About September 11
September 11, 2021 is the 254th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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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 143 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
- 1226 –The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
- 1541 –Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonko.
- 1758 –Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years’ War.
- 1789 –Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1814 –War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
- 1829 –Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico, This was the final consummation of Mexican independence.
- 1847 –Stephen Foster’s well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1940 –George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
- 1941 –Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
- 1944 –World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany.
- 1968 –Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
- 1972 –The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its opening day of passenger service.
- 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.
- 1992 –Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
- 1997 –14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
- 1997 –After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.
- 2000 –Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place.
- 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).
- 2007 –Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.
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