September 11 in history
Events on September 11
Notable events that happened on September 11 in past years.
- 2025
Progress MS-32 is launched to resupply the International Space Station. It is the 300th spacecraft launched to the ISS.
Wikipedia article: Progress MS-32 - 2012
The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
Wikipedia article: Benghazi - 1997
Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.
Wikipedia article: Kurkse tragedy - 1989
Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
Wikipedia article: East Germany - 1974
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
Wikipedia article: Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 - 1970
The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
Wikipedia article: Dawson's Field hijackings - 1961
Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
Wikipedia article: Hurricane Carla - 1922
The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
Wikipedia article: Treaty of Kars - 1905
The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.
Wikipedia article: Ninth Avenue derailment - 1851
Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.
Wikipedia article: Christiana Riot - 1802
France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
Wikipedia article: Kingdom of Sardinia - 1777
American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Brandywine - 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.
Wikipedia article: Charles XII of Sweden - 1541
Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.
- 9
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.
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