On this day in History - Sep 11

1161 - Melisende, dies. Queen of Jerusalem
1226 - The Catholic practice of Perpetual adoration begins.
1279 - Robert Kilwardby dies. Archbishop of Canterbury.
1297 - Battle of Stirling Bridge: - Scots led by William Wallace “Braveheart" defeat the English.
1522 - Ulisse Aldrovandi was born (d. 1605). Italian naturalist.
1524 - Pierre de Ronsard was born (d. 1585). French poet.

1541 - En Chile, ataque y destrucción de la recientemente fundada ciudad de Santiago a manos del cacique Michimalonco.
1541 - Guatemala, un terremoto destruye totalmente la ciudad de Guatemala.

1599 - Beatrice Cenci dies (b. 1577). Italian noblewoman executed for conspiring to kill her father
1609 - Henry Hudson lands on Manhattan island.
1609 - Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos
1611 - Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne was born (d. 1675). Marshal of France.

1649 - Oliver Cromwell seized Drogheda, Ireland. 3,000 inhabitants were massacred and all Catholic Churches were blown up by cannon

1658 - Nasce Sóror Mariana do Céu, freira e escritora barroca portuguesa.

1681 - Johann Gottlieb Heineccius was born (d. 1741). German jurist.
1649 - Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and massacre its garrison.
1677 - James Harrington dies (b. 1611). English politicial philosopher.
1680 - Roger Crab dies (b. 1621). English Puritan political writer.
1680 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan dies (b. 1596)
1683 - Christian Army under the command of the King of Poland defeats an invading Muslim Army attempting to take Vienna.

1700 - James Thomson was born. Scottish poet and songwriter (“Rule Britannia”).
1709 - Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria defeat France.
1711 - William Boyce was born (d. 1779). English composer.
1714 - Barcelona surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbonic armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
1721 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius dies (b. 1665). German botanist and physician.

1740 - Nasce Dom Frei Caetano Brandão, Bispo do Pará, Arcebispo de Braga († 1805)
1776 - British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolution.
1777 - Battle of Brandywine
1786 - The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

1788 - Morre José, Duque de Bragança (n. 1761). Príncipe herdeiro de Portugal.
1789 - Alexander Hamilton is appointed as first Secretary of the Treasury.

1798 - Franz E Neumann was born. German mineralogist, mathematician and physicist.

1802 - Aleksandr Radischchev dies. Russian writer.

1808 - José Celestino Mutis dies. Spanish mathematician and botanist.
1814 - The Battle of Plattsburgh.
1816 - Carl Zeiss was born (d. 1888). German lens maker.
1823 - David Ricardo dies. English (classic school) economist (The wealth of Nations).

1823 - Morre Hipólito José da Costa (n. 1774). Jornalista e diplomata brasileiro. Foi fundador do Correio Brasiliense.
1825 - Eduard Hanslick was born (d. 1904). Music critic.

1836 - Brasil: Rebeldes farroupilhas proclamam a República Rio-Grandense (v. Guerra dos Farrapos)
1836 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow was born (d. 1870). Author.
1843 - Joseph Nicollet dies. Mathematician and explorer.
1847 - Stephen Foster's most memorable song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1851 - Sylvester Graham dies. American nutritionist.

1855 - Manuel Basilio Bustamante assume a presidência do Uruguai
1857 - The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
1858 - George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.

1860 - Honduras, fusilan al aventurero estadounidense William Walker, quien se había apoderado de Nicaragua.
1862 - O. Henry (William Sydney Porter) was born (d. 1910). Short-story writer (“The Gift of the Magi”; “The Last Leaf.” )
1869 - Work completed on the Wallace Monument

1875 - Se establece la Academia Mexicana de la Lengua

1877 - James Jeans was born (d. 1946). English physicist, mathematician and astronomer who was was the first to propose that matter is continuously created throughout the universe.
1885 - D.H. Lawrence was born ( † 1930). English novelist ( "Lady Chatterley's Lover”; “Sons and Lovers").

1887 - Nascimento de José Cuneo. Pintor uruguaio.
1888 - Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day was chosen.
1888 - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento dies. President of Argentina and writer.

1891 - Morre Antero de Quental (n. 1842). Escritor português
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.
1899 - Jimmie Davis was born (d. 2000). Composer.
1903 - Theodor Adorno was born († 1969). German philosopher.

