September 11

It is usually the first day of the and  (in the period   to AD ).

The terms September 11th, 11th September, and 9/11 (pronounced "Nine-eleven") have been widely used in the Western media as a shorthand for the on the  and  in the.

In other places of the world the media also use it as shorthand for other events, for example, the,  is referred to as "El 11 de Septiembre" or "El once" ("September 11" or "The eleventh" in Spanish) as shorthand for the Coup events; September 11 is also  or New Year's Day in the.

Events

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 * - The practice of  begins.
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 * - lands on  island.
 * 1609  - Expulsion order announced against the s of ; beginning of the expulsion of all 's.
 * - ends: 's   troops take the town and execute its garrison.
 * - of  arrives on, leading to the  the next day.
 * - stops his march to conquer  outside, marking the turning point in the . The army is defeated nine months later in the , and the  is no longer a.
 * - :, and  fight against.
 * - surrenders to  and   armies in the.
 * -  publishes a satirical titled Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One, which is written by.
 * - - peace conference on fails to stop nascent.
 * - - Major ary war victory for  in,.
 * - The Beginning of the.
 * - is appointed as first.
 * - is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men broke into the house used to store the jewels.
 * - annexed the.
 * - The climax of the, a major victory in the.
 * - 's most well-known song, , is first performed at a saloon in.
 * - The : settlers and s massacre 120 pioneers at.
 * - Work completed on the.
 * - Death of the , after whom the n  was chosen.
 * - The is established by.
 * - First conference held.
 * - After months of pursuit, s of capture, the last king of , bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
 * - First race is held at in, . It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
 * - coins the term  to characterize the  movement in South Africa.
 * - invades, defeating a  contingent there.
 * - The begins   service between  and, using overhead AC trolley wires for power.
 * - The 's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on,.
 * - invade.
 * -, the first in , is settled.
 * - The begins.
 * 1922  - The  is ratified in,.
 * 1922  - One of the ' of 's predecessor papers ' is founded.
 * - An assassination attempt on fails.
 * - is murdered by 's hitmen.
 * - and,   winners, killed in a plane crash as their  crashed into the ground during a storm.
 * - pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
 * 1940  - : Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid.
 * - Ground broken for the construction of.
 * 1941  - World War II:  ordered to attack  U-boats.
 * 1941  -  accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
 * - World War II: occupy  and -.
 * 1943  - World War II: start of the liquidation of the s in  and  by the.
 * - World War II: the first troops of the  cross the western border of.
 * 1944 -  World War II:  bombing raid on  and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
 * - World War II: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at, Kuching, on the island of  by  forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on.
 * - becomes.
 * - Dedication of the first of  in, the.
 * - is founded by President.
 * - meeting at home of  promulgates the.
 * - Formation of the.
 * 1961  -  strikes the  coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest storm ever to hit the state.
 * - The of the  arrives in.
 * - crashes off, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
 * - 88 of the hostages from the are released. The remaining hostages, mostly  or  citizens, are held until.
 * 1970  - The  is introduced.
 * - The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
 * -  in  begins regular service.
 * - A backed  in  headed by   topples the democratically elected  . Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years.
 * - crashes in, , killing 69 passengers and two crew.
 * - , President Sadat of , and Prime Minister Begin of  met at  and agreed on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the.
 * - A small plane crashes into the in  damaging it beyond repair.
 * - The international forces, which were guaranteeing the safety of refugees following 's, left . Five days later, several thousand refugees were massacred in the.
 * - : gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking 's record which stood for over 60 years.
 * - Twelve people die in a shoot-out in 's church in.
 * 1987  -  walks off the set of the  over disapproval of the handling of a major event being interrupted and postponed by a sports program, leaving six minutes of dead air.
 * - The opens between the   and . From  thousands of  throng to  and.
 * -  delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove i soldiers from, which  had recently invaded. He mentions the term "" in this speech for the first time, which is also named "Towards a New World Order".(full text of the speech)
 * -, one of the most damaging s in history , devastates the , especially the islands of  and.
 * - steals a  plane, intending to crash it into the.
 * - Railroad purchases.
 * - 's reaches.
 * 1997  - After a,  votes to establish a , within the.
 * - Independent  sends a report to the  accusing   of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
 * 1998  - Opening ceremony for the  in, .  was the first n country to host the games.
 * - :, 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first tournament when she became  champion, becoming the first  woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since  in.
 * - Activists protest against the meeting in, . See.
 * - Activists protest against the meeting in, . See.
 * - Coordinated attacks resulting in the collapse or severe damage of several skyscrapers at the in, destruction of the western portion of  in , and an intentional passenger airliner crash in . In total, 2,974 people are killed in.
 * - Through extreme and coordinated effort, is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building.
 * -   dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on.
 * 2003  - The  enters into effect.
 * - All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the . Passengers include and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the ).
 * - The completes its  from the.
 * - Russia tested the largest bomb, the.

Births

 * -, Japanese shogun (d. )
 * -, Italian naturalist (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * -, Marshal of France (d. )
 * -, German jurist (d. )
 * -, Scottish poet (d. )
 * -, English composer (d. )
 * -, German educational reformer (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, German mineralogist and physicist (d. )
 * -, New York senator (d. )
 * -, German lens maker (d. )
 * -, German music critic (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American Catholic archbishop (d. )
 * -, Croatian writer (d. )
 * -, Russian-Swiss painter (d. )
 * 1860  -, former All Black (d. )
 * -, American writer (d. )
 * 1862  -, British army officer (d. )
 * -, Latvian poet and playwright (d. )
 * -, Scientist (d. )
 * -, English novelist (d. )
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, 's and 's voice (d. )
 * -, Belgian cyclist (d. )
 * -, British racing driver (d. )
 * -, composer (d. )
 * 1899  -, German nazi leader (d. )
 * -, American farmer and businessman (d. )
 * -, German philosopher, composer, and sociologist (d. )
 * -, Cuban pianist (d. )
 * -, American football coach (d. )
 * -, Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church
 * -, (d. )
 * 1917  -, British writer (d. )
 * 1917  -, film actor
 * -, Hindu guru (d. )
 * -  politician
 * 1924  -, American football coach (d. )
 * 1924  -, Jewish Canadian professor, Holocaust survivor (d. )
 * -, Canadian composer (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American businessman (d. )
 * 1927  -, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. )
 * 1927  -, Elder sister of
 * -, American politician
 * 1928  -, American actor
 * -, Egyptian football player (d. )
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American author and activist (d. )
 * -, Canadian jazz pianist
 * 1934  -, Australian sprinter
 * -, Estonian composer
 * 1935  -, second man in space (d. )
 * -, English actor
 * -, Soviet singer and Russian businessman
 * 1937  -  of Belgium
 * 1937  -, American astronaut
 * -, British Composer and Conductor
 * -, American inventor and businessman
 * -, American film director
 * 1940  - ,
 * -, American singer
 * 1942  -  American Playwright
 * -, American drummer
 * 1943  -, Canadian terrorist
 * -, Brazilian footballer
 * -, German footballer
 * 1945  -, American acoustic guitarist
 * 1945  -, American actor
 * -, English musician
 * -, Australian rules footballer
 * 1950  -, American actress
 * 1950  -, British motorcyclist (d. )
 * -, British-Dutch mathematician
 * 1951  -, Argentine rugby player
 * -, American musician and singer
 * 1953  -, South African journalist and media personality.
 * -, American director and animator
 * 1957  -, American professional golfer
 * -, American actor
 * 1958  -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * 1961  -, British writer
 * -, American actress
 * 1962  -  Belgian politician
 * 1962  -, American actress
 * 1962  -, Spanish footballer
 * -, Irish author
 * 1963  -, English actor
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1964  -, American musician
 * -, President of Syria
 * 1965  -, American wrestling manager
 * 1965  -, American musician
 * 1965  -, English snooker player
 * -, financial broadcast journalist
 * 1967  -, American singer
 * 1967  -, Australian darts player
 * -, American musician
 * 1968  -, American film writer and director
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1969  -, American musician
 * -, tattoo artist
 * 1970  -, American actress and singer
 * 1970  -, American boxer
 * 1970  -, American musician
 * 1970  -, American actress
 * -, British singer
 * 1971  -, American blogger and author
 * 1971  -, English comedian
 * -, American musician
 * -, Jamaican musician
 * 1976  -, Czech racing driver
 * 1976  -, Greek hurdler
 * -, American rapper
 * 1977  -, Welsh snooker player
 * 1977  -, British guitarist
 * -, American football player
 * 1978  -, Australian musician and singer
 * 1978  -, Serbian footballer
 * -, American murderer (d. )
 * 1979  -, American actress
 * 1979  -,  pitcher
 * 1979  -, comedian & radio personality
 * 1979  -, Chilean footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1980  -, Brazilian  driver
 * -, Italian footballer
 * 1981  -,  co-perpetrator (d. )
 * -, South Indian actress
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1983  -, American baseball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1985  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, South African rugby player
 * 1986  -,  for the.
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor

Deaths

 * - Queen (b. )
 * -, Byzantine courtier
 * -, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. )
 * -, French soldier (b. )
 * -, wife of John II of France (b. )
 * -, Italian noblewoman executed for planned fratricide (b. )
 * -, English political philosopher (b. )
 * -, English Puritan political writer (b. )
 * 1680  -  (b. )
 * -, German botanist and physician (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, French astronomer (b. )
 * -, Polish actor (b. )
 * -, economist (b. )
 * -, mathematician and explorer (b. )
 * -, American nutritionist (b. )
 * -, French general (b. )
 * -, President of Argentina (b. )
 * -, American ballad collector (b. )
 * -, French novelist (b. )
 * -, America politician from Rhode Island (b. )
 * 1915  -, North American railway executive (b. )
 * -, French World War I aviator (b. )
 * -, Tamil poet (b. )
 * -, Japanese actor (b. )
 * -, crime boss (b. )
 * - and, Polish pilots who died in a plane crash (Żwirko b.  Wigura b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. )
 * -, founder of Pakistan (b. )
 * -, South African soldier and statesman (b. )
 * -, Canadian pilot in World War I (b. )
 * -, Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. )
 * 1958  -, French Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. )
 * -, American airline magnate (b. )
 * -, Polish technician and textilist (b. )
 * -, French General (b. )
 * -, Soviet politician and leader (b. )
 * -, American animator (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, member of the , "."
 * -, Bulgarian dissident (assassinated) (b. )
 * 1978  -, medical photographer, the final victim of smallpox, (b. c. )
 * 1978  -, Swedish F1 driver. Crashed on Monza circuit. (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * 1985  -, Former Lexington, KY narcotics agent turned smuggler (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * 1987  -, Jamaican musician and singer (murdered) (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Guatemalan anthropologist (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, German Poet (b. )
 * -, Austrian conductor (b. )
 * 1993  -, Haitian pro-democracy activist (assassinated) (b. unknown)
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 1994  -, police officer, mentioned in "Alice's Restaurant" (b. )
 * -, neurologist (b. )
 * -, National Hockey League player (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * 2001  – see also Category:Victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks:
 * 2001  -, 9/11 terrorist (b. )
 * 2001  -, American sitcom creator, passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 (b. )
 * 2001  -, 9/11 terrorist (b. )
 * 2001  -, NHL player and Los Angeles Kings scout, passenger on United Airlines Flight 175 (b. )
 * 2001  -, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1968)
 * 2001  -, widow of actor Anthony Perkins and a passenger on American Airlines flight 11 (b. 1948)
 * 2001  -, passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. )
 * 2001  -, businessman and passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, (b. )
 * 2001  -, worker in the south tower of the world trade center (b. )
 * 2001  -, Chief of Department, FDNY (b. )
 * 2001  -, 9/11 terrorist (b. )
 * 2001  -, 9/11 terrorist (b. )
 * 2001  -, Chaplain, FDNY (b. )
 * 2001  -, American firefighter, winner of Murder in Small Town X (b. )
 * 2001  -, former anti-terrorism  agent, and Director of Security at the World Trade Center (b. )
 * 2001  -, pilot for American Airlines Flight 11 (b. )
 * 2001 - , American political commentator, passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1955)
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 2002  -, American football player (b. )
 * -, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (assassinated) (b. )
 * 2003  -, American actor (b. )
 * - (helicopter crash) (b. )
 * 2004  -, American lyricist (b. )
 * 2004  -, U.S. artist (emphysema) (b. )
 * -, American sportscaster (b. )
 * -, Scottish poet, writer and supporter of Esperanto (b. )
 * 2006  -, American actor (b. )
 * 2006  -, German journalist and author (b. )
 * 2006  -, Dutch lawyer, first president of the European Patent Office (b. )
 * -, Manager of Armenia National Football Club (b. )
 * 2007  -, American author, explorer, scholar and cleric (b. )
 * 2007  -, Austrian musician, Pioneer in Jazz Fusion (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - cave; Saint, ,.
 * Also see.
 * (or The Forerunner) in the.
 * , the in the.
 * in the.
 * , after the death of.
 * Death anniversary of, founder of.
 * Proclaimed  Day by    on  in  and celebrated since then by some  communities, particularly the local s.
 * - Anniversary of the.
 * Feast day of.
 * , remembering those s who died in the, in defense of the , against the - army.
 * , remembering those s who died in the, in defense of the , against the - army.