About September 11
September 11, 2024 is the 255th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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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.
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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
- 506 –The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
- 1541 –Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonko.
- 1708 –Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire ceases to be a major power.
- 1758 –Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years’ War.
- 1777 –American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine – The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- 1789 –Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1802 –France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- 1803 –Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia’s army under General Louis Bourquin.
- 1847 –Stephen Foster’s well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1857 –The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- 1931 –Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano’s hitmen.
- 1932 –Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during a storm.
- 1941 –Charles Lindbergh’s Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.
- 1944 –World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
- 1954 –Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
- 1961 –Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
- 1988 –The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- 1992 –Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
- 2000 –Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place.
- 2007 –Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.
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