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, 488,208 hours 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
- 1390 –Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
- 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.
- 1775 –Benedict Arnold’s expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 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.
- 1857 –The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- 1903 –The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
- 1943 –World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.
- 1954 –Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
- 1998 –Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.
- 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?
- 1700 –James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748)
- 1860 –Marianne von Werefkin, Russian-Swiss painter (d. 1938)
- 1899 –Jimmie Davis, American politician and musician (d. 2000)
- 1924 –Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000)
- 1933 –William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
- 1940 –Nong Duc Manh, Vietnamese politician
- 1943 –André Caillé, Canadian businessman
- 1953 –Jani Allan, South African journalist and media personality
- 1964 –Ellis Burks, American baseball player
- 1977 –Jon Buckland, British guitarist
Who died on September 11?
- 1599 –Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
- 1958 –Camillien Houde, Canadian politician (b. 1889)
- 1967 –Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (b. 1904)
- 1985 –Eleanor Dark, Australian novelist (b. 1901)
- 1993 –Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
- 1994 –Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)
- 2001 –Casualties of the September 11 attacks: Ronald Paul Bucca, American fire marshal (b. 1954)
- 2004 –David Mann, American painter (b. 1939)
- 2004 –Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)
- 2006 –Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)
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