September 11

September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years). There are 111 days remaining.

Annually:

Births:

Deaths:

1971: Former Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev dies of a heart attack.
1973: Chilean President Salvador Allende dies in a violent coup.
1978: Janet Parker, a medical photographer, is the final victim of smallpox (contracted in a lab accident).
1987: Lorne Greene, actor, of pneumonia.
1994: Actress Jessica Tandy
2001: September 11 Terrorist Attack/Casualties

Events:

1609: First European (Henry Hudson) sets foot on Manhattan island.
1973: Chilean armed forces headed by General Augusto Pinochet take control of the country in a coup d'etat against President Salvador Allende. Allende dies in the Palace of Goverment.
1978: The Television series "Mork and Mindy" premieres.
1997: Scotland voted to create its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England.
1998: Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sent a report to the US Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
2001: Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City within minutes of each other; the World Trade Center towers collapse. Another plane crashes into the Pentagon, destroying a section. A fourth plane crashes outside of Pittsburgh. See September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack for more information.

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries