarez: physicist (Nobel Prize-1968), dies at...
William Sprague IV: American politician (Born 1830).
William Cornelius Van Horne: American businessman (Born 1843).
Stanislaw Wigura: Polish pilot (Born 1901).
Charles Norris: American medical examiner (Born 1867).
Christian Rakovsky: Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary...
Ralph C Smedley: American educator (Born 1878).
Tadeusz Zylinski: Polish technician and textilist (Born...
Bella Darvi: Polish-born French actress (Born 1928).
Victor Olea Alegria: Chilean socialist.
Neem Karoli Baba: Indian guru.
Andrew C Thornton II: American drug smuggler (Born 1945).
Ernst Herbeck: German poet (Born 1920).
Belkis Ayon: Cuban artist (Born 1967).
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William Auld: Scottish poet, author, and translator...
Jean Seguy: French sociologist (Born 1925).
Pat Corley: American actor, known for his role as...
Georges Guynemer: French military pilot, a Major of the...
Jan Smuts: South African statesman and lawyer, the...
Rene Cogny: French general (Born 1904).
Nikita Khrushchev: dies of a heart attack at age 77.
Peter Tosh: Jamaican reggae singer (The Wailers) (d....
Camille Henry: Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d....
Chester Morris: Actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69.
Dane Clark: American actor and director (d. 1998).
Louis Coerne: American composer and educator (d....
Gertrude Baines: American supercentenarian (Born 1894).
Fred Ebb: American lyricist (Born 1933).
Paul Douglas: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- Actor...
Gene Savoy: American author, explorer, scholar and...
Max Fleischer: Austrian-American animator and producer...
Camillien Houde: Canadian lawyer and politician 34th...
Chris Schenkel: American sports journalist (d. 2005).
Don Blackman: American singer-songwriter pianist and...
Matsunosuke Onoe: Japanese actor and director (d. 1926).
Mike Gazella: American baseball player and manager (d....
Hannah Weiner: American experimental poet (Born 1928).
Konstantin Korovin: Russian-French painter and set designer...
Pierre Cossette: Canadian television and theatre producer...
Mieczyslaw Surzynski: Composer, dies at 57.
Peter Tosh: Jamaican reggae singer (The Wailers) (d....
Mohammed Ali Jinnah: 1st Governor of Pakistan (1947-48), dies...
John C Smuts: Co-found British RAF / South African...
Licinio Refice: Composer, dies at 69.
Petar Stojanovic: Composer, dies at 80.
Robert Lach: Composer, dies at 84.
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