September 11

September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year. It is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).

Events

• 9 – The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends.
• 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.
• 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, lead by Michimalonko.
• 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 – John III Sobieski of Poland arrives on Kahlen Hill, leading to the Battle of Vienna the following day.
• 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 – Barcelona 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 Year's War.
• 1773 – The Public Advertiser publishes a satirical essay titled Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One written by Benjamin Franklin.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1858 – First ascent of Dom, the third highest summit in the Alps.
• 1888 – Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day is chosen.
• 1891 – The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch.
• 1893 – First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held.
• 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.
• 1906 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term "Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.
• 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 Israel, is settled.
• 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.
• 1926 – An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails.
• 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 into the ground during a storm.
• 1940 – George Stibitz pioneers 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: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15.
• 1956 – People to People International is founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• 1960 – The Young Americans for Freedom, meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr., promulgate the Sharon Statement.
• 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 – The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.
• 1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
• 1970 – 88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
• 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
• 1972 – Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins regular 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.
• 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 broke Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit
• 1989 – The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.
• 1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu.
• 1996 – The Southern Pacific Railroad is absorbed into the Union Pacific Railroad system.
• 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 lose their lives 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.
• 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, destruction of the western portion of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a passenger airliner crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
• 2003 – Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after having been assaulted September 10.
• 2003 – The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety enters into effect.
• 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).
• 2005 – The State of Israel completes its unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip.
• 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.

