What are the important events that happened on September 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 11: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 11 is the 254th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 29, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,757,548,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentacontatetragon’ day.
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Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 159 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,647 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 11: This Day In History
It is usually the first day of the year in the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).
September 11 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1814 –War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
- 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.
- 1931 –Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano’s hitmen.
- 1943 –World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.
- 1944 –World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1997 –NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- 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.
Who were born on September 11?
- 1723 –Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790)
- 1798 –Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)
- 1917 –Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996)
- 1928 –Earl Holliman, American actor
- 1930 –Saleh Selim, Egyptian football player (d. 2002)
- 1940 –Robert Palmer, American businessman
- 1957 –Jeff Sluman, American golfer
- 1958 –Brad Lesley, American baseball player, actor, and television personality
- 1970 –Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
- 1980 –Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
Who died on September 11?
- 1599 –Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
- 1823 –David Ricardo, English economist (b. 1772)
- 1974 –Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean socialist
- 1985 –Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
- 1997 –Hannah Weiner American experimental poet (b. 1928)
- 1999 –Bobby Limb, Australian entertainer (b. 1924)
- 2001 –Casualties of the September 11 attacks: Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
- 2001 –Casualties of the September 11 attacks: Carolyn Beug, American filmmaker (b. 1953)
- 2001 –Casualties of the September 11 attacks: Madeline Amy Sweeney, American flight attendant (b. 1966)
- 2006 –Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)
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