1910 - Gerhard Schroder was born. German chancellor.
1911 - Middle Tennessee State University is founded in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, as Middle Tennessee Normal School.

1913 - Jacinto Convit was born. Venezuelan physician and scientist.
1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant was born (d. 1983). American football coach.
1914 - Australia invades New Britain, defeating German contingent there.
1917 - Ferdinand Marcos was born (d. 1989). President of the Philippines.
1917 - Jessica Mitford was born (d. 1996). Writer (The American Way of Death).
1918 - Baseball: The Boston Red Sox won the World Series; they would do so again on October 27, 2004 after 86 years.

1918 - Joaquín Arcadio Pagaza dies. Mexican writer.
1919 - US Marines invade Honduras.
1921 - Motion picture star Fatty Arbuckle is arrested for rape.
1921 - Subramanya Bharathy dies (b. 1882). Tamil poet.
1922 - The British Mandate of Palestine begins.
1922 - One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
1923 - Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda was born. Hindu guru
1924 - Tom Landry was born (d. 2000). American football coach.
1926 - An assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails.
1927 - G. David Schine was born (d. 1996). Businessman.

1931 - Calixto Oyuela é eleito presidente da Academia Argentina de Letras
1931 - Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen. Crime boss
1932 - Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, killed in a plane crash as their RWD 6 crashed in the ground during a storm.

1932 - Valentino was born in Milan, Italy. Fashion designer for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. 1933 - Dr. William L. Pierce was born (d. 2002). Author and activist.
1933 - Susan Sontag was born (d. 2004). Author.
1935 - Arvo Pärt was born. Estonian composer
1935 - Gherman Titov was born (d. 2000). Cosmonaut.
1939 - Charles Geschke was born. American inventor and businessman
1940 - Brian de Palma was born in Newark, NJ.. Director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill)
1940 - Theodore Olson was born. U.S. Solicitor General
1940 - George Stibitz pioneered the first remote operation of a computer.
1941 - Ground broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
1941 - World War II: US Navy ordered to attack German U-boats.

1942 - Morte de Bento Gonçalves (n. 1902). Ex-secretário geral do Partido Comunista Português.
1942 - Lola Falana was born. Singer
1943 - Mickey Hart was born. Musician
1943 - Gilbert Proesch was born. Musican (Gilbert and George)
1943 - Raymond Villeneuve was born. Canadian terrorist.
1943 - World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohien
1943 - World War II: start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis
1944 - World War II: the first allied troops of the US Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany
1945 - Franz Beckenbauer was born. German footballer

1946 - Portugal torna-se membro da Food and Agriculture Organization - FAO
1948 - John Martyn was born. Musician.
1948 - Henri Queuille becomes Prime Minister of France.
1948 - Muhammad Ali Jinnah dies. Founder of Pakistan
1950 - Jan Smuts dies. South African soldier and statesman
1950 - Barry Sheene was born. Motorcyclist.

1954 - The Miss America pageant made its network TV debut on ABC; Miss California, Lee Ann Meriwether, was crowned the winner.
1955 - Dedication of the first Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, the Bern Switzerland Temple.
1956 - Billy Bishop dies. Canadian pilot in World War I
1958 - Robert W. Service dies. Scottish-born Canadian poet.
1961 - Formation of the World Wildlife Fund.
1961 - Virginia Madsen was born. Actress
1962 - Filip Dewinter was born. Belgian politician
1962 - Elizabeth Daily was born. Actress
1962 - Kristy McNichol was born. Actress.
1962 - The Beatles record their debut single, Love Me Do.
1964 - Ellis Burks was born. Baseball player
1964 - Roxann Dawson was born. Actress
1964 - Victor Wooten was born. Musician
1965 - Moby was born. Musician
1965 - Paul Heyman was born. Professional wrestling promoter, manager and writer
1965 - David Roe was born. English snooker player
1965 - Bashar al-Assad was born. Syrian dictator
1965 - The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.
1966 - C. E. Woolman dies. American airline magnate
1967 - Harry Connick, Jr. was born. Singer
1968 - Kay Hanley was born. Musician
1970 - The Ford Pinto is introduced.
1971 - The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
1971 - Richard Ashcroft was born. Singer.
1971 - Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev dies. Soviet politician and leader
1972 - Max Fleischer dies. Animator
1972 - Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) begins regular service.

