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What happened in history on this day: September 11?
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- 1227 - Death of St. Ludwig IV von Thüringen, during the Crusades.
- 1609 - Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the natives living there.
- 1709 - English, Dutch and Austrians defeat French in Battle of Malplaquet.
- 1721 - Death of Rudolph Jacob Camerarius in Tübingen; botanist (proved the existence of sexes in plants, identified the reproductive parts, demonstrated the role of pollen), professor of natural philosophy at the University of Tübingen.
- 1773 - Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace.".
- 1777 - Battle of Brandywine, Pennsylvania; Americans lose to British.
- 1786 - Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce.
- 1789 - Alexander Hamilton takes oath of office as first US Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1810 - Birth of James Pollock; US Mint Director.
- 1814 - Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; Americans defeat British.
- 1835 - Birth of Brigadier General William Wirt Allen; first Alabama Cavalry.
- 1839 - First Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds).
- 1857 - A Mormon militia in southern Utah seizes a wagon train from Arkansas, killing 120 people.
- 1875 - First newspaper cartoon strip.
- 1881 - Triple landslides bury Elm, Switzerland.
- 1885 - Birth of David Herbert Lawrence in England; writer (Lady Chatterly's Lover).
- 1885 - Birth of Eratstus Flaval Beadle; publisher (Beadle's Dime Novels).
- 1885 - Moses Hopkins is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1886 - Sailing ship Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup.
- 1902 - Birth of Alice Tully in Corning, New York, USA; singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall).
- 1903 - The first race is held at the oldest major speedway in the world, The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA.
- 1909 - Birth of Anne Seymour in England; actress (Gemini Affair, Empire, Tim Conway Show).
- 1909 - Birth of William Natcher; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Kentucky).
- 1910 - First commercially-successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood, California).
- 1915 - The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using overhead AC trolley wires for power.
- 1915 - Birth of Jack Fascinato in Bevier, Missouri, USA; pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla, Fran, and Ollie).
- 1917 - Birth of Ferdinand Marcos; Philippines President (1965-86).
- 1918 - Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, four games to two in 15th World Series.
- 1919 - US marines invade Honduras.
- 1922 - Birth of Charles Evers; US civil rights leader (Amazing Grace).
- 1922 - British mandate of Palestine begins.
- 1923 - After a single, Boston Red Sox player Howard Ehmke retires the next 27 New York Yankees.
- 1923 - Birth of Don Edgren in Los Angeles, California, USA; engineer leader of Disneyland's engineering team, Walt Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, named Disney Legend in 2006.
- 1923 - Birth of Alan Badel in Manchester, England; actor (Shogun).
- 1923 - Birth of Betsy Drake; fitness expert/actress (Every Girl Should be Married).
- 1923 - The ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, the Woolworth Tower.
- 1924 - Birth of Daniel Kahikina Akaka; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Hawaii).
- 1924 - Birth of Tom Landry; NFL player (New York Giants), coach (Dallas Cowboys).
- 1926 - Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- 1926 - Birth of Alfred Slote; author (Love and Tennis, Omega Station).
- 1926 - US defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship.
- 1926 - New York Yankees' Bob Meusel ties record with three sacrifice flies.
- 1928 - First TV drama-WGY's The Queens Messenger.
- 1928 - Birth of Earl Holliman in Louisiana, USA; actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic).
- 1928 - Birth of Reubin Askew; American politician (Governor-Florida).
- 1929 - Birth of David S Broder in Chicago Heights, Illinois, USA; journalist (1973 Pulitzer Prize).
- 1930 - Birth of Cathryn Damon in Seattle, Washington, USA; actress (Mary Campbell - Soap).
- 1930 - Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks two miles.
- 1932 - Birth of Herbert "Sonny" Leon Callahan; American politician (Representative-Republican-Alabama).
- 1932 - Birth of Robert Packwood; American politician (Senator-Republican-Oregon).
- 1935 - Birth of Gherman Titov in USSR; first man to spend a day in space (Vostok 2).
- 1935 - US captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year.
- 1936 - Philadelphia Athletics' pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game.
- 1936 - Birth of Charles Dierkop in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Detective Pete Royster - Police Woman).
- 1936 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam.
- 1937 - Birth of Robert Crippen in Beaumont, Texas, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 1, 7, 41C, 41G).
- 1939 - The British Ministry of Information announces the British Government would not conclude peace with a German Government headed by Adolf Hitler.
- 1939 - President Juan Arosema of Panama proclaims the neutrality of Panama.
- 1939 - Birth of Lola Falana in Camden, New Jersey, USA; singer ("Liberation of LB Jones").
