View source for September 11

{{About|the day in September|for the terrorist attacks in the United States that happened on this day in 2001|September 11 attacks}}
{{calendar}}
{{day}}

The terms "'''September 11'''" and "9/11" have been used by the [[Mass media|media]] to refer to the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] and [[The Pentagon]] in the [[United States|United States of America]].

== Events ==
=== Up to 1900 ===
* [[9]] {{ndash}} The [[Battle of Teutoburg Forest]] finishes.
* [[1041]] {{ndash}} [[Fire]] destroys most of [[Bremen]]'s Old Town.
* [[1297]] {{ndash}} Led by [[William Wallace]], the Scots defeat the English at the [[Battle of Stirling Bridge]].
* [[1390]] {{ndash}} The [[Teutonic Knights]] besiege [[Vilnius]].
* [[1541]] {{ndash}} [[Santiago, Chile]], is destroyed by [[indigenous]] warriors led by Michimalonko.
* [[1565]] {{ndash}} [[Ottoman Empire]] forces retreat from [[Malta]], ending the [[Great Siege of Malta]].
* [[1609]] {{ndash}} [[Henry Hudson]] arrives at the island of [[Manhattan]].
* [[1649]] {{ndash}} Under orders from [[Oliver Cromwell]], the [[Drogheda Massacre]] is committed in [[Ireland]].
* [[1708]] {{ndash}} King [[Charles XII of Sweden]] stops his march to [[Moscow]], by halting outside [[Smolensk]], marking a turning point in the [[Great Northern War]].
* [[1714]] {{ndash}} [[Siege of Barcelona]]: [[Barcelona]], capital city of [[Catalonia]], surrenders to [[France|French]] and [[Spain|Spanish]] Bourbon [[army|armies]] in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
* [[1758]] {{ndash}} [[Seven Years' War]]: In the [[Battle of Saint Cast]], [[France]] holds off a British invasion.
* [[1775]] {{ndash}} [[American Revolutionary War]]: [[Benedict Arnold]]'s expedition leaves [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], as part of the [[invasion]] of [[Quebec]].
* [[1776]] {{ndash}} A British–American [[peace]] conference on [[Staten Island]] fails to stop the already started [[American Revolutionary War]].
* [[1789]] {{ndash}} [[Alexander Hamilton]] becomes the first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]].
* [[1802]] {{ndash}} [[France]] [[annexation|annexes]] the [[Kingdom of Piedmont]].
* [[1813]] {{ndash}} [[War of 1812]]: [[United Kingdom|British]] troops arrive in [[Mount Vernon]] and prepare to march and invade [[Washington, DC]].
* [[1814]] {{ndash}} [[War of 1812]]: Climax of the [[Battle of Plattsburgh]], a major [[US]] victory in the war.
* [[1852]] {{ndash}} The [[Buenos Aires Province|State of Buenos Aires]] separates from the [[Argentina|Argentine]] federal government, before re–joining on [[September 17]], [[1861]].
* [[1857]] {{ndash}} [[Mountain Meadows]] massacre: [[Mormonism|Mormon]] settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at [[Mountain Meadows, Utah]].
* [[1877]] {{ndash}} British three–mast [[sailboat|sailing boat]] collides with another [[vessel]] off the [[Isle of Portland]], sinking shortly after, killing 106 people.
* [[1897]] {{ndash}} After months of pursuit, generals of [[Menelik II of Ethiopia|Menelik II]] of [[Ethiopia]] capture [[Gaki Sherocho]], the last [[King]] of [[Kaffa]], bringing the ancient kingdom of Kaffa to an end.

=== 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 ===
* [[1906]] {{ndash}} [[Mahatma Gandhi]] coins the term Satyagraha for the non–violent rights movement in [[South Africa]].
* [[1914]] {{ndash}} [[World War I]]: [[Australia]] invades the [[island]] of [[New Britain]], defeating a [[Germany|German]] contingent at the [[Battle of Bita Paka]].
* [[1914]] {{ndash}} [[World War I]]: A [[battle]] at what is now [[Lviv]], results in a [[Russia]]n victory over [[Austria-Hungary]], a defeat that the [[Habsburg]] [[monarchy]] never fully recovers from.
* [[1916]] {{ndash}} The [[Quebec]] Bridge collapses, killing 11 people.
* [[1918]] – The [[Boston Red Sox]] win their fifth World Series title, defeating the [[Chicago Cubs]] in six games.  This was their last title until 2004.
* [[1919]] {{ndash}} [[United States Marine Corps|US Marines]] invade [[Honduras]].
* [[1922]] {{ndash}} The [[Treaty of Kars]] is ratified in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]].
* [[1922]] {{ndash}} The [[British Mandate for Palestine]] begins.
* [[1930]] {{ndash}} The biggest–recorded eruption of the [[Stromboli]] [[volcano]] in [[Italy]] takes place.
* [[1931]] {{ndash}} [[Salvatore Maranzano]] is [[murder]]ed by [[Lucky Luciano]]'s hitmen.
* [[1941]] {{ndash}} Ground is broken for the construction of [[the Pentagon]] [[building]].
* [[1943]] {{ndash}} [[Holocaust]]: Start of the liquidation of the [[Ghetto]]s in [[Minsk]] and [[Lida]] by the [[Nazi]]s.
* [[1944]] {{ndash}} An [[RAF]] bombing raid destroys the city of [[Darmstadt]] in [[Germany]] killing around 11,500 people.
* [[1954]] {{ndash}} [[Hurricane]] Edna strikes [[New England]], killing 29 people.
* [[1961]] {{ndash}} [[Hurricane]] Carla hits [[Texas]].
* [[1961]] {{ndash}} The [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] is founded.
* [[1962]] {{ndash}} The [[Beatles]] record their first single, [[Love Me Do]].
* [[1968]] {{ndash}} An [[Air France]] plane crashes in [[Nice]], [[France]], killing 95 people.
* [[1971]] {{ndash}} The [[Egypt]]ian [[Constitution]] becomes official.
* [[1972]] {{ndash}} The [[San Francisco]] [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] system has its opening day of passenger service.
* [[1973]] {{ndash}} A military coup in [[Chile]] removes President [[Salvador Allende]], who is subsequently killed in the event, from office. General [[Augusto Pinochet]] is installed in his place, and remains in power until [[March 11]], [[1990]].
* [[1974]] {{ndash}} An [[Eastern Airlines]] plane crashes in [[Charlotte]] in [[North Carolina]], killing 69 people.
* [[1974]] {{ndash}} [[Charles T. Kowal]] discovers [[Jupiter]]'s [[satellite (natural)|moon]] [[Leda (moon)|Leda]].
* [[1978]] {{ndash}} [[Janet Parker]] becomes the last person to die of [[smallpox]].
* [[1978]] {{ndash}} [[Georgi Markov]] dies four days after being attacked in [[London]].
* [[1985]] {{ndash}} [[Pete Rose]] breaks [[Ty Cobb]]'s [[baseball]] record of most career hits when he hits his 4,192nd hit.
* [[1989]] {{ndash}} [[Hungary]] opens the [[Iron Curtain]] for refugees from [[East Germany]] to travel to the West.
* [[1990]] {{ndash}} US President [[George H. W. Bush]] proclaims a "New World Order".
* [[1992]] {{ndash}} [[Hurricane]] Iniki hits the [[Hawaii]]an islands of [[Oahu]] and [[Kauai]].
* [[1997]] {{ndash}} In a [[referendum]], the people of [[Scotland]] vote in favour of a new [[Scottish Parliament]].
* [[1997]] {{ndash}} [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Global Surveyor]] reaches [[Mars]].
* [[1997]] {{ndash}} Fourteen [[Estonia]]n [[soldier]]s die in the Kurkse Tragedy, drowning in the [[Baltic Sea]].
* [[1998]] {{ndash}} Beginning of the [[1998]] [[Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]], the first time these games are held in [[Asia]].
* [[1999]] {{ndash}} [[Tennis]] player [[Serena Williams]] wins her first Grand Slam, at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]].

=== From 2001 ===
[[File:September 11 Photo Montage.jpg|thumb|[[September 11 attacks]]]]
* [[2001]] {{ndash}} In the [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11 attacks]], Islamic extremists destroy the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]] and part of [[The Pentagon]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]] by crashing passenger [[Fixed-wing aircraft|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]] {{ndash}} [[Sweden|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 [[murder]]ed.
* [[2004]] {{ndash}} A [[helicopter]] crashes in the [[Aegean Sea]], killing 17 people, including [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]].
* [[2006]] {{ndash}} [[George Tupou V]] becomes king of [[Tonga]], after the death of his father [[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]].
* [[2007]] {{ndash}} [[Russia]] tests a thermobaric [[weapon]].
* [[2012]] {{ndash}} The [[US]] [[Embassy]] in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] and Consulate in [[Benghazi]], [[Libya]] are targeted in terrorist attacks by [[Islam]]ic extremists. 4 Americans are killed in the attacks, including [[US]] Ambassador to [[Libya]] [[Christopher Stevens]].
* [[2012]] {{ndash}} A total of 315 people are killed in two garment [[factory]] [[fire]]s in [[Pakistan]].
* [[2015]] {{ndash}} A [[Crane (machine)|crane]] collapse at [[Mecca]]'s Central [[Mosque]] kills over 100 people.
* [[2017]] {{ndash}} 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 ==
=== Up to 1900 ===
* [[1182]] {{ndash}} [[Minamoto na Yoriie]], Japanese [[shogun]] (d. [[1204]]).
* [[1470]] {{ndash}} [[Martin Waldseemüller]], German [[Map|cartographer]] (d. [[1520]]).
* [[1476]] {{ndash}} [[Louise of Savoy]] (d. [[1531]]).
* [[1522]] {{ndash}} [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]], Italian [[physician]] and [[naturalist]] (d. [[1605]]).
* [[1524]] {{ndash}} [[Pierre de Ronsard]], French [[poet]] (d. [[1585]]).
* [[1525]] {{ndash}} [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. [[1598]]).
* [[1611]] {{ndash}} [[Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne]], Marshal of [[France]] (d. [[1675]]).
* [[1656]] {{ndash}} [[Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark]], consort of [[Sweden]] (d. [[1693]]).
* [[1700]] {{ndash}} [[James Thomson (poet)|James Thomson]], Scottish [[poet]] (d. [[1748]]).
* [[1711]] {{ndash}} [[William Boyce]], English composer (d. [[1779]]).
* [[1724]] {{ndash}} [[Johann Bernhard Basedow]], German educational reformer (d. [[1790]]).
* [[1743]] {{ndash}} [[Nicolai Abildgaard]], Danish [[Artist|painter]], [[sculptor]] and [[architect]] (d. [[1809]]).
* [[1749]] {{ndash}} [[Justus Perthes]], German publisher (d. [[1816]]).
* [[1764]] {{ndash}} [[Valentino Fioravanti]], Italian [[composer]] (d. [[1837]]).
* [[1771]] {{ndash}} [[Mungo Park]], Scottish explorer (d. [[1806]]).
* [[1786]] {{ndash}} [[Friedrich Kuhlau]], German composer (d. [[1832]]).
* [[1798]] {{ndash}} [[Franz Ernst Neumann]], German [[physicist]] (d. [[1895]]).
* [[1816]] {{ndash}} [[Carl Zeiss]], German lens maker (d. [[1888]]).
* [[1825]] {{ndash}} [[Eduard Hanslick]], Austrian composer (d. [[1904]]).
* [[1838]] {{ndash}} [[John Ireland (archbishop)|John Ireland]], American [[archbishop]] (d. [[1918]]).
* [[1845]] {{ndash}} [[Emile Baudot]], French [[engineer]] and [[inventor]] (d. [[1903]]).
* [[1847]] {{ndash}} [[Mary Watson Whitney]], American [[astronomer]] (d. [[1921]]).
* [[1853]] {{ndash}} [[Katharina Schratt]], Austrian [[actress]] (d. [[1940]]).
