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, 29,292,480 minutes 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
- 1226 –The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
- 1789 –Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 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.
- 1914 –Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
- 1922 –The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
- 1944 –World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of 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.
- 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).
Who were born on September 11?
- 1182 –Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
- 1800 –Daniel S. Dickinson, American politician (d. 1866)
- 1885 –D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)
- 1928 –Earl Holliman, American actor
- 1930 –Cathryn Damon, American actress (d. 1987)
- 1958 –Phoef Sutton, American television writer and producer
- 1970 –Chris Garver, American tattoo artist
- 1978 –Ben Lee, Australian musician and singer
- 1981 –Charles Kelley, American singer-songwriter
- 1981 –Luscious Lopez, American pornographic actress
Who died on September 11?
- 1063 –King Béla I of Hungary
- 1915 –William Cornelius Van Horne, American businessman (b. 1843)
- 1958 –Camillien Houde, Canadian politician (b. 1889)
- 1965 –Ralph C. Smedley, American educator (b. 1878)
- 1984 –Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
- 1987 –Lorne Greene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1915)
- 1993 –Antoine Izméry, Haitian political activist
- 2001 –Casualties of the September 11 attacks: Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
- 2001 –Casualties of the September 11 attacks: Eamon McEneaney, American lacrosse player (b. 1954)
- 2001 –Casualties of the September 11 attacks: Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati hijacker–pilot of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1978)
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