- 1940 - George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
- 1940 - Birth of Brian DePalma; film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill).
- 1941 - Ground is broken for construction of The Pentagon.
- 1941 - Charles Lindbergh charges "the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration" are trying to get the US into the war.
- 1941 - US President Franklin Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight.
- 1942 - Birth of Tom Dreesen; comedian (Tim Ried's partner).
- 1943 - The Italian Navy surrenders its warships to the Allies at Malta.
- 1944 - Allied land forces cross into Germany.
- 1944 - In Quebec City, Canada, Prime Minister William King hosts a nine-day meeting with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and American President Franklin Roosevelt. They discuss Germany, European military strategy, and the war against Japan.
- 1945 - Birth of Leo Kottke in Athens, Georgia, USA; guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse).
- 1946 - First mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation.
- 1949 - Birth of Marty Liquori; American runner (Amateur Athletic Union 3 mile-1979 (13:14.7)).
- 1950 - First typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited.
- 1950 - 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton, Ohio, USA.
- 1950 - Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence.
- 1951 - Florence Chadwick swims the English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes.
- 1952 - West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews.
- 1954 - The Miss America Pageant is televised, live, for the first time, with host Bob Russell. Lee Meriwether (Miss California) is crowned Miss America by a panel of judges.
- 1954 - Birth of Reed Birney in Alexandria, Virginia, USA; entertainer (Greatest Man in the World).
- 1956 - Cincinnati Reds' player Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th home run.
- 1957 - Birth of Jon Moss; rocker (Culture Club - "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me").
- 1958 - Birth of Mick Talbot; rocker (Style Council - "You're the Best Thing").
- 1959 - Elroy Face's 22-game win streak ends as Los Angeles Dodgers beat Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4.
- 1959 - Baltimore Orioles' player Jerry Walker pitches 16 innings beating Chicago White Sox 1-0.
- 1959 - Paul Douglas, actor (Adventure Theater), dies at age 52.
- 1960 - Birth of Neal X; rocker (Sigue Sigue Sputnik - "Love Missile F-111").
- 1960 - The Games of the XVII Olympiad close in Rome, Italy.
- 1961 - Birth of Virginia Madsen in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class).
- 1961 - NBC airs the last The Barbara Stanwyck Theatre TV show. A total of 36 episodes aired.
- 1962 - Birth of Elizabeth Daily; actress (Street Music).
- 1962 - Birth of Kristy McNichol in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Buddy - Family, Barbara - Empty Nest).
- 1963 - Birth of Bonnie Gadusek in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; tennis player (French Juniors 1981).
- 1963 - ABC airs the last Naked City TV show. A total of 39 30-minute and 99 60-minute shows were aired.
- 1964 - Gillette's 20-year contract with Madison Square Gardens and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleveland Auditorium.
- 1965 - The Beatles' "Help!" album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks.
- 1966 - CBS resumes airing The Garry Moore Show 60-minute variety TV show.
- 1966 - Charlie Cantor, actor (Artie - Ray Bolger Show), dies at age 68.
- 1966 - Johnny Miller becomes the first New York Yankees' player to hit a home run on his first at bat.
- 1967 - Birth of Kendra Lee Ruwe in Madison, Idaho, USA; Miss Idaho-America (1991).
- 1967 - US Surveyor 5 makes first chemical analysis of lunar material.
- 1967 - The CBS TV network airs the first The Carol Burnett Show 60-minute variety show in the USA.
- 1970 - CBS airs the last Get Smart TV show. A total of 138 episodes aired.
- 1970 - The Ford Pinto automobile is introduced.
- 1970 - Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at age 69.
- 1971 - Nikita Khrushchev dies of a heart attack at age 77.
- 1971 - Percy Helton, actor (Homer - The Beverly Hillbillies), dies at age 77.
- 1972 - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins service with a 26-mile (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont.
- 1973 - Chile's President, Salvador Allende, is deposed in a military coup by General Augusto Pinochet. Allende is killed, most likely by suicide.
- 1974 - Saint Louis Cardinals beat New York Mets, 4-3, in 25 innings (7 hours 4 minutes), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each.
- 1974 - Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 from Charleston, South Carolina to Charlotte, North Carolina crashes 3.3 miles short of the Charlotte airport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
- 1976 - Evonne Goolagong loses her fourth straight US Open Final (Chris Evert wins).
- 1977 - Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy O'Connors winning US Open.
- 1980 - Birth of Mike Comrie; Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1981 - Birth of Dylan Klebold; American murderer (dies 1999).
- 1981 - A small plane crashes into the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino damaging the venue beyond repair.
