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On this day: September 11 in history

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1. 9The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.Europe
2. 911William I of Aquitaine gifts abbot Berno a group of lands close to Mâcon to found a new monastery. Contrary to other Benedictine monasteries, William sets the monastery outside of the control of any feudal lord.Europe
3. 1185Isaac 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.Europe
4. 1275An earthquake occurs in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.Europe
5. 1297Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.Europe
6. 1390Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.Europe
7. 1541Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.Latin America
8. 1565Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.Middle EastEurope
9. 1609Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.North America
10. 1649Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.Europe
11. 1683Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the Battle of Vienna.EuropeMiddle East
12. 1697Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.Middle East
13. 1708Charles 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.Europe
14. 1709Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.Europe
15. 1714Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Catalans, the last phase of the War of the Spanish Succession.Europe
16. 1758Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.Europe
17. 1775Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.North America
18. 1776British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.EuropeNorth America
19. 1777American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.North AmericaEurope
20. 1780American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.North America
21. 1786The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.North America
22. 1789Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.North America
23. 1792The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.Europe
24. 1800The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.North AmericaEurope
25. 1802France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.Europe
26. 1803The 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 ends in a British victory.AsiaEurope
27. 1814War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.North America
28. 1829An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.EuropeLatin America
29. 1836The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.Latin America
30. 1840An Anglo-Turkish force captures Beirut with the help of bombardment by an English fleet.Middle EastEurope
31. 1851Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.North America
32. 1852Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.Latin America
33. 1857The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.North America
34. 1881In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.Europe
35. 1897After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of the Kaffa.Africa
36. 1903The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.North America
37. 1905The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.North America
38. 1914The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II.Europe
39. 1914World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.OceaniaEurope
40. 1916The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.North America
41. 1919United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.North AmericaLatin America
42. 1921Nahalal, a Jewish moshav in Palestine, is settled.Middle East
43. 1922The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.Europe
44. 1941Charles Lindbergh makes his Des Moines speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of conspiring for war with Germany.Europe
45. 1941Construction begins on the Pentagon.North America
46. 1943World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.Europe
47. 1944World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.Europe
48. 1945World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.AsiaAsiaOceania
49. 1954Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.EuropeNorth America
50. 1961Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.North America
51. 1965Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.Asia
52. 1967China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.Asia
53. 1968Air Canada Flight 303, a Vickers Viscount 757, was the subject of an attempted plane hijacking to Cuba by a person being chased by the CIA.North AmericaLatin America
54. 1968John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.Europe
55. 1968Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.Europe
56. 1970The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.Middle East
57. 1971The Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro rock festival is held in the State of Mexico. It attracted more than 100,000 attendees during the Mexican Dirty War, a period marked by widespread political repression.Latin America
58. 1971The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.Middle East
59. 1972The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.North America
60. 1973A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.Latin America
61. 1973JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.Europe
62. 1974Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.North America
63. 1976A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.EuropeNorth America
64. 1977Atari, Inc. releases the Video Computer System (VCS), later renamed the Atari 2600 in 1982.North America
65. 1980A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.Latin America
66. 1982The 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.Middle East
67. 1985Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.Europe
68. 1989Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.Europe
69. 1990A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.EuropeLatin America
70. 1991Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.North America
71. 1992Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing seven and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.North America
72. 1995The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.North America
73. 1997NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.North America
74. 1997Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.Europe
75. 1997After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.Europe
76. 2001Nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people using four hijacked aircraft. 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.North America
77. 2007Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.Europe
78. 2008A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.Europe
79. 2011A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.North America
80. 2012The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.North AmericaAfrica
81. 2012A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.Asia
82. 2015A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.Middle East
83. 2023The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.Africa
84. 2024Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.Latin America
85. 2024Soyuz MS-26 is launched to the International Space Station, setting a record of 19 people in orbit at the same time.World
86. 2025Progress MS-32 is launched to resupply the International Space Station. It is the 300th spacecraft launched to the ISS.World

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