September 11

Sunday 11, 2005:

The State of Israel officially declares an end to military rule in the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation.

Saturday 11, 2004:

Petros VII, the (Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Alexandria and his company are killed in an unexplained helicopter crash outside Mount Athos, Greece.

Thursday 11, 2003:

Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being fatally wounded on September 10.

Tuesday 11, 2001:

The September 11 attacks destroy the World Trade Center in New York City, part of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and down a passenger airliner in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 are killed.

Monday 11, 2000:

Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia.

Saturday 11, 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.

Friday 11, 1998:

Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.

Thursday 11, 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.

Wednesday 11, 1996:

Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad

Friday 11, 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.

Monday 11, 1989:

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.

Friday 11, 1987:

Reggae musician Peter Tosh is murdered in his own home in Kingston.

Wednesday 11, 1985:

Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.

Friday 11, 1981:

The Pee-wee Herman Show airs as a special on HBO.

Wednesday 11, 1974:

The Stranglers are a British rock music group, was formed in Guildford.

Tuesday 11, 1973:

A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende.

Monday 11, 1972:

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in America begins regular service.

Saturday 11, 1971:

1971 - The becomes official.

Friday 11, 1970:

The Ford Pinto is introduced.

Saturday 11, 1965:

The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.

Tuesday 11, 1962:

The Beatles record their debut single, Love Me Do.

Monday 11, 1961:

Formation of the World Wildlife Fund.

Sunday 11, 1960:

Young Americans for Freedom meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr. promulgates the Sharon Statement.

Sunday 11, 1955:

Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple.

Saturday 11, 1948:

Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.

Monday 11, 1944:

World War II: the first allied troops of the US Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany

Saturday 11, 1943:

World War II: start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis

Thursday 11, 1941:

World War II: US Navy ordered to attack German U-boats.

Wednesday 11, 1940:

George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.

Sunday 11, 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.

Friday 11, 1931:

Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.

Saturday 11, 1926:

An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails.

Monday 11, 1922:

One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.

Sunday 11, 1921:

Motion picture star Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape.

Thursday 11, 1919:

US Marines invade Honduras.

Wednesday 11, 1918:

Baseball: The Boston Red Sox won the World Series; they would do so again on October 27, 2004 after 86 years.

Friday 11, 1914:

Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there.

Monday 11, 1911:

Middle Tennessee State University is founded in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as Middle Tennessee Normal School.

Saturday 11, 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.

Tuesday 11, 1888:

Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day was chosen.

Saturday 11, 1869:

Work completed on the Wallace Monument.

Friday 11, 1857:

The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

Saturday 11, 1847:

Stephen Foster's most memorable song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sunday 11, 1814:

The Battle of Plattsburgh.

Friday 11, 1789:

Alexander Hamilton is appointed as first Secretary of the Treasury.

Monday 11, 1786:

The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

Thursday 11, 1777:

Battle of Brandywine.

Wednesday 11, 1776:

British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolution.

Tuesday 11, 1714:

Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

Wednesday 11, 1709:

Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

Saturday 11, 1649:

Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and massacre its garrison.

Friday 11, 1609:

Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.

Thursday 11, 1541:

Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors.

Wednesday 11, 1297:

Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English.

Friday 11, 1226:

The Catholic practice of Perpetual adoration begins.

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