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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