About September 11

September 11, 2023 is the 254th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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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 152 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

  • 1185
    Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1226
    The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
  • 1609
    Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain’s Moriscos.
  • 1709
    Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
  • 1714
    Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
  • 1789
    Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
  • 1792
    The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them.
  • 1802
    France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
  • 1914
    Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
  • 1931
    Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano’s hitmen.
  • 1941
    Charles Lindbergh’s Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.
  • 1961
    Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
  • 1961
    Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
  • 1968
    Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
  • 1978
    U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
  • 1980
    Voters approve the present Constitution of Chile.
  • 1992
    Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
  • 1997
    NASA’s Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • 1998
    Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.
  • 2007
    Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.

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