About September 11
September 11, 2025 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.
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Virgo is the sun 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.
September 11: More About This Day
It is usually the first day of the year in the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).
What Happened On September 11
- 1390 –Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
- 1609 –Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- 1758 –Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years’ War.
- 1776 –British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
- 1786 –The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
- 1802 –France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- 1803 –Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia’s army under General Louis Bourquin.
- 1847 –Stephen Foster’s well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 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.
- 1922 –The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
- 1941 –Charles Lindbergh’s Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.
- 1943 –World War II: Start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.
- 1944 –World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
- 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.
- 1954 –Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
- 1961 –Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
- 1968 –Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
- 1974 –Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
- 1992 –Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
- 1998 –Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.
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