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

  • 1541
    Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonko.
  • 1697
    Battle of Zenta.
  • 1714
    Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • 1786
    The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
  • 1789
    Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
  • 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.
  • 1813
    War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington D.C.
  • 1916
    The Quebec Bridge’s central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
  • 1919
    U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
  • 1943
    World War II: Start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.
  • 1954
    Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
  • 1961
    Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
  • 1970
    The Dawson’s Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
  • 1974
    Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
  • 1980
    Voters approve the present Constitution of Chile.
  • 1988
    The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
  • 1997
    14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
  • 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).

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