Births

• 1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
• 1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d. 1605)
• 1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)
• 1611 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, Marshal of France (d. 1675)
• 1681 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)
• 1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748)
• 1711 – William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)
• 1723 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
• 1786 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832)
• 1798 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)
• 1800 – Daniel S. Dickinson, New York senator (d. 1866)
• 1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888)
• 1825 – Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)
• 1836 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)
• 1838 – John Ireland, American Catholic archbishop (d. 1918)
• 1859 – Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)
• 1860 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
• 1860 – James Allan, former All Black (d. 1934)
• 1862 – O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
• 1862 – Julian Byng, British army officer (d. 1935)
• 1865 – Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)
• 1877 – James Hopwood Jeans, English scientist (d. 1946)
• 1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)
• 1891 – William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949)
• 1892 – Pinto Colvig, voice actor for Goofy, Pluto, and Bozo the Clown (d. 1967)
• 1892 – Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1893 – W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Nur Ali Elahi, Iranian philosopher, musician, spiritual teacher, and judge (d. 1974)
• 1899 – Jimmie Davis, composer (d. 2000)
• 1899 – Philipp Bouhler, German nazi leader (d. 1945)
• 1900 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)
• 1903 – Theodor Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1969)
• 1911 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983)
• 1914 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church
• 1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, 10^th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
• 1917 – Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born British film actor
• 1917 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Edwin Richfield, British actor (d. 1990)
• 1924 – Daniel Akaka, Chinese-American politician
• 1924 – Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Rudolf Vrba, Jewish Canadian professor, Holocaust survivor (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Harry Somers, Canadian composer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1927 – G. David Schine, American businessman (d. 1996)
• 1927 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Willie Christine King, Sister of Martin Luther King Jr.
• 1928 – Reubin O'Donovan Askew, American politician
• 1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor
• 1929 – Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)
• 1930 – Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (d. 1997)
• 1930 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian
• 1932 – Peter Anderson, English footballer
• 1933 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist
• 1934 – Norma Croker, Australian sprinter
• 1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
• 1935 – Gherman Titov, Russian cosmonaut (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Ian Abercrombie, English actor
• 1937 – Iosif Kobzon, Soviet singer and Russian businessman
• 1937 – Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria of Belgium
• 1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut
• 1938 – David Higgins, British Composer and Conductor
• 1939 – Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman
• 1940 – Brian De Palma, American film director
• 1940 – Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General
• 1940 – Nong Duc Manh, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam
• 1940 – Robert Palmer, American computer executive
• 1942 – Lola Falana, American singer
• 1942 – Gerome Ragni American playwright
• 1943 – Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead)
• 1943 – Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian terrorist
• 1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Beligian politician
• 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
• 1945 – Leo Kottke, American acoustic guitarist
• 1945 – Felton Perry, American actor
• 1948 – John Martyn, English musician (d. 2009)
• 1949 – Bill Whittington, race car driver
• 1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian rules footballer
• 1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress
• 1950 – Barry Sheene, British motorcyclist (d. 2003)
• 1951 – Richard D. Gill, British-Dutch mathematician
• 1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentine rugby player
• 1951 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1953 – Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer (Styx)
• 1953 – Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality
• 1956 – Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director
• 1957 – Brad Bird, American director and animator
• 1957 – Jeff Sluman, American professional golfer
• 1958 – Brad Lesley, American baseball player, actor and television personality
• 1958 – Scott Patterson, American actor
• 1958 – Roxann Dawson, American actress
• 1958 – Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer
• 1960 – Anne Ramsay, American actress
• 1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress
• 1961 – Philip Ardagh, British writer
• 1962 – Elizabeth Daily, American actress
• 1962 – Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian composer
• 1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
• 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
• 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
• 1962 – Jenny Sanford, First Lady of South Carolina
• 1963 – Dr Patrick McWilliams, Irish author
• 1963 – Colin Wells, English actor
• 1964 – Ellis Burks, American baseball player
• 1964 – Victor Wooten, American musician
• 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
• 1965 – Paul Heyman, American wrestling manager
• 1965 – Moby, American musician
• 1965 – David Roe, English snooker player
• 1966 – Princess Akishino, Japanese Imperial Family
• 1967 – Maria Bartiromo, financial broadcast journalist
• 1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer
• 1967 – Tony David, Australian darts player
• 1968 – Kay Hanley, American musician
• 1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American film writer and director
• 1969 – Stefano Cagol, Italian contemporary artist
• 1969 – Gidget Gein, American musician (d. 2008)
• 1969 – Eduardo Perez, American baseball player
• 1970 – Chris Garver, tattoo artist
• 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
• 1970 – William Joppy, American boxer
• 1970 – Taja Kramberger, Slovenian poet and sociologist
• 1970 – Ted Leo, American musician
• 1970 – Laura Wright, American actress
• 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, British singer
• 1971 – Markos Moulitsas, American blogger and author
• 1971 – Johnny Vegas, English comedian
• 1971 – Shelton Quarles, American football player
• 1972 – Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist
• 1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentine footballer
• 1974 – DeLisha Milton-Jones, American women's basketball player
• 1975 – Pierre Issa, South African footballer
• 1975 – Mark Klepaski, American musician
• 1976 – Elephant Man, Jamaican musician
• 1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
• 1976 – Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler
• 1977 – Ludacris, American rapper
• 1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
• 1977 – Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay)
• 1978 – Ed Reed, American football player
• 1978 – Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer
• 1978 – Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer
• 1979 – Nathan Gale, American murderer (d. 2004)
• 1979 – Ariana Richards, American actress
• 1979 – Frank Francisco, Major League Baseball pitcher
• 1979 – Steve Hofstetter, comedian and radio personality
• 1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
• 1980 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
• 1981 – Luscious Lopez, American pornographic actress
• 1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Dylan Klebold, American murderer (d. 1999)
• 1982 – Shriya Saran, South Indian actress
• 1983 – Ike Diogu, American basketball player
• 1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
• 1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
• 1985 – Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Dwayne Jarrett, American football player
• 1986 – Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby union footballer
• 1987 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
• 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
• 1988 – Lee Yong Dae, South Korean badminton player

