9/11 (September 11) in history (Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11) 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, led by Michimalonco. 1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta. 1609 – Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spains Moriscos. 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there. 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwells English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison. 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 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, 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 Years War. 1775 – Benedict Arnolds expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts. 1776 – British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War. 1777 – American Revolutionary War: 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 where they are stored. 1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont. 1803 – Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindias army under General Louis Bourquin. 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. 1826 – Capt. William Morgan arrested in Batavia, New York for debt. This sets into motion the events that lead to his mysterious disappearance. 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. 1830 – Anti-Masonic Party convention; one of the first American political party conventions. 1847 – Stephen Fosters song Oh! Susanna is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh. 1851 – Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves stand against their former owner in armed resistance in Christiana, Pennsylvania, creating a rallying cry for the abolitionist movement. 1852 – The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Federal government, rejoining on 17 September 1861. Several places are named Once de Septiembre after this event. 1857 – The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah. 1893 – Parliament of the Worlds Religions opened in Chicago, where Swami Vivekananda delivers his speech on fanaticism, tolerance and the truth inherent in all religions. 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. 1914 – Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka. 1916 – The Quebec Bridges 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 Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel. 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia. 1922 – One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australias predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded. 1931 – Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Lucky Lucianos hitmen. 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during a storm. 1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, the countrys first independent declaration of war 1940 – George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer. 1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon. 1941 – Charles Lindberghs 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: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo. 1954 – Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths. 1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state. 1965 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore. 1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew. 1968 – The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) was found. 1970 – The Dawsons Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its opening day of passenger service. 1973 – 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. 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. 1976 – A group of Croatian nationalists planted a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands, they revealed the location and provided instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation was not executed properly, killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist. 1978 – Janet Parker is the last person to die of smallpox, in a laboratory-associated outbreak. 1980 – Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of president Pinochet. 1982 – The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israels 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. 1985 – Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobbs baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit 1988 – The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany. 1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu. 1997 – NASAs 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 die 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. 2000 – Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place. 2001 – Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed. 2003 – Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh assassinated 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs. 2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan. 2012 – The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths. 2013 – 400 km long Human chain called Catalan Way is organized by the Assemblea Nacional Catalana for the independence of Catalonia
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