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The 11t o September is the 254t day o the year (255t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 111 days bidin.
Events
September 11 attacks in 2001
- 1041 - Fire destroys pairt o Bremen's auld toun.
- 1297 - Battle o Stirlin Brig: Scots forces, led bi William Wallace, defeat the Inglis airmie.
- 1609 - Henry Hudson reaches Manhattan Island.
- 1916 - The 2nt Quebec Brig collapses.
- 1941 - The foondation stane o the Pentagon biggin in Arlington, Virginie, is laid.
- 1944 - Warld War II: A bombin raid on Darmstadt kills 11,500 fowk.
- 1973 - In Chile, Preses Salvador Allende commits suicide efter bein flung oot bi Augusto Pinochet in a militar 'coup' fendit by the Unitit States.
- 1989 - Hungary opens its mairch wi Austrick tae allou East German refugees throu.
- 1997 - Scots devolution referendum, 1997: Voters in Scotland vote, bi a majority, in favour o a new Scots Pairlament.
- 1999 - Tennis: Serena Williams wins her first Grand Slam singles teetle, at the US Open.
- 2001 - 11t September terror attacks on New York Ceety an Washington, D.C., killin thousands.
- 2003 - Swadish foreign meenister Anna Lindh dies a day efter bein stabbed in a depairtment store in Stockholm.
- 2012 - Unitit States diplomatic missions in Libyae an Egyp are attackit.
- 2015 - A crane collapse at Mecca's Central Mosque kills ower 100 fowk.
Births
Theodor W. Adorno
Franz Beckenbauer
- 1771 - Mungo Park, Scots explorer (d. 1806)
- 1862 - O. Henry, American writer (d. 1910)
- 1882 - Robert Clark, Scots marine zoologist an explorer (d. 1950)
- 1885 - D. H. Lawrence, Inglis novelist (d. 1930)
- 1903 - Theodor W. Adorno, German philosopher, sociologist an componer (d. 1969)
- 1917 - Ferdinand Marcos, Preses o the Philippines (d. 1989)
- 1928 - Reubin Askew, American politeecian (d. 2014)
- 1936 - Billy Ritchie, Scots fitbawer (d. 2016)
- 1937 - Queen Paola o Belgium
- 1940 - Brian De Palma, American director an screenwriter
- 1942 - John Greig, Scots fitbawer
- 1944 - Serge Haroche, French pheesicist
- 1945 - Franz Beckenbauer, German fitbawer
- 1960 - Hiroshi Amano, Japanese pheesicist
- 1965 - Moby, American DJ, sangster an componer
- 1965 - Graeme Obree, Scots cyclist
- 1965 - Bashar al-Assad, Preses o Sirie
- 1967 - Sung Jae-ki, Sooth Korean activist (d. 2013)
- 1968 - Slaven Bilic, Croatie fitbawer an manager
- 1970 - Taraji P. Henson, American actress
- 1970 - John Spencer, Scots fitbawer
- 1978 - Dejan Stankovic, Serbie fitbawer
- 1982 - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belaroushie political activist
- 1983 - Alasdair Dickinson, Scots rugby union player