Deaths

• 1063 – Béla I of Hungary, King of Hungary
• 1161 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
• 1185 – Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier
• 1279 – Robert Kilwardby, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. 1215)
• 1298 – Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269)
• 1349 – Bonne of Luxembourg, wife of John II of France (b. 1315)
• 1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman executed for planned fratricide (b. 1577)
• 1677 – James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)
• 1680 – Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (b. 1621)
• 1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
• 1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
• 1733 – François Couperin, French composer (b. 1668)
• 1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
• 1822 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (b. 1777)
• 1823 – David Ricardo, economist (b. 1772)
• 1843 – Joseph Nicollet, mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1851 – Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (b. 1794)
• 1865 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 – Francis James Child, American ballad collector (b. 1825)
• 1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist (b. 1847)
• 1915 – William Sprague IV, American politician (b. 1830)
• 1915 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American railway executive (b. 1843)
• 1917 – Georges Guynemer, French aviator (b. 1894)
• 1921 – Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet (b. 1882)
• 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875)
• 1931 – Salvatore Maranzano, American crime boss (b. 1868)
• 1932 – Stanislaw Wigura, Polish pilot (b. 1901)
• 1932 – Franciszek Zwirko, Polish pilot (b. 1895)
• 1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
• 1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. 1873)
• 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (b. 1876)
• 1950 – Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman (b. 1870)
• 1956 – Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot in World War I (b. 1894)
• 1958 – Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. 1874)
• 1958 – Camillien Houde, French Canadian politician (b. 1889)
• 1965 – Ralph C. Smedley, Founder of Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
• 1966 – C. E. Woolman, American airline magnate (b. 1889)
• 1967 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (b. 1904)
• 1968 – René Cogny, French General (b. 1904)
• 1971 – Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet politician and leader (b. 1894)
• 1971 – Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (b. 1928)
• 1972 – Max Fleischer, American animator (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Salvador Allende, President of Chile (b. 1908)
• 1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
• 1974 – Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean Socialist Party member
• 1978 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929)
• 1978 – Janet Parker, medical photographer (b. c.1938)
• 1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish F1 driver (b. 1944)
• 1984 – Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
• 1985 – William Alwyn, English composer (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
• 1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (b. 1915)
• 1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician and singer (b. 1944)
• 1988 – John Sylvester White, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1990 – Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)
• 1991 – Ernst Herbeck, German Poet (b. 1920)
• 1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Antoine Izméry, Haitian pro-democracy activist
• 1994 – Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1994 – William Obanhein, police officer, mentioned in "Alice's Restaurant" (b. 1924)
• 1995 – Anita Harding, neurologist (b. 1952)
• 1997 – Camille Henry, National Hockey League player (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Hannah Weiner American experimental poet (b. 1928)
• 1998 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban artist (b. 1967)
• 1999 – Gonzalo Rodriguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. 1972)
• 2001 – Alice Stewart Trillin, American author (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Victims of the September 11 attacks:
  • David Angell, American sitcom creator (b. 1946)
  • Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player and scout (b. 1948)
  • Todd Beamer, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1968)
  • Berry Berenson, widow of Anthony Perkins (b. 1948)
  • Mark Bingham, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1970)
  • Tom Burnett, American businessman (b. 1963)
  • Peter J. Ganci, Jr., Chief of Department, FDNY (b. 1946)
  • Father Mychal F. Judge, Chaplain, FDNY (b. 1933)
  • Angel L. Juarbe, Jr., American firefighter (b. 1966)
  • John P. O'Neill, American anti-terrorism FBI agent (b. 1952)
  • John Ogonowski, pilot for American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1951)
  • Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
  • Daniel M. Lewin, founder of Akamai Technologies (b. 1970)
• 2001 – 9/11 terrorists:
  • Marwan Al-Shehhi (b. 1978)
  • Mohamed Atta (b. 1968)
  • Hani Hanjour (b. 1972)
  • Ziad Jarrah (b. 1975)
• 2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1957)
• 2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)
• 2004 – Fred Ebb, American lyricist (b. 1933)
• 2004 – David Mann, U.S. artist (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
• 2006 – William Auld, Scottish poet, writer and supporter of Esperanto (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Ian Porterfield, Manager of Armenia National Football Club (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Gene Savoy, American author and cleric (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist of religions (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Gertrude Baines, world's oldest living person (b. 1894)

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)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada