9/11 in History

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Published on September 6, 2007 By OckhamsRazor In Misc

The sad thing is, my Dad, a retired full bird Colonel in the USAF who was in Viet Nam, was born on September, 11. Now he doesn't want to celebrate his birthday anymore.

I've asked him, on my wife's suggestion, to have a half-year birthday on March 11. Maybe he'll go for that.

In any case, I started looking at 9/11 in history, and thought some people might be interested in the other things that have happened on that day. So here it is.

September 11, 1995 Eastern Tennessee begins using new area code 423
September 11, 1995 Ohio's Governor Voinovich proclaims "Cleveland Indians Day"
September 11, 1995 Soyuz TM-22, lands
September 11, 1994 114th U.S. Mens Tennis: Andre Agassi beats Michael Stich (61 76 75)
September 11, 1994 46th Emmy Awards: Fraiser, Picket Fences and Kelsey Grammer wins
September 11, 1994 Jingyi Le swims female world record 50m freestyle
September 11, 1994 Missie McGeorge wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
September 11, 1993 107th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Helena Sukova (63 63)
September 11, 1993 Junxia Qu runs 1500m ladies world record (3:50.46)
September 11, 1992 Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die and 8,000 injured
September 11, 1991 "La Toya: Growing Up in The Jackson Family" goes on sale
September 11, 1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston
September 11, 1991 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
September 11, 1991 New York Yankees final game at Baltimore Oriole's Memorial Stadium
September 11, 1991 Atlanta Braves Kent Mercker, Mark Wohlers and Alejandro Pena pitched 1st combined no-hitter in NL, beating San Diego Padres, 1-0
September 11, 1989 Drexel formally pleads guilty to security fraud
September 11, 1989 KSO-AM in Des Moines Iowa changes call letters to KGGO
September 11, 1988 1/3 of population argues for Estonia autonomy
September 11, 1988 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64)
September 11, 1988 Betsy King wins LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship
September 11, 1988 Sports Aid - jogging to feed the world
September 11, 1988 108th U.S. Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (64 46 63 57 64) in 4hrs 55 min - longest men's final in U.S. Open history
September 11, 1987 4th MTV Awards: Peter Gabriel wins
September 11, 1987 Shoot out at Jean-Bertrand Aristides' church in Haiti, 12 die
September 11, 1986 President Mubarak receives Israeli premier Peres
September 11, 1986 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 11, 1986 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded
September 11, 1985 Flyby of Comet Giacobini-Zinner
September 11, 1985 International Cometary Explorer (ISEE 3) passes Giacobini-Zinner by 7900 km
September 11, 1985 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs vs. India
September 11, 1985 Pete Rose of Cin Reds gets career hit 4,192 off Eric Show of San Diego Padres, eclipsing Ty Cobb's record
September 11, 1983 103rd U.S. Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 67 75 60)
September 11, 1983 Fashion designer Donna Karen marries Stephan Weiss
September 11, 1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards
September 11, 1983 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
September 11, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
September 11, 1982 96th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61)
September 11, 1982 Debbie Maffett (Calif), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983
September 11, 1982 Chris Evert wins her 6th and final U.S. Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
September 11, 1981 2nd government of Agt forms
September 11, 1980 Chile adopts its constitution
September 11, 1980 Ron LeFlore (91st) and Rodney Scott (58th), set teammate steal record
September 11, 1977 29th Emmy Awards: Mary Tyler Moore Show, Carroll O'Conner and Bea Arthur
September 11, 1977 97th U.S. Mens Tennis: Guillermo Vilas beats Jimmy Connors (26 63 75 60)
September 11, 1977 Joanne Carner wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
September 11, 1976 Dorothy Kathleen Benham (Minn), 20, crowned 49th Miss America 1977
September 11, 1976 Minnie Minoso bats for White Sox after a 12-year hiatus (hitless)
September 11, 1976 90th U.S. Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats E Goolagong Cawley (63 60) Evonne Goolagong loses her 4th straight U.S. Open Final (Evert wins)
September 11, 1974 Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each
September 11, 1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup
September 11, 1972 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
September 11, 1971 "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 343 performances
September 11, 1971 Egypt adopts its constitution
September 11, 1971 Laurel Lea Schaefer (Ohio), 22, crowned 44th Miss America 1972
September 11, 1969 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
September 11, 1967 A's drop grievance filed with National Labor Relations against C Finley
September 11, 1967 Beatles' Magical Mystery Bus driven around England
September 11, 1967 French president De Gaulle visits Poland
September 11, 1967 Indian/Chinese border fights
September 11, 1967 U.S. Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material
September 11, 1967 WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1967 WUNE TV channel 17 in Linville, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1967 WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1967 WUNG TV channel 58 in Concord, North Carolina (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1966 80th U.S. Womens Tennis: M Esther Bueno-Fraiser beats N Richey (63 61)
September 11, 1966 86th U.S. Mens Tennis: Fred Stolle beats John Newcombe (46 12-10 63 64)
September 11, 1966 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
September 11, 1966 Johnny Miller becomes 1st Yank to hit a HR on his 1st at bat
September 11, 1966 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Pacific Ladies' Golf Classic
September 11, 1966 Rolling Stones perform on Ed Sullivan Show
September 11, 1965 Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks
September 11, 1965 Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
September 11, 1964 George Harrison forms Mornyork Ltd music publishing company
September 11, 1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium
September 11, 1962 Beatles cut "Love Me Do" and "PS I Love You" with Andy White on drums
September 11, 1962 Drummer Ringo Starr replaces Pete Best of the Beatles
September 11, 1962 KVCR TV channel 24 in San Bernardino, California (PBS) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1961 Bob Dylan's 1st New York performance
September 11, 1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome, Italy
September 11, 1960 74th U.S. Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64)
September 11, 1960 80th U.S. Mens Tennis: Neale A Fraser beats Rodney G Laver (64 64 97)
September 11, 1959 "Duke" Ellington wins Springarn Medal for his musical achievements
September 11, 1959 Congress passes a bill authorizing food stamps for poor Americans
September 11, 1959 Elroy Face's 22 game win streak ends as Dodgers beat Pirates 5-4
September 11, 1959 Oriole Jerry Walker pitches 16 inn beating White Sox 1-0
September 11, 1958 Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
September 11, 1956 Cincinnati Red Frank Robinson ties rookie record with his 38th HR
September 11, 1956 Vladimir Kuts runs world record 10k (28:42.8)
September 11, 1956 Yanks Yogi Berra ties career record for home runs (236) by a catcher
September 11, 1955 69th U.S. Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats Patricia Ward (64 62)
September 11, 1955 75th U.S. Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Ken Rosewall beats (97 63 63)
September 11, 1955 KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, Texas (IND) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1954 1st Miss America TV broadcast
September 11, