September 11

September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year. It is usually the first day of the year in the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).

Events

• 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
• 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.
• 1526 – The Ottoman army occupies Buda after the crushing Hungarian defeat in the Battle of Mohács.
• 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonko.
• 1609 – Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.
• 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
• 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
• 1683 – Battle of Vienna.
• 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 Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• 1776 – British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
• 1777 – American Revolution: 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 used to store them.
• 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 Scindia's 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.
• 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.
• 1847 – Stephen Foster's well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 1857 – The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
• 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 Bridge's 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 British Mandate of Palestine begins.
• 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
• 1922 – One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
• 1931 – Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.
• 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during a storm.
• 1940 – George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
• 1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
• 1941 – Charles Lindbergh's 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 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
• 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.
• 1970 – The Dawson's 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 remains in power for almost 17 years.
• 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 the instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation was not executed properly killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist.
• 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
• 1980 – Voters approve the present Constitution of Chile.
• 1982 – 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.
• 1985 – Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's 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 – NASA's 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 – The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.
• 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).
• 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.

Births

• 1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
• 1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d. 1605)
• 1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)
• 1525 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598)
• 1611 – Turenne, 3rd Marshal General of France (d. 1675)
• 1681 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)
• 1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748)
• 1711 – William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)
• 1723 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
• 1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish explorer of Africa (d. 1806)
• 1786 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832)
• 1798 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)
• 1800 – Daniel S. Dickinson, American politician (d. 1866)
• 1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (d. 1888)
• 1825 – Eduard Hanslick, German music critic (d. 1904)
• 1836 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)
• 1838 – John Ireland, American archbishop (d. 1918)
• 1859 – Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian writer (d. 1905)
• 1860 – Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
• 1860 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1934)
• 1862 – Dr H.H. Crippen, American murderer hanged in England (d. 1910)
• 1862 – O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
• 1862 – Viscount Byng of Vimy, British army officer (d. 1935)
• 1865 – Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)
• 1877 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Communist revolutionary (d. 1926)
• 1877 – James Hopwood Jeans, English scientist (d. 1946)
• 1884 – Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian Independence activist (d. 1974)
• 1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)
• 1885 – Herbert Stothart, American song writer, composer (d. 1949)
• 1891 – William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949)
• 1892 – Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1892 – Pinto Colvig, American actor and cartoonist (d. 1967)
• 1893 – Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian human rights advocate (d. 1982)
• 1895 – Nur Ali Elahi, Iranian philosopher, musician, spiritual teacher, and judge (d. 1974)
• 1898 – Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, British military administrator (d. 1979)
• 1899 – Jimmie Davis, American politician and musician (d. 2000)
• 1899 – Philipp Bouhler, German Nazi leader (d. 1945)
• 1900 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman (d. 1999)
• 1903 – Theodor Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1969)
• 1904 – Karl Plutus, Estonian jurist and centenarian (d. 2010)
• 1907 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (d. 1974)
• 1908 – Alvar Lidell, British BBC announcer (d. 1981)
• 1911 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban pianist (d. 1971)
• 1913 – Paul "Bear" Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983)
• 1914 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia, Serbian spiritual leader (d. 2009)
• 1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
• 1917 – Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996)
• 1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born British film actor
• 1917 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and racehorse owner (d. 2001)
• 1917 – Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008)
• 1921 – Edwin Richfield, British actor (d. 1990)
• 1923 – Alan Badel, British actor (d. 1982)
• 1923 – Betsy Drake, French born actress
• 1924 – Daniel Akaka, American politician
• 1924 – Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000)
• 1924 – Rudolf Vrba, Canadian professor (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Alan Bergman, American lyricist, song writer
• 1925 – Harry Somers, Canadian composer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005)
• 1927 – G. David Schine, American businessman (d. 1996)
• 1927 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Willie Christine King, American professor
• 1928 – Reubin O'Donovan Askew, American politician
• 1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor
• 1929 – Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)
• 1929 – Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew, UK politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1930 – Cathryn Damon, American actress (d. 1987)
• 1920 – Jean-Claude Forest, French writer and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 1930 – Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (d. 1997)
• 1930 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002)
• 1931 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian
• 1931 – Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (d. 1986)
• 1932 – Peter Anderson, English footballer
• 1933 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
• 1934 – Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist
• 1934 – Norma Croker, Australian sprinter
• 1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
• 1935 – Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000)
• 1936 – Ian Abercrombie, English actor
• 1937 – Iosif Kobzon, Soviet-Russian singer and businessman
• 1937 – Queen Paola of Belgium
• 1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut
• 1938 – David Higgins, British composer and conductor (d. 2006)
• 1939 – Charles Geschke, American inventor and businessman
• 1940 – Brian De Palma, American film director
• 1940 – Theodore Olson, American politician
• 1940 – Nong Duc Manh, Vietnamese politician
• 1940 – Robert Palmer, American businessman
• 1942 – Lola Falana, American singer
• 1942 – Gerome Ragni, American playwright
• 1943 – André Caillé, Canadian businessman
• 1943 – Mickey Hart, American drummer
• 1943 – Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian political activist
• 1943 – Khun Htun Oo, Burmese politician
• 1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Belgian politician
• 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
• 1945 – Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian conductor and composer
• 1945 – Leo Kottke, American guitarist
• 1945 – Felton Perry, American actor
• 1946 – Jim Shoulder, British footballer and coach
• 1946 – Dennis Tufano, American singer
• 1948 – John Martyn, English musician (d. 2009)
• 1949 – Bill Whittington, American race car driver
• 1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian rules footballer
• 1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress
• 1950 – Barry Sheene, British motorcyclist (d. 2003)
• 1951 – Richard D. Gill, British-Dutch mathematician
• 1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentine rugby player
• 1951 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (d. 2008)
• 1953 – Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality
• 1953 – Renée Geyer, Australian jazz, soul and R&B singer
• 1953 – Tommy Shaw, American musician and singer
• 1956 – Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director
• 1957 – Brad Bird, American director and animator
• 1957 – Jeff Sluman, American golfer
• 1957 – Jon Moss, English drummer
• 1958 – Brad Lesley, American baseball player, actor, and television personality
• 1958 – Scott Patterson, American actor
• 1958 – Roxann Dawson, American actress
• 1958 – Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer
• 1960 – Anne Ramsay, American actress
• 1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress
• 1961 – Philip Ardagh, British writer
• 1962 – Elizabeth Daily, American actress
• 1962 – Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian composer
• 1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
• 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
• 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
• 1962 – Jenny Sanford, American heiress and businesswoman
• 1963 – Patrick McWilliams, Irish author
• 1963 – Colin Wells, English actor
• 1964 – Ellis Burks, American baseball player
• 1964 – Victor Wooten, American musician
• 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria
• 1965 – Paul Heyman, American sports figure
• 1965 – Moby, American musician
• 1965 – David Roe, English snooker player
• 1966 – Princess Akishino of Japan
• 1967 – Maria Bartiromo, American news anchor
• 1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer
• 1967 – Tony David, Australian darts player
• 1968 – Kay Hanley, American musician
• 1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American film writer and director
• 1969 – Stefano Cagol, Italian contemporary artist
• 1969 – Gidget Gein, American musician (d. 2008)
• 1969 – Eduardo Perez, American baseball player
• 1970 – Chris Garver, American tattoo artist
• 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
• 1970 – William Joppy, American boxer
• 1970 – Taja Kramberger, Slovenian poet and sociologist
• 1970 – Ted Leo, American musician
• 1970 – Laura Wright, American actress
• 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, British singer
• 1971 – Markos Moulitsas, American writer
• 1971 – Johnny Vegas, English comedian
• 1971 – Shelton Quarles, American football player
• 1972 – Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist
• 1974 – DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player
• 1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentine footballer
• 1975 – Pierre Issa, South African footballer
• 1975 – Mark Klepaski, American musician
• 1976 – Elephant Man, Jamaican musician
• 1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver
• 1976 – Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler
• 1977 – Jon Buckland, British guitarist
• 1977 – Ludacris, American rapper
• 1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
• 1977 – Tobias Zellner, German footballer
• 1978 – Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer
• 1978 – Ed Reed, American football player
• 1978 – Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer
• 1979 – Éric Abidal, French footballer
• 1979 – Frank Francisco, American baseball player
• 1979 – Nathan Gale, American murderer (d. 2004)
• 1979 – Steve Hofstetter, American comedian and radio personality
• 1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
• 1979 – Ariana Richards, American actress
• 1980 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1980 – Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
• 1980 – Dawit Kebede, Ethiopian journalist
• 1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Charles Kelley, American singer-songwriter
• 1981 – Luscious Lopez, American pornographic actress
• 1982 – Shriya Saran, Indian actress
• 1983 – Ike Diogu, American basketball player
• 1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
• 1984 – Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
• 1984 – Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
• 1985 – Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
• 1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
• 1985 – Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1986 – Dwayne Jarrett, American football player
• 1986 – Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby union footballer
• 1987 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
• 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
• 1988 – Lee Yong Dae, South Korean badminton player

Deaths

• 1063 – King Béla I of Hungary
• 1161 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
• 1185 – Stephanus Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier
• 1279 – Robert Kilwardby, English archbishop (b. c. 1215)
• 1298 – Philip of Artois, French soldier (b. 1269)
• 1349 – Bonne of Luxembourg, Bohemian-born duchess and countess (b. 1315)
• 1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
• 1677 – James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)
• 1680 – Roger Crab, English political writer (b. 1621)
• 1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
• 1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
• 1733 – François Couperin, French composer (b. 1668)
• 1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
• 1822 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (b. 1777)
• 1823 – David Ricardo, English economist (b. 1772)
• 1843 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1851 – Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (b. 1794)
• 1865 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
• 1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
• 1896 – Francis James Child, American professor (b. 1825)
• 1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist (b. 1847)
• 1915 – William Sprague IV, American politician (b. 1830)
• 1915 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American businessman (b. 1843)
• 1917 – Georges Guynemer, French aviator (b. 1894)
• 1921 – Subramanya Bharathy, Tamil poet (b. 1882)
• 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875)
• 1932 – Stanislaw Wigura, Polish pilot (b. 1901)
• 1932 – Franciszek Zwirko, Polish pilot (b. 1895)
• 1935 – Charles Norris, American medical examiner (b. 1867)
• 1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
• 1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. 1873)
• 1947 – Alice Keppel, English socialite and mistress of King Edward VII (b. 1868)
• 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (b. 1876)
• 1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1950 – Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman (b. 1870)
• 1956 – Billy Bishop, Canadian fighter pilot (b. 1894)
• 1958 – Robert W. Service, Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. 1874)
• 1958 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician (b. 1889)
• 1959 – Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1965 – Ralph C. Smedley, American educator (b. 1878)
• 1966 – C. E. Woolman, American businessman (b. 1889)
• 1967 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (b. 1904)
• 1968 – René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
• 1971 – Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet politician and leader (b. 1894)
• 1971 – Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (b. 1928)
• 1971 – Errikos Kontarinis, Greek actor (b. 1906)
• 1972 – Max Fleischer, American animator (b. 1883)
• 1973 – Salvador Allende, President of Chile (b. 1908)
• 1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
• 1974 – Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean socialist
• 1978 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player (b. 1895)
• 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929)
• 1978 – Janet Parker, British medical figure (b. c.1938)
• 1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944)
• 1984 – Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
• 1985 – William Alwyn, English composer (b. 1905)
• 1985 – Eleanor Dark, Australian novelist (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
• 1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek politician and academic, twice Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Noel Streatfeild, English children's writer (b. 1895)
• 1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1915)
• 1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician (b. 1944)
• 1988 – John Sylvester White, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1990 – Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)
• 1991 – Ernst Herbeck, German poet (b. 1920)
• 1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
• 1993 – Antoine Izméry, Haitian political activist
• 1994 – Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)
• 1994 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1994 – William Obanhein, American police officer (b. 1924)
• 1995 – Anita Harding, British neurologist (b. 1952)
• 1997 – Camille Henry, Canadian hockey player (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Hannah Weiner American experimental poet (b. 1928)
• 1998 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban artist (b. 1967)
• 1999 – Bobby Limb, Australian entertainer (b. 1924)
• 1999 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. 1972)
• 2001 – Alice Stewart Trillin, American author (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Casualties of the September 11 attacks:
  • David Angell, American television producer (b. 1946)
  • Mohamed Atta, Egyptian hijacker–pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1968)
  • Garnet Bailey, Canadian hockey player (b. 1948)
  • Todd Beamer, American 9/11 figure (b. 1968)
  • Berry Berenson, American photographer, actress, and model (b. 1948)
  • Carolyn Beug, American filmmaker (b. 1953)
  • Bill Biggart, American photojournalist (b. 1947)
  • Mark Bingham, American businessman and 9/11 figure (b. 1970)
  • Ronald Paul Bucca, American fire marshal (b. 1954)
  • Charles Burlingame, American pilot (b. 1949)
  • Tom Burnett, American businessman (b. 1963)
  • William M. Feehan, American firefighter (b. 1929)
  • Wilson Flagg, American Rear admiral (b. 1938)
  • Peter J. Ganci, Jr., American firefighter (b. 1946)
  • Hani Hanjour, Saudi hijacker–pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1972)
  • Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese hijacker–pilot of United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1975)
  • Mychal Judge, American priest (b. 1933)
  • Daniel M. Lewin, American mathematician and entrepreneur (b. 1970)
  • Timothy Maude, American military officer (b. 1947)
  • Eamon McEneaney, American lacrosse player (b. 1954)
  • John P. O'Neill, American counterterrorism expert (b. 1952)
  • John Ogonowski, American commercial airplane pilot (b. 1951)
  • Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
  • Betty Ong, American flight attendant (b. 1956)
  • Rick Rescorla, American Army officer (b. 1939)
  • Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati hijacker–pilot of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1978)
  • Madeline Amy Sweeney, American flight attendant (b. 1966)
• 2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (b. 1957)
• 2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
• 2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)
• 2004 – Fred Ebb, American lyricist (b. 1933)
• 2004 – David Mann, American painter (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
• 2006 – William Auld, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1924)
• 2006 – Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)
• 2006 – Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)
• 2006 – Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (b. 1946)
• 2007 – Gene Savoy, American author and cleric (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist (b. 1925)
• 2007 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian (b. 1894)
• 2009 – Pierre Cossette, Canadian television and theatre producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 – Larry Gelbart, American screen and television writer (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958)
• 2010 – Harold Gould, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2011 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (b. 1972)
• 2011 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (b. 1984)
• 2011 – Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Anjali Gupta, Indian Air Force officer (b. 1975)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Days:
  • Deiniol
  • John Gabriel Perboyre
  • Our Lady of Coromoto
  • Paphnutius of Thebes (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Protus and Hyacinth
  • September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, a former holiday. (Pakistan)
• Earliest date on which Enkutatash can fall, while September 12 is the latest, celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm. (Ethiopia)
• Emergency Number Day, proclaimed by President Reagan on August 26 in 1987. (United States communities, particularly the local emergency services)
• National Day of Catalonia (Catalonia)
• Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church)
• Patriot Day (United States)
• Teacher's Day (Argentina)

External links

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