* [[1860]] {{ndash}} [[James Allan (rugby)|James Allan]], New Zealand [[Rugby football|rugby]] (d. [[1934]]).
* [[1862]] {{ndash}} [[O. Henry]], American writer (d. [[1910]]).
* [[1862]] {{ndash}} [[Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy]], British field marshal and Governor–General of [[Canada]] (d. [[1936]]).
* [[1862]] {{ndash}} [[Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne]], British noblewoman (d. [[1938]])
* [[1862]] {{ndash}} [[Hawley Harvey Crippen]], American [[physician]] and [[murder]] suspect (d. [[1910]])
* [[1865]] {{ndash}} [[Rainis]], [[Latvia]]n writer and politician (d. [[1929]]).
* [[1871]] {{ndash}} [[Scipione Borghese, 1st Prince of Sulmona]], Italian racing driver, mountaineer and politician (d. [[1927]])
* [[1877]] {{ndash}} [[Felix Dzerzhinsky]], Polish–born [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary (d. [[1926]]).
* [[1877]] {{ndash}} [[James Hopwood Jeans]], English [[physicist]], [[astronomer]] and [[mathematician]] (d. [[1946]]).
* [[1881]] {{ndash}} [[Asta Nielsen]], Danish [[actress]] (d. [[1972]])
* [[1885]] {{ndash}} [[D. H. Lawrence]], English [[novel]]ist (d. [[1930]]).
* [[1892]] {{ndash}} [[Pinto Colvig]], American actor and [[cartoonist]] (d. [[1967]]).
* [[1892]] {{ndash}} [[Lucien Buysse]], Belgian cyclist (d. [[1980]]).
* [[1895]] {{ndash}} [[Vinobe Bhave]], Indian [[activist]] (d. [[1982]]).
* [[1895]] {{ndash}} [[Nur Ali Elahi]], Iranian [[philosopher]] and [[musician]] (d. [[1974]]).
* [[1896]] {{ndash}} [[Robert S. Kerr]], 12th [[Governor]] of [[Oklahoma]] (d. [[1963]]).
* [[1899]] {{ndash}} [[Jimmie Davis]], American [[country music]] singer–songwriter and politician, [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]] (d. [[2000]]).
* [[1900]] {{ndash}} [[Semyon Lavochkin]], Russian [[aircraft]] engineer (d. [[1960]]).

=== 1901 {{ndash}} 1950 ===
* [[1903]] {{ndash}} [[Theodor W. Adorno]], German [[philosopher]] and [[Sociology|sociologist]] (d. [[1969]]).
* [[1904]] {{ndash}} [[Ludwik Gross]], Polish–American [[cancer]] researcher and [[Virology|virologist]] (d. [[1999]])
* [[1910]] {{ndash}} [[Gerhard Schröder (CDU)|Gerhard Schröder]], German politician (d. [[1989]]).
* [[1913]] {{ndash}} [[Jacinto Convit]], [[Venezuela]]n [[physician]] and [[scientist]] (d. [[2014]]).
* [[1913]] {{ndash}} [[Bear Bryant]], American football coach (d. [[1983]]).
* [[1914]] {{ndash}} [[Pavle, Serbian Patriarch]] (d. [[2009]]).
* [[1915]] {{ndash}} [[Raul Alberto Lastiri]], Argentine politician and interim [[President]] (d. [[1978]]).
* [[1917]] {{ndash}} [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[President]] of the [[Philippines]] (d. [[1989]]).
* [[1917]] {{ndash}} [[Herbert Lom]], Czech–born British actor (d. [[2012]]).
* [[1917]] {{ndash}} [[Jessica Mitford]], British writer (d. [[1996]]).
* [[1921]] {{ndash}} [[Yidnekatchew Tessema]], [[Ethiopia]]n [[footballer]] (d. [[1987]]).
* [[1924]] {{ndash}} [[Daniel Akaka]], American politician. (d. [[2018]])
* [[1924]] {{ndash}} [[Tom Landry]], American football coach (d. [[2000]]).
* [[1928]] {{ndash}} [[Reubin Askew]], 37th [[Governor]] of [[Florida]] (d. [[2014]]).
* [[1928]] {{ndash}} [[Earl Holliman]], American actor.
* [[1928]] {{ndash}} [[William X. Kienzle]], American [[priest]] and [[writer]] (d. [[2001]]).
* [[1929]] {{ndash}} [[Patrick Mayhew]], English [[lawyer]] and [[politician]].
* [[1930]] {{ndash}} [[Saleh Salim]], [[Egypt]]ian [[footballer]], manager and [[actor]] (d. [[2002]]).
* [[1931]] {{ndash}} [[Hans-Ulrich Wehler]], German [[historian]] and academic (d. [[2014]]).
* [[1932]] {{ndash}} [[Gavril Dejeu]], Romanian politician.
* [[1933]] {{ndash}} [[Rachid Sfar]], former [[Prime Minister]] of [[Tunisia]].
* [[1935]] {{ndash}} [[Arvo Part]], Estonian composer.
* [[1935]] {{ndash}} [[Gherman Titov]], [[Soviet]] [[cosmonaut]] (d. [[2000]]).
* [[1937]] {{ndash}} Queen [[Queen Paola of Belgium|Paola]] of [[Belgium]].
* [[1937]] {{ndash}} [[Robert Crippen]], American [[astronaut]].
* [[1937]] {{ndash}} [[Joseph Kobzon]], Soviet–Ukrainian singer.
* [[1940]] {{ndash}} [[Theodore Olsen]], American politician.
* [[1940]] {{ndash}} [[Nong Duc Manh]], Vietnamese Communist politician.
* [[1940]] {{ndash}} [[Brian De Palma]], American [[Movie director|director]].
* [[1943]] {{ndash}} [[Mickey Hart]], American musician.
* [[1943]] {{ndash}} [[Jack Ely]], American [[guitar]]ist and [[singer]] (d. [[2015]]).
* [[1944]] {{ndash}} [[Serge Haroche]], French [[physicist]].
* [[1944]] {{ndash}} [[Everaldo]], Brazilian footballer (d. [[1974]]).
* [[1944]] {{ndash}} [[Freddy Thielemans]], Belgian politician.
* [[1945]] {{ndash}} [[Franz Beckenbauer]], German footballer (d. [[2014]]).
* [[1948]] {{ndash}} [[John Martyn]], British musician (d. [[2009]]).
* [[1950]] {{ndash}} [[Amy Madigan]], American actress.
* [[1950]] {{ndash}} [[Eijun Kiyokumo]], Japanese [[footballer]].

=== 1951 {{ndash}} 1975 ===
* [[1951]] {{ndash}} [[Miroslav Dvorak]], Czech [[ice hockey]] player (d. [[2008]]).
* [[1953]] {{ndash}} [[Tommy Shaw]], American [[singer-songwriter]] and [[guitar]]ist.
* [[1955]] {{ndash}} [[Enzo Ghinazzi]], Italian singer, presenter, actor and writer.
* [[1956]] {{ndash}} [[Tony Gilroy]], American [[screenwriter]] and [[Movie director|director]].
* [[1957]] {{ndash}} [[Brad Bird]], American actor, animator, director and screenwriter.
* [[1957]] {{ndash}} [[Jon Moss]], English [[drum]]mer
* [[1960]] {{ndash}} [[Hiroshi Amano]], Japanese [[physicist]].
* [[1960]] {{ndash}} [[Predrag Nikolic]], [[chess]] player from [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]].
* [[1961]] {{ndash}} [[Virginia Madsen]], American [[actress]].
* [[1962]] {{ndash}} [[Julio Salinas]], Spanish footballer.
* [[1962]] {{ndash}} [[Kristy McNichol]], American actress.
* [[1963]] {{ndash}} [[Pietro Ferrero Jr.]], Italian businessman (d. [[2011]]).
* [[1965]] {{ndash}} [[Bashar al-Assad]], [[President]] of [[Syria]].
* [[1965]] {{ndash}} [[Moby]], American musician.
* [[1965]] {{ndash}} [[Graeme Obree]], British [[Cycling|cyclist]].
* [[1965]] {{ndash}} [[Paul Heyman]], American wrestling manager and promoter.
* [[1966]] {{ndash}} [[Princess Akishino]] of [[Japan]].
* [[1967]] {{ndash}} [[Harry Connick, Jr.]], American singer.
* [[1967]] {{ndash}} [[Sung Jae-gi]], [[South Korea]]n [[activist]] (d. [[2013]]).
* [[1968]] {{ndash}} [[Slaven Bilic]], Croatian footballer.
* [[1969]] {{ndash}} [[Gidget Gein]], American musician (d. [[2008]]).
* [[1970]] {{ndash}} [[Taraji P. Henson]], American actress and singer.
* [[1970]] {{ndash}} [[Aaron Dworkin]], American [[violin]]ist.
* [[1971]] {{ndash}} [[Richard Ashcroft]], English musician.
* [[1971]] {{ndash}} [[Johnny Vegas]], English comedian.
* [[1972]] {{ndash}} [[Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh]], Iranian footballer.

=== From 1976 ===
* [[1977]] {{ndash}} [[Matthew Stevens]], Welsh [[snooker]] player.
* [[1977]] {{ndash}} [[Ludacris]], American [[rapper]], [[producer]] and [[actor]].
* [[1977]] {{ndash}} [[Jonny Buckland]], English guitarist ([[Coldplay]])
* [[1978]] {{ndash}} [[Dejan Stankovic]], Serbian footballer.
* [[1978]] {{ndash}} [[Pablo Contreras]], [[Chile]]an footballer.
* [[1979]] {{ndash}} [[Eric Abidal]], French footballer.
* [[1979]] {{ndash}} [[David Pizarro]], Chilean footballer.
* [[1979]] {{ndash}} [[Ariana Richards]], American actress.
* [[1979]] {{ndash}} [[Cameron Richardson]], American actress.
* [[1981]] {{ndash}} [[Andrea Dossena]], Italian footballer.
* [[1981]] {{ndash}} [[Charles Kelley]], American country music singer ([[Lady Antebellum]]).
* [[1981]] {{ndash}} [[Dylan Klebold]], shooter in the Columbine massacre (d. [[1999]]).
* [[1983]] {{ndash}} [[Lauryn Williams]], American [[Track and field athletics|athlete]].
* [[1985]] {{ndash}} [[Shaun Livingston]], American [[basketball]] player.
* [[1987]] {{ndash}} [[Mai Oshima]], Japanese singer ([[AKB48]]).
* [[1987]] {{ndash}} [[Susianna Kentikian]], Armenian–German [[Boxing|boxer]].
* [[1987]] {{ndash}} [[Tyler Hoechlin]], American actor.
* [[1988]] {{ndash}} [[Lee Yong Dae]], [[South Korea]]n [[badminton]] player.
* [[1989]] {{ndash}} [[Asuka Kuramochi]], Japanese singer ([[AKB48]]).
* [[1990]] {{ndash}} [[Jo Inge Berget]], Norwegian [[footballer]].
* [[1991]] {{ndash}} [[Anastasia Rybachenko]], Russian [[activist]].
* [[1992]] {{ndash}} [[Jordan Ayew]], [[Ghana]]ian footballer.
* [[1993]] {{ndash}} [[Lena Lotzen]], German [[footballer]].

== Deaths ==
=== Up to 1900 ===
* [[1063]] {{ndash}} King [[Bela I of Hungary]].
* [[1161]] {{ndash}} Queen [[Melisende of Jerusalem]] (b. [[1105]]).
* [[1298]] {{ndash}} [[Philip of Artois]] (b. [[1269]]).
* [[1349]] {{ndash}} [[Bonne of Bohemia]] (b. [[1315]]).
* [[1380]] {{ndash}} King [[Haakon VI of Norway]] (b. [[1040]]).
* [[1677]] {{ndash}} [[James Harrington]], English political [[philosopher]] (b. [[1611]]).
* [[1680]] {{ndash}} [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] of [[Japan]] (b. [[1596]]).
* [[1721]] {{ndash}} [[Rudolf Jakob Camerarius]], German botanist and physician (b. [[1665]]).
* [[1733]] {{ndash}} [[Francois Couperin]], French composer (b. [[1868]]).
* [[1760]] {{ndash}} [[Louis Godin]], French [[astronomer]] (b. [[1704]]).
* [[1788]] {{ndash}} [[José, Prince of Brazil]] (b. [[1761]]).
* [[1823]] {{ndash}} [[David Ricardo]], English [[economist]] (b. [[1772]]).
* [[1843]] {{ndash}} [[Joseph Nicollet]], French [[mathematician]] and [[explorer]] (b. [[1786]]).
* [[1865]] {{ndash}} [[Louis Juchault de Lamoriciere]], French [[General officer|general]] and [[statesman]] (b. [[1806]]).
* [[1876]] {{ndash}} [[Nathaniel B. Baker]], 24th [[Governor]] of [[New Hampshire]] (b. [[1818]]).
* [[1888]] {{ndash}} [[Domingo Faustino Sarmiento]], [[President of Argentina]] (b. [[1811]]).

=== 1901 {{ndash}} 2000 ===
* [[1911]] {{ndash}} [[Louis Henri Boussenard]], French explorer (b. [[1847]]).
* [[1915]] {{ndash}} [[William Sprague (Rhode Island, 1830-1915)|William Sprague]], [[Governor]] of [[Rhode Island]] (b. [[1830]]).
* [[1917]] {{ndash}} [[Georges Guynemer]], French [[pilot]] (b. [[1894]]).
* [[1931]] {{ndash}} [[Salvatore Maranzano]], Italian–American crime figure (b. [[1886]]).
* [[1932]] {{ndash}} [[Stanislaw Wigura]], Polish [[pilot]] (b. [[1901]]).
* [[1932]] {{ndash}} [[Franciszek Zwirko]], Polish [[pilot]] (b. [[1895]]).
* [[1939]] {{ndash}} [[Konstantin Korovin]], Russian painter (b. [[1861]]).
* [[1941]] {{ndash}} [[Christian Rakovsky]], [[Bulgaria]]n–born socialist revolutionary (b. [[1873]]).
* [[1947]] {{ndash}} [[Alice Keppel]], English socialite and mistress to [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1868]]).
* [[1948]] {{ndash}} [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of [[Pakistan]] (b. [[1876]]).
* [[1949]] {{ndash}} [[Henri Rabaud]], French [[composer]] and [[Conductor (music)|conductor]] (b. [[1873]]).
* [[1950]] {{ndash}} [[Jan Smuts]], South African politician (b. [[1870]]).
* [[1950]] {{ndash}} [[Alvaro Figueroa, 1st Count of Romanones]], [[Prime Minister]] of [[Spain]] (b. [[1863]]).
* [[1956]] {{ndash}} [[Herminio Masantonio]], Argentine [[footballer]] (b. [[1910]]).
* [[1958]] {{ndash}} [[Robert W. Service]], Scottish–Canadian poet (b. [[1874]]).
* [[1958]] {{ndash}} [[Camillien Houde]], Canadian politician, 34th [[Mayor]] of [[Montreal]] (b. [[1889]]).
* [[1971]] {{ndash}} [[Nikita Krushchev]], Soviet political leader (b. [[1894]]).
* [[1973]] {{ndash}} [[Salvador Allende]], [[President of Chile]] (b. [[1908]]).
* [[1973]] {{ndash}} [[E. E. Evans-Pritchard]], British anthropologist (b. [[1902]]).
* [[1978]] {{ndash}} [[Ronnie Peterson]], Swedish racing driver (b. [[1944]]).
* [[1978]] {{ndash}} [[Georgi Markov]], Bulgarian dissident (b. [[1929]]).
* [[1978]] {{ndash}} [[Janet Parker]], British [[smallpox]] victim (b. [[1938]]).
* [[1986]] {{ndash}} [[Panagiotis Kanellopoulos]], Greek politician and academic (b. [[1902]]).