- 1981 - Frank McHugh, actor (Dawn Patrol, Going My Way), dies at age 83.
- 1982 - Chris Evert scores 6th US Open tennis title defeating Hana Mandlikava.
- 1983 - Franco Harris becomes third NFL player to rush 11,000 yards.
- 1985 - International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km.
- 1985 - Birth of Jake Cole; English football player.
- 1985 - At Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, Major League Baseball player/manager Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds gets career record hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record.
- 1985 - Death of William Alwyn, English composer (born 1905).
- 1986 - Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers biggest one-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded.
- 1987 - Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica), dies at age 72 (born 1915).
- 1988 - Luis W Alvarez, physicist (Nobel Prize-1968), dies at age 77.
- 1988 - In Estonia, 300,000 demonstrate for independence.
- 1989 - Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud.
- 1989 - Hungary officially opens its border to Austria.
- 1990 - US President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait.
- 1991 - Fourteen die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston, Texas.
- 1992 - In Zaire, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake occurs. At least eight people were killed, 37 were injured and several buildings were destroyed at Kibombo.
- 1992 - Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai and Oahu.
- 1993 - The ABC TV network airs the last episode of Goof Troop.
- 1993 - The ABC TV network airs the last show of the Darkwing Duck series.
- 1993 - Death of Erich Leinsdorf in Vienna, Austria; conductor, concert pianist, director of the New York Metropolitan Opera (1939) (born 1912).
- 1995 - Westbound to New York, cruise liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is hit by a 95-foot wave, denting the forward deck plating.
- 1995 - The TV talk show Danny first airs.
- 1996 - Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.
- 1997 - Scotland votes to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England.
- 1997 - NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- 1999 - Eric Milton of the Minnesota Twins pitches a 7-0 no-hitter against the Anaheim Angels.
- 2001 - 2740 Americans and 236 foreigners die in airplane attacks at the World Trade Center in New York City, The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and in rural Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
- 2001 - Death of Barbara Olson, American television commentator (born 1955).
- 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.
- 2002 - Death of Johnny Unitas, American football player (born 1933).
- 2002 - Death of Kim Hunter AKA Janet Cole at age 79 of a heart attack; actress (A Streetcar Named Desire (1951, Academy award), Playhouse 90, The Edge of Night, All My Children, The Education of Max Bickford).
- 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.
- 2004 - Barry Bonds becomes the first major league baseball player to walk over 200 times in a single season.
- 2004 - Death of Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (helicopter crash) (born 1949).
- 2005 - Death of Chris Schenkel at age 82 of emphysema; sportscasters (play-by-play for ABC TV on college football, Major League Baseball, NBA basketball, golf and tennis tournaments, boxing, auto racing, Summer and Winter Olympic Games, Professional Bowling).
- 2005 - Japan general election: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the Liberal Democratic Party are returned to power.
- 2006 - Death of Pat Corley at age 76 of congestive heart failure; actor (Phil - Murphy Brown TV show, Bay City Blues TV show, Hill St. Blues TV show, He's the Mayor TV show, Robert Kennedy and his Times, Roots, Fresno).
- 2007 - (to September 24) Inaugural Twenty20 World Championship is held.
- 2007 - Russia tests the "Father of all bombs," the largest conventional weapon ever.
- 2007 - The Government of India issues a notification to exempt foods containing genetically-modified organisms from mandatory approval.
- 2007 - Death of Ian Porterfield, Scottish football player (born 1946).
- 2008 - Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports pays nearly US$1 billion for the commercial and marketing rights to the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League of cricket for the next ten years.
- 2009 - Japan successfully launches its new space freighter, 16.5-tonne unmanned H-II Transfer Vehicle, from the Tanegashima base in the south of the country, on a mission to re-supply the International Space Station.
- 2009 - The space shuttle Discovery lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California at the end of a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
- 2012 - Garment factory fires in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore kill 315 and seriously injure more than 250.
- 2012 - (to September 27) A series of attacks are directed against United States diplomatic missions worldwide, as well as diplomatic missions of Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In Libya, among the dead is US ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.
- 2017 - Death of Tuanku Abdul Halim, Malaysian sultan, 5th & 14th Yang di-Pertuan Agong (born 1927).
- 2019 - Astronomers announce the detection of water in the atmosphere of exoplanet K2-18b, the first such discovery for an exoplanet in the habitable zone around a star.
- 2022 - In Sweden, a general election is held. Center-right and far-right parties win 176 seats; center-left coalition wins 173 seats.
- 2022 - At the Arthur Ashe Stadium court in New York, USA, Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeats Casper Ruud of Norway to win the U.S. Open tennis championship.
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