September 11

2023 Calendar

September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year.

The terms "September 11" and "9/11" have been used by the media to refer to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and The Pentagon in the United States of America.

Events

Up to 1900

1063 – King Bela I of Hungary.
1161 – Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105).
1298 – Philip of Artois (b. 1269).
1349 – Bonne of Bohemia (b. 1315).
1380 – King Haakon VI of Norway (b. 1040).
1677 – James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611).
1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596).
1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665).
1733 – Francois Couperin, French composer (b. 1868).
1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704).
1788 – José, Prince of Brazil (b. 1761).
1823 – David Ricardo, English economist (b. 1772).
1843 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786).
1865 – Louis Juchault de Lamoriciere, French general and statesman (b. 1806).
1876 – Nathaniel B. Baker, 24th Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1818).
1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina (b. 1811).

1901 – 2000

1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer (b. 1847).
1915 – William Sprague, Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830).
1917 – Georges Guynemer, French pilot (b. 1894).
1931 – Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American crime figure (b. 1886).
1932 – Stanislaw Wigura, Polish pilot (b. 1901).
1932 – Franciszek Zwirko, Polish pilot (b. 1895).
1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b. 1861).
1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. 1873).
1947 – Alice Keppel, English socialite and mistress to Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1868).
1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan (b. 1876).
1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873).
1950 – Jan Smuts, South African politician (b. 1870).
1950 – Alvaro Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones, Prime Minister of Spain (b. 1863).
1956 – Herminio Masantonio, Argentine footballer (b. 1910).
1958 – Robert W. Service, Scottish-Canadian poet (b. 1874).
1958 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889).
1971 – Nikita Krushchev, Soviet political leader (b. 1894).
1973 – Salvador Allende, President of Chile (b. 1908).
1973 – E. E. Evans-Pritchard, British anthropologist (b. 1902).
1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (b. 1944).
1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident (b. 1929).
1978 – Janet Parker, British smallpox victim (b. 1938).
1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek politician and academic (b. 1902).
1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican musician (b. 1944).
1988 – Roger Hargreaves, English writer (The Mr. Men) (b. 1934).
1994 – Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (b. 1909).
1997 – Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1933).

From 2001

September 11 attacks

2001 – In the September 11 attacks, Islamic extremists destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and part of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia by crashing passenger planes into them. Another airliner crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 were killed. The term "9/11" is often used to refer to these attacks.
2003 – Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies aged 46, following a knife attack the previous day. After Olof Palme in 1986, she is the second high-profile Swedish politician to be murdered.
2004 – A helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea, killing 17 people, including Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria.
2006 – George Tupou V becomes king of Tonga, after the death of his father Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
2007 – Russia tests a thermobaric weapon.
2012 – The US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt and Consulate in Benghazi, Libya are targeted in terrorist attacks by Islamic extremists. 4 Americans are killed in the attacks, including US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens.
2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
2015 – A crane collapse at Mecca's Central Mosque kills over 100 people.
2017 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says that a security operation targeting Rohingya people in Myanmar is a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing".

Births

1901 – 1950

1903 – Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1969).
1904 – Ludwik Gross, Polish-American cancer researcher and virologist (d. 1999)
1910 – Gerhard Schröder, German politician (d. 1989).
1913 – Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and scientist (d. 2014).
1913 – Bear Bryant, American football coach (d. 1983).
1914 – Pavle, Serbian Patriarch (d. 2009).
1915 – Raul Alberto Lastiri, Argentine politician and interim President (d. 1978).
1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines (d. 1989).
1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (d. 2012).
1917 – Jessica Mitford, British writer (d. 1996).
1921 – Yidnekatchew Tessema, Ethiopian footballer (d. 1987).
1924 – Daniel Akaka, American politician. (d. 2018)
1924 – Tom Landry, American football coach (d. 2000).
1928 – Reubin Askew, 37th Governor of Florida (d. 2014).
1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor.
1928 – William X. Kienzle, American priest and author (d. 2001).
1929 – Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician.
1930 – Saleh Salim, Egyptian footballer, manager and actor (d. 2002).
1931 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (d. 2014).
1932 – Gavril Dejeu, Romanian politician.
1933 – Rachid Sfar, former Prime Minister of Tunisia.
1935 – Arvo Part, Estonian composer.
1935 – Gherman Titov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000).
1937 – Queen Paola of Belgium.
1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut.
1937 – Joseph Kobzon, Soviet-Ukrainian singer.
1940 – Theodore Olsen, American politician.
1940 – Nong Duc Manh, Vietnamese Communist politician.
1940 – Brian De Palma, American director.
1943 – Mickey Hart, American musician.
1943 – Jack Ely, American guitarist and singer (d. 2015).
1944 – Serge Haroche, French physicist.
1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (d. 1974).
1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Belgian politician.
1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer.
1948 – John Martyn, British musician (d. 2009).
1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress.
1950 – Eijun Kiyokumo, Japanese footballer.

1951 – 1975

1951 – Miroslav Dvorak, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008).
1953 – Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1955 – Enzo Ghinazzi, Italian singer, presenter, actor and writer.
1956 – Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director.
1957 – Brad Bird, American actor, animator, director and screenwriter.
1957 – Jon Moss, English drummer
1960 – Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist.
1960 – Predrag Nikolic, chess player from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress.
1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer.
1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress.
1963 – Pietro Ferrero Jr., Italian businessman (d. 2011).
1965 – Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria.
1965 – Moby, American musician.
1965 – Graeme Obree, British cyclist.
1965 – Paul Heyman, American wrestling manager and promoter.
1966 – Princess Akishino of Japan.
1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer.
1967 – Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist (d. 2013).
1968 – Slaven Bilic, Croatian footballer.
1969 – Gidget Gein, American musician (d. 2008).
1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer.
1970 – Aaron Dworkin, American violinist.
1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English musician.
1971 – Johnny Vegas, English comedian.
1972 – Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, Iranian footballer.

From 1976

1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player.
1977 – Ludacris, American rapper, producer and actor.
1977 – Jonny Buckland, English guitarist (Coldplay)
1978 – Dejan Stankovic, Serbian footballer.
1978 – Pablo Contreras, Chilean footballer.
1979 – Eric Abidal, French footballer.
1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer.
1979 – Ariana Richards, American actress.
1979 – Cameron Richardson, American actress.
1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer.
1981 – Charles Kelley, American country music singer (Lady Antebellum).
1981 – Dylan Klebold, shooter in the Columbine massacre (d. 1999).
1983 – Lauryn Williams, American athlete.
1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player.
1987 – Mai Oshima, Japanese singer (AKB48).
1987 – Susianna Kentikian, Armenian-German boxer.
1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor.
1988 – Lee Yong Dae, South Korean badminton player.
1989 – Asuka Kuramochi, Japanese singer (AKB48).
1990 – Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer.
1991 – Anastasia Rybachenko, Russian activist.
1992 – Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer.
1993 – Lena Lotzen, German footballer.

Deaths

Deaths in the September 11 attacks

2001 – People killed in the September 11 attacks, including:
- David Angell, American sitcom creator (b. 1946).
- Berry Berenson, widow of the actor Anthony Perkins (b. 1948).
- Daniel M. Lewin, American technician (b. 1970).
- Mychal Judge, American priest (b. 1933).
- Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948).
- Carolyn Beug, American movie maker (b. 1953).
- Charles Burlingame, American pilot (b. 1949).
- William M. Feeham, American firefighter (b. 1929).
- Peter J. Ganci, American firefighter (b. 1946).
- Timothy Maude, American military officer (b. 1947).
- Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955).
- Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist (b. 1968).
- Wail al-Shehri, Saudi terrorist (b. 1973).
- Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi terrorist (b. 1973).
- Majed Moqed, Saudi terrorist (b. 1977).
- Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi terrorist (b. 1979).

After 2001

2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922).
2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933).
2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish foreign minister (b. 1957).
2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948).
2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa (b. 1949).
2006 – Joachim Fest, German historian (b. 1926).
2007 – Ian Porterfield, British footballer (b. 1945).
2009 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958).
2009 – Juan Almeida Bosque, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1927).
2009 – Gertrude Baines, American supercentenarian and oldest person in the world at the time of her death (b. 1894).
2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914).
2011 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (b. 1972).
2012 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer (b. 1920).
2012 – Sean Smith, American diplomat.
2012 – J. Christopher Stevens, American diplomat (b. 1960).
2014 – Joachim Fuchsberger, German actor and entertainer (b. 1927).
2014 – Donald Sinden, English actor (b. 1923).
2014 – Antoine Duhamel, French composer (b. 1925).
2014 – Bob Crewe, American songwriter and record producer (b. 1931).
2014 – Rudolf Kortokraks, German-Austrian painter (b. 1928).
2014 – Kendall Francois, American serial killer (b. 1971).
2014 – Hamish McHamish, Scottish celebrity cat (b. 1999).
2015 – Alan Purwin, American helicopter pilot and aerial film operator (b. 1961).
2016 – Alexis Arquette, American actress (b. 1969).
2016 – Ben Idrissa Dermé, Burkinabe footballer (b. 1982).
2017 – Abdul Halim of Kedah, former King of Malaysia (b. 1927).
2017 – J. P. Donleavy, Irish-American writer (b. 1926).
2017 – Alfred Gadenne, Belgian politician (b. 1946).
2017 – Peter Hall, English theatre and film director (b. 1930).

Observances

National Day of Catalonia.
Patriot Day in the US.
Ethiopian New Year.