September 11 - This 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. The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 80th floor of the 110-story skyscraper... 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's
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


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