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- 0009 Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends.
- 1185 Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1226 The Roman Catholic practice of perpetual adoration begins.
- 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace defeat the English.
- 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.
- 1649 Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
- 1683 Battle of Vienna.
- 1683 John III Sobieski of Poland arrives on Kahlen Hill, leading to the Battle of Vienna the next day.[1]
- 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 is no longer a major power.
- 1709 Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
- 1709 English, Dutch & Austrians defeat French in Battle of Malplaquet
- 1714 Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace."
- 1773 The Public Advertiser publishes a satirical essay titled Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One, which is written by Benjamin Franklin.
- 1776 British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolution.
- 1777 Battle of Brandywine - Major American Revolutionary war victory for British in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- 1786 Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce
- 1786 The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
- 1789 Alexander Hamilton is appointed as first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1792 Hope Diamond is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men broke into the house used to store the jewels.
- 1802 France annexed the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, NY; Americans defeat British
- 1814 The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the War of 1812.
- 1847 Stephen Foster's most well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1853 First electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos
- 1857 The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- 1869 Work completed on the Wallace Monument.
- 1886 Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup
- 1888 Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day was chosen.
- 1891 The Jewish Colonization Association is established by Baron Maurice de Hirsch.
- 1893 First World Parliament of Religions conference 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 First race is held at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. 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.
- 1911 Middle Tennessee State University is founded in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as Middle Tennessee Normal School.
- 1914 Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent there.
- 1914 Two Australian battalions land near Rabaul and occupy the German colony on New Britain, off north-eastern New Guinea during WWI.
- 1915 The Pennsylvania Railroad begins electrified commuter rail service between Paoli and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, using overhead AC trolley wires for power.
- 1917 Visitor posting - Ferdinand Edralin Marcos, Philippine's 10th President. Declared Martial Law. Served 7,362 days or 20 years, 1 month and 26 days in his presidency making him the longest-serving President of the Philippines (1965 to 1986). - Philippines [email protected]
- 1918 Major League Baseball: The Boston Red Sox win last World Series until 2004, starting the "Curse of the Bambino."
- 1919 U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
- 1921 Motion picture star Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape.
- 1921 Nahalal, the first moshav in Israel, is settled.
- 1922 British mandate of Palestine begins
- 1922 One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
- 1922 The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
- 1922 The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
- 1923 The ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over NY's tallest skyscraper, the Woolworth Tower
- 1926 Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu
- 1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
- 1930 Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles
- 1931 Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.
- 1932 Franciszek wirko and Stanisaw Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their RWD 6 crashed into the ground during a storm.
- 1936 FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam
- 1940 George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
- 1940 World War II: Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid.
- 1941 Charles Lindberg's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
- 1941 Charles Lindbergh, charges "the British, the Jewish & the Roosevelt administration" are trying to get the US into WW II
- 1941 FDR orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight
- 1941 Ground broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
- 1941 World War II: U.S. Navy ordered to attack German U-boats.
- 1942 HMCS Charlottetown lost the Gulf of St. Lawrence
- 1943 Visitor posting - Sep 11 1943 Philip William Allen born in Rochford
- 1943 World War II: start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.
- 1943 Visitor posting - happy birthday EILEEN TURNER of BRIXHAM - United Kingdom
- 1944 FDR and Churchill meet in Canada at the 2nd Quebec Conference
- 1944 Holland is liberated by the Allies.
- 1944 World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
- 1944 World War II: the first allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany.
- 1946 First mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
- 1950 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton Ohio
- 1950 Visitor posting - Keith was born on this date - USA
- 1950 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
- 1951 Florence Chadwick becomes first woman to swim the English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours,19 minutes
- 1954 First Miss America TV broadcast
- 1955 Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple.
- 1956 People to People International is founded by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- 1959 Lee Harvey Oswald is discharged from the United States Marine Corps.
- 1960 The 17th Olympic games close in Rome
- 1960 Young Americans for Freedom meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr. promulgates the Sharon Statement.
- 1961 Bob Dylan's first NY performance
- 1961 Formation of the World Wildlife Fund.
- 1961 Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest storm ever to hit the state.
- 1962 Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You"
- 1962 Visitor posting - September 11 1962 Duane is born
- 1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG & ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at the Cleve Auditorium
- 1965 Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
- 1965 First elements of the First Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, with their helicopter and light observation aircraft, went ashore at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam, from Boxer in which they had been transported from Mayport, Fla., by way of the Suez Canal.
- 1965 The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.
- 1967 US Surveyor 5 makes first chemical analysis of lunar material
- 1968 Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
- 1968 Number one hit on UK music charts - The Beatles - Hey Jude
- 1970 88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews or Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
- 1970 The Ford Pinto is introduced.
- 1971 The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
- 1972 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
- 1972 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in San Francisco, California begins regular service.
- 1972 The Closing Ceremony of the Munich Olympics takes place. It was the Summer Olympics when the terrorist attack known as the Munich Massacre happened.
- 1973 A CIA backed coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende[2]. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years.
- 1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup
- 1974 The Stranglers formed in Guildford, Surrey.
- 1976 Visitor posting - Stanley Delventhal & Barbara Edwards joined hands in marriage at St. Pauls Church, Beachwood, New Jersey - USA
- 1979 Visitor posting - September 11 1979 Brian Edmund Null was born! First child of Debi and Harry 9lbs 11 oz, 22.5 inches
- 1981 A small plane crashes into the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino damaging it beyond repair.
- 1982 The international forces, which were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon, left Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees were massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
- 1983 Visitor posting - September 11 1983- Up Coming Music Entertainer Micah Timothy "J.Poppie" Livingston was born in Brooklyn, NY
- 1984 Australian Royal Commission finds servicemen were deliberately exposed to radiation in British nuclear tests at Maralinga in 1956-57.
- 1985 Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.
- 1985 Intl Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km
- 1987 Dan Rather walks off the set of the CBS Evening News over disapproval of the handling of a major event being interrupted and postponed by a sports program, leaving six minutes of dead air.
- 1987 Visitor posting - vikas dhankhar born - India
- 1987 Twelve people die in a shoot-out in Jean-Bertrand Aristide's church in Haiti.
- 1988 Visitor posting - James G Griffith born in F.C. CO - USA
- 1989 The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.
- 1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston
- 1992 Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history , devastates the State of Hawaii, especially the islands of Kauai and Oahu.
- 1992 Visitor posting - Adriana Ochoa was born in El Paso Tx...I love you!!!!
- 1992 Visitor posting - September 11 1992 Hailee is born (:
- 1992 Visitor posting - Tyler Gioacchini is born!!! Woot Woot!
- 1994 Frank Eugene Corder steals a Cessna plane, intending to crash it into the White House.
- 1995 Visitor posting - september-11-1995--Margo Erin Rice...........was born!!!!
- 1996 Visitor posting - The legend that is Jordan Devenny was born. - United Kingdom
- 1996 Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad.
- 1997 After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.
- 1997 NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- 1997 Scotland referendum, 1997sep11 - Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament.
- 1998 Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
- 1998 Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia was the first Asian country to host the games.
- 1998 Yevgeny Primakov is appointed Prime Minister of Russia.
- 1999 Tennis: Serena Williams, 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first Grand Slam tournament when she became U.S. Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
- 2000 Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia. See S11.
- 2000 Visitor posting - September 11, 2000 Kaden Alec Arias is born at 11:52 p.m.
- 2000 Scientists confirm the long held suspicion: It can take just a few cigarettes to become addicted. Research shows some 12 and 13-year-olds show signs of addiction within days of their first cigarette.
- 2001 10:05 a.m.: The south tower of the World Trade Center collapses, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.
- 2001 10:10 a.m.: A portion of the Pentagon collapses.
- 2001 10:10 a.m.: United Airlines Flight 93 crashes in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh.
- 2001 10:28 a.m.: The World Trade Center's north tower collapses from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing a tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.
- 2001 10:45 a.m.: All federal office buildings in Washington are evacuated.
- 2001 11:18 a.m.: American Airlines reports it has lost two aircraft. American Flight 11, a Boeing 767 flying from Boston to Los Angeles, had 81 passengers and 11 crew aboard. Flight 77, a Boeing 757 en route from Washington's Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles, had 58 passengers and six crew members aboard. Flight 11 slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center. Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.
- 2001 11:26 a.m.: United Airlines reports that United Flight 93, en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco, has crashed in Pennsylvania, southeast of Pittsburgh. The airline also says that it is "deeply concerned" about United Flight 175.
- 2001 11:59 a.m.: United Airlines confirms that Flight 175, from Boston to Los Angeles, has crashed with 56 passengers and nine crew members aboard. Emergency personnel at the scene say there are no survivors.
- 2001 1:04 p.m.: Bush, speaking from Barksdale Air Force Base, says that all appropriate security measures are being taken, including putting the U.S. military on high alert worldwide.
- 2001 1:48 p.m.: President Bush leaves Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana aboard Air Force One and flies to Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.
- 2001 4:30 p.m.: The president leaves Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska aboard Air Force One to return to Washington.
- 2001 5:20 p.m.: The 47-story Building 7 of the World Trade Center complex collapses. The evacuated building is damaged when the twin towers across the street collapse earlier in the day. Other nearby buildings in the area remain ablaze.
- 2001 6:54 p.m.: Bush arrives back at the White House and is scheduled to address the nation at 8:30 p.m.
- 2001 8:45 a.m.: A hijacked passenger jet, American Flight 11, crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire.
- 2001 9:03 a.m.: A second hijacked airliner, United Flight 175, crashes into the south tower of the World Trade Center and explodes. Both buildings are burning.
- 2001 9:30 a.m.: Bush, speaking in Florida, says the country has suffered an "apparent terrorist attack." ep112001 TIME-9:40 a.m.: The FAA halts all flight operations at U.S. airports, the first time in U.S. history that air traffic nationwide has been halted.
- 2001 9:43 a.m.: A third hijacked aircraft, American Airlines Flight 77, crashes into the Pentagon, sending up a huge plume of smoke. Evacuation begins immediately.
- 2001 Attack on America:
- 2001 Visitor posting - Saga M born at Lajas, PR Saga M is my first pet ever then tahiribpr came.. then Chavo came.. then Victoria came and then Chichi came.
- 2002 Through extreme and coordinated effort, The Pentagon is rededicated after repairs are completed, exactly one year after the attack on the building.
- 2003 Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on 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.
- 2006 Visitor posting - Carter Jaxon is born to April and Donald! 9 lbs. 9 oz. - USA
- 2007 Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.
- 2008 Visitor posting - Maria Lea Monique Carr is born... mothers... lock up your sons!!! Sept 11th 2008
- 2008 Visitor posting - September 11 2008 Ben Paul Dusenberg is born-keep your daughters under close watch!!!
- 2008 Visitor posting - September 11!!!! 2008 Zach's B-DAY!!!!!!! Turned 16!!!!! Yeah thats right, I drive now SON! Happy B-Day Everyone Else.
- 2008 Visitor posting - Tyleema's B-day you guys betta buy me something nice!!
- 2009 Visitor posting - September 11 2009 Sasha turns 22!!!
- 2009 Visitor posting - September 11, 2009 Alicia A turns 30.
- 2009 Visitor posting - September 11, 2009 Carmen S. turns 27
- 2009 Visitor posting - September 11th 2009- Maria turns 14!! yay!
- 2009 Visitor posting - September 11th, 2009- Joe Berry Turns 16 and Jesse Hanvelt turns 18!! Happy B-Day
- 2009 Visitor posting - Happy 13th Birthday Sabrina! - USA
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