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What happened in history on this day: September 11?
On September 11 in ...
- 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.
- 1814 - Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; Americans defeat British.
- 1857 - A Mormon militia in southern Utah seizes a wagon train from Arkansas, killing 120 people.
- 1885 - Moses Hopkins is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1903 - The first race is held at the oldest major speedway in the world, The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin, USA.
- 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.
- 1919 - US marines invade Honduras.
- 1923 - The ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, the Woolworth Tower.
- 1926 - Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu, Hawaii.
- 1936 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1950 - 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton, Ohio, USA.
- 1950 - Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence.
- 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.
- 1970 - The Ford Pinto automobile is introduced.
- 1972 - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins service with a 26-mile (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont.
- 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.
- 1981 - A small plane crashes into the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino damaging the venue beyond repair.
- 1986 - Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers biggest one-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded.
- 1989 - Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud.
- 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 - Hurricane Iniki hits the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai and Oahu.
- 1996 - Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.
- 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 - 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.
- 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.
Births on September 11
- 1902 - Birth of Alice Tully in Corning, New York, USA; singer/patroness (Carnegie Hall).
- 1915 - Birth of Jack Fascinato in Bevier, Missouri, USA; pianist/orchestra leader (Kukla, Fran, and Ollie).
- 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.
- 1928 - Birth of Earl Holliman in Louisiana, USA; actor (Police Woman, Tribes, Cry Panic).
- 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).
- 1936 - Birth of Charles Dierkop in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Detective Pete Royster - Police Woman).
- 1937 - Birth of Robert Crippen in Beaumont, Texas, USA; Captain US Navy/astronaut (STS 1, 7, 41C, 41G).
- 1939 - Birth of Lola Falana in Camden, New Jersey, USA; singer ("Liberation of LB Jones").
- 1945 - Birth of Leo Kottke in Athens, Georgia, USA; guitarist (Ice Water, Greenhouse).
- 1954 - Birth of Reed Birney in Alexandria, Virginia, USA; entertainer (Greatest Man in the World).
- 1961 - Birth of Virginia Madsen in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Dune, Hot Spot, Class).
- 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).
- 1967 - Birth of Kendra Lee Ruwe in Madison, Idaho, USA; Miss Idaho-America (1991).
- 1981 - Birth of Dylan Klebold; American murderer (dies 1999).
Deaths on September 11
- 2001 - Death of Barbara Olson, American television commentator (born 1955).
- 2002 - Death of Johnny Unitas, American football player (born 1933).
- 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.
- 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.
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