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This day in history: 11 September

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407 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 11 September.
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2025: Progress MS-32 is launched to resupply the International Space Station. It is the 300th spacecraft launched to the ISS.

Holidays and observances

Battle of Tendra Day (Russia)

Christian feast days: Blessed Bonaventura Gran

Christian feast days: Blessed Francesco Bonifacio

Christian feast days: Deiniol

Christian feast days: Felix, Regula, and Exuperantius

Christian feast days: Harry Burleigh (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast days: John Gabriel Perboyre (one of Martyr Saints of China)

Christian feast days: Leudinus (Bobo)

Christian feast days: Our Lady of Coromoto

Christian feast days: Paphnutius of Thebes (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast days: Patiens of Lyon

Christian feast days: Protus and Hyacinth

Events

2025Progress MS-32 is launched to resupply the International Space Station. It is the 300th spacecraft launched to the ISS.

2024Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.

2024Soyuz MS-26 is launched to the International Space Station, setting a record of 19 people in orbit at the same time.

2023The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.

2015A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

2012A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

2012The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

2011A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.

2008A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.

2007Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.

2001Nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people using four hijacked aircraft. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes

1997After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

1997Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.

1997NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

1995The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.

1992Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing seven and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.

1991Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.

1990A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.

1989Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.

1985Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.

1982The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by

1980A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.

1977Atari, Inc. releases the Video Computer System (VCS), later renamed the Atari 2600 in 1982.

1976A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

1974Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

1973A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.

1973JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.

1972The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

1971The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.

1971The Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro rock festival is held in the State of Mexico. It attracted more than 100,000 attendees during the Mexican Dirty War, a period marked by widespread political repression.

1970The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.

1968Air Canada Flight 303, a Vickers Viscount 757, was the subject of an attempted plane hijacking to Cuba by a person being chased by the CIA.

1968Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.

1968John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.

1967China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.

1965Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.

1961Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

1954Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.

1945World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.

1944World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.

Born on this day

2006Oliver Peake, Australian cricketer

2001Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter

2001Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player

2000Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player

2000Zay Flowers, American football player

1997Harmony Tan, French tennis player

1996Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player

1994Nicky Case, Canadian game developer

1994Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player

1991Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer

1991Kygo, Norwegian DJ

1990Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer

1987Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress

1987Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer

1987Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

1986Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player

1986Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player

1986LaToya Sanders, American basketball player

1985Shaun Livingston, American basketball player

1983Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner

1982Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner

1982Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician

1981Charles Kelley, American singer and musician

1981Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)

1981Michael Sukkar, Australian politician

1980Greet Daems, Belgian politician

1980Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player

1979Ariana Richards, American actress and artist

1979David Pizarro, Chilean footballer

1979Eric Abidal, French footballer

1979Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player

1978Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager

1977Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist

1977Ludacris, American rapper and producer

1977Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player

1977Tobias Zellner, German footballer

1976Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver

1975Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer

1975Pierre Issa, South African footballer

1974DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach

Died on this day

2026Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, Norwegian princess (born 1932)

2025John D. Petersen, American chemist, educator, and academic administrator (born 1947)

2024Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer, President of Peru (born 1938)

2024Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (born 1960)

2024Joe Schmidt, American football player and coach (born 1932)

2024Kenneth Cope, British actor (born 1931)

2022Javier Marías, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951)

2022John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (born 1927)

2022Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (born 1918)

2021Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (born 1934)

2020Swami Agnivesh, an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj (born 1939)

2020Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (born 1942)

2019B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)

2016Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)

2014Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)

2014Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)

2013Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)

2013Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)

2013Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)

2012Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945)

2012J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)

2012Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)

2011Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (born 1971)

2011Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (born 1984)

2011Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (born 1932)

2010Harold Gould, American actor (born 1923)

2010Kevin McCarthy, American actor (born 1914)

2009Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (born 1949)

2009Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

2009Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (born 1923)

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