* [[1987]] {{ndash}} [[Peter Tosh]], Jamaican musician (b. [[1944]]).
* [[1988]] {{ndash}} [[Roger Hargreaves]], English writer (The [[Mr. Men]]) (b. [[1934]]).
* [[1994]] {{ndash}} [[Jessica Tandy]], English–American actress (b. [[1909]]).
* [[1997]] {{ndash}} [[Camille Henry]], Canadian [[ice hockey]] player and coach (b. [[1933]]).

=== Deaths in the September 11 attacks ===
* [[2001]] {{ndash}} 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]] {{ndash}} [[Kim Hunter]], American actress (b. [[1922]]).
* [[2002]] {{ndash}} [[Johnny Unitas]], [[American football]] player (b. [[1933]]).
* [[2003]] {{ndash}} [[Anna Lindh]], Swedish foreign minister (b. [[1957]]).
* [[2003]] {{ndash}} [[John Ritter]], American actor (b. [[1948]]).
* [[2004]] {{ndash}} [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]], Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa (b. [[1949]]).
* [[2006]] {{ndash}} [[Joachim Fest]], German [[historian]] (b. [[1926]]).
* [[2007]] {{ndash}} [[Ian Porterfield]], British footballer (b. [[1945]]).
* [[2009]] {{ndash}} [[Yoshito Usui]], Japanese [[manga]] artist (b. [[1958]]).
* [[2009]] {{ndash}} [[Juan Almeida Bosque]], Cuban revolutionary (b. [[1927]]).
* [[2009]] {{ndash}} [[Gertrude Baines]], American [[supercentenarian]] and oldest person in the world at the time of her death (b. [[1894]]).
* [[2010]] {{ndash}} [[Kevin McCarthy]], American actor (b. [[1914]]).
* [[2011]] {{ndash}} [[Andy Whitfield]], Welsh actor (b. [[1972]]).
* [[2012]] {{ndash}} [[Sergio Livingstone]], [[Chile]]an [[footballer]] (b. [[1920]]).
* [[2012]] {{ndash}} [[Sean Smith]], American diplomat.
* [[2012]] {{ndash}} J. [[Christopher Stevens]], American [[diplomat]] (b. [[1960]]).
* [[2014]] {{ndash}} [[Joachim Fuchsberger]], German [[actor]] and entertainer (b. [[1927]]).
* [[2014]] {{ndash}} [[Donald Sinden]], English [[actor]] (b. [[1923]]).
* [[2014]] {{ndash}} [[Antoine Duhamel]], French [[composer]] (b. [[1925]]).
* [[2014]] {{ndash}} [[Bob Crewe]], American [[songwriter]] and record producer (b. [[1931]]).
* [[2014]] {{ndash}} [[Rudolf Kortokraks]], German–Austrian painter (b. [[1928]]).
* [[2014]] {{ndash}} [[Kendall Francois]], American serial killer (b. [[1971]]).
* [[2014]] {{ndash}} [[Hamish McHamish]], Scottish celebrity cat (b. [[1999]]).
* [[2015]] {{ndash}} [[Alan Purwin]], American [[helicopter]] [[pilot]] and aerial film operator (b. [[1961]]).
* [[2016]] {{ndash}} [[Alexis Arquette]], American actress (b. [[1969]]).
* [[2016]] {{ndash}} [[Ben Idrissa Dermé]], [[Burkina Faso|Burkinabe]] [[footballer]] (b. [[1982]]).
* [[2017]] {{ndash}} [[Abdul Halim of Kedah]], former [[King]] of [[Malaysia]] (b. [[1927]]).
* [[2017]] {{ndash}} [[J. P. Donleavy]], Irish–American writer (b. [[1926]]).
* [[2017]] {{ndash}} [[Alfred Gadenne]], Belgian politician (b. [[1946]]).
* [[2017]] {{ndash}} [[Peter Hall (director)|Peter Hall]], English theatre and film director (b. [[1930]]).

== Observances ==
* National Day of [[Catalonia]].
* [[Patriot Day]] in the [[US]].
* [[Ethiopia]]n New Year.

[[Category:Days of the year]]