September 11 - The Day in History

September 11 : General Interest 2001: Attack on America At 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City... read more American Revolution 1777 : The Battle of Brandywine begins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-brandywine-begins Automotive 1915 : Emily Post's By Motor to the Fair appears in Collier' http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/emily-posts-by-motor-to-the-fair-appears-in-colliers Civil War 1861 : Rebels begin Cheat Mountain campaign http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cheat-mountain-campaign Cold War 1971 : Nikita Khrushchev dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nikita-khrushchev-dies Crime 1921 : Silent-film star arrested for murder http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/silent-film-star-arrested-for-murder Disaster 1991 : Commuter plane crashes http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/commuter-plane-crashes General Interest 1814 : America victorious on Lake Champlain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/america-victorious-on-lake-champlain 1851 : The Christiana Riot http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-christiana-riot 1973 : Allende dies in coup http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allende-dies-in-coup Hollywood 1987 : Fatal Attraction premieres http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fatal-attraction-premieres Literary 1930 : Flowering Judas, by Katherine Anne Porter, is published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/flowering-judas-by-katherine-anne-porter-is-published Music 1971 : Donny Osmond has the #1 hit on the U.S. pop charts with "Go Away Little Girl" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/donny-osmond-has-the-1-hit-on-the-us-pop-charts-with-quotgo-away-little-girlquot Old West 1857 : Mormons and Paiutes murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mormons-and-paiutes-murder-120-emigrants-at-mountain-meadows Presidential 2001 : Bush learns of attack on World Trade Center http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-learns-of-attack-on-world-trade-center Sports 1985 : Pete Rose hits into the record books http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pete-rose-hits-into-the-record-books Vietnam War 1965 : 1st Cavalry Division arrives in country http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/1st-cavalry-division-arrives-in-country 1968 : Heavy fighting rages in Tay Ninh http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-fighting-rages-in-tay-ninh World War I 1915 : Zimmerwald Conference issues a call for immediate peace http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/zimmerwald-conference-issues-a-call-for-immediate-peace World War II 1940 : Hitler focuses East, sends troops to Romania http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-focuses-east-sends-troops-to-romania

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