1972 - The troubled 20th Olympic games closed at Munich, Germany.
1973 - A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet (with the suport of USA)topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende.
1973 - Salvador Allende dies. President of Chile.

1974 -É criada a Frente Revolucionária de Timor Leste Independente (FRETILIN).

1974 - An Eastern Airlines DC-9, Flight 212, crashed 3 miles from the Douglas Municipal Airport in North Carolina. Of the 82 persons aboard the aircraft, 11 and two crewmembers survived the accident.
1976 - Elephant Man was born. Jamaican musician
1977 - Ludacris was born. Rapper
1977 - Matthew Stevens was born. Welsh snooker player

1978 - Dejan Stankovic was born. Footballer.
1978 - Ed Reed was born. American football player.
1978 - Georgi Markov dies (assassinated). Bulgarian dissident.
1978 - Janet Parker dies. Medical photographer, the final victim of smallpox.
1981 - Dylan Klebold was born (d. 1999). Columbine High School massacre gunman.
1981 - The Pee-wee Herman Show airs as a special on HBO.

1983 - José Fonseca e Costa, realizador português, conquista o Prémio de Melhor Realização com o filme Sem Sombra de Pecado no Festival de Cinema da Corunha, e a actriz Victoria Abril, protagonista no filme, recebe o Prémio para a Melhor Actriz.
1985 - Ocorre o maior desastre ferroviário registado em Portugal: um choque frontal de dois comboios, a poucos quilómetros do apeadeiro de Moimenta-Alcafache (linha da Beira Alta), provoca 52 mortos.
1985 - Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.
1985 - William Alwyn dies (b. 1905). English composer.
1987 - Lorne Greene dies. American actor (Bonanza).
1987 - Peter Tosh dies. Jamaican musician and singer.
1987 - 9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.
1987 - CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a tennis match, marches off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk.
1987 - Reggae musician Peter Tosh is murdered in his own home in Kingston.
1989 - The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.
1990 - President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait, which Iraq had recently invaded.
1990 - Myrna Mack dies assassinated (b. 1949). Guatemalan anthropologist.

1992 - Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricane in United States history during its time, devastates the State of Hawai'i, especially the islands of Kaua'i and Oahu.
1993 - Erich Leinsdorf dies (b. 1912). Austrian conductor and author (Cadenza).
1994 - Jessica Tandy dies. American actress.
1995 - Anita Harding dies. Neurologist.
1996 - Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad
1997 - Scotland votes to re-establish its own Parliament on the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, after 290 years of union with England.
1998 - Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
1999 - Tennis: Serena Williams, 2 weeks shy of her 18th birthday, wins her first Grand Slam tournament when she became US Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
2000 - Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia.
2001 - The September 11 attacks destroy the World Trade Center in New York City, part of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and down a passenger airliner in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 are killed.
2001 - Terrorism: nearly 3,000 people died when two hijacked jetliners crashed into New York's World Trade Center, causing the twin towers to fall, a commandeered jetliner smashed into the Pentagon and a fourth hijacked plane crashed in western Pennsylvania. ~
2002 - Johnny Unitas dies (b. 1933). American football player.
2003 - Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being fatally wounded on September 10.
2003 - Anna Lindh dies assassinated (b. 1957). Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs.
2003 - John Ritter dies (b. 1948). American actor.
2004 - Petros VII, the (Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Alexandria and his company are killed in an unexplained helicopter crash outside Mount Athos, Greece.

2004 - Hurricane Ivan lashed Jamaica with monstrous waves, driving rain and winds nearing 155 mph, killing at least 15 people. Total deaths from the hurricane reached 65.
2004 - Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria dies (helicopter crash) (b. 1949).
2004 - David Mann dies (b. 1939). U.S. artist.

2004 - A tenista russa Svetlana Kusnetsova vence Elena Dementieva e conquista o US Open
RC Saints - Virgin of the Holy cave; Saint Deiniol, Our Lady of Coromoto, Protus & Hyacynthus
Coptic Orthodox Church - Feast of Neyrouz, the new years day in the Coptic calendar
New Year's Day in the Ethiopian calendar (Enkutatash)
Catalonia (Spain) - National Day
Patriot Day (USA) - Anniversary of the September 11 attacks
Latin America Teacher's Day, after the death of Argentine Domingo F. Sarmiento