History Events on September 11

Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.

#Hurricane_Edna

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 by Phalange forces.

#Palestinian_refugees

The National September 11 Memorial & Museum opens on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

#National_September_11_Memorial_&_Museum

World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.

#World_War_I

A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Buši?, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

#Zvonko_Buši?

A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

#Mecca_crane_collapse

The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

#Benghazi

The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

#Quebec_Bridge

Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of President Pinochet.

#Constitution_of_Chile

The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.

#History_of_the_Egyptian_Constitution

World War II: The Western Allied invasion of Germany begins near the city of Aachen.

#Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany

Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.

#Air_France_Flight_1611

Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.

#Isaac_II_Angelos

Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.

#Charles_Lindbergh

The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

#Milwaukee_Mile

Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.

#Battle_of_Saint_Cast

Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.

#Continental_Express_Flight_2574

Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.

#Benedict_Arnold's_expedition_to_Quebec

Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683-1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.

#Battle_of_Zenta

War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..

#War_of_1812

The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.

#Riograndense_Republic

Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

#Hurricane_Carla

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

#Staten_Island_Peace_Conference

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

#Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit

Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.

#Revolution_of_11_September_1852

Captain William Morgan, an ex-freemason is arrested in Batavia, New York for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance.

#William_Morgan_(anti-Mason)

The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.

#Hope_Diamond

War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.

#Battle_of_Plattsburgh

Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.

#Henry_Hudson

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

#NASA

Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.

#Siege_of_Barcelona_(1713-14)

World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.

#World_War_II

Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.

#Ottoman_Empire

Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit.

#Pete_Rose

The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.

#Dawson's_Field_hijackings

The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.

#Catholic_Church

The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.

#Ninth_Avenue_derailment

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.

#Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1965

Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.

#East_Germany

United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.

#History_of_Honduras

Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco.

#Santiago

Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

#Alexander_Hamilton

After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

#1997_Scottish_devolution_referendum

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.

#Charles_XII_of_Sweden

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

#Siege_of_Drogheda

A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.

#1973_Chilean_coup_d'état

Battle of Vienna: Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces.

#Battle_of_Vienna

The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.

#National_Congress_Battalions

The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.

#Treaty_of_Kars

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.

#9th_Division_(Australia)

JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.

#JAT_Airways_Flight_769

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

#Battle_of_Malplaquet

Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.

#Nahalal

Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.

#Battle_of_Stirling_Bridge

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends, where the Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine being established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.

#Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest

France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.

#Kingdom_of_Sardinia

A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.

#2008_Channel_Tunnel_fire

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.

#Hurricane_Iniki

American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

#Battle_of_Brandywine

The September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated suicide attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

#September_11_attacks

Korean War: President Harry S. Truman approved military operations north of the 38th parallel.

#Korean_War

A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.

The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.

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.

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

Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves stand against their former owner in armed resistance in Christiana, Pennsylvania, creating a rallying cry for the abolitionist movement.

Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions.

Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico. This was the consummation of Mexico's campaign for independence.

Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin.

The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf Massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.

Lithuanian Civil War (1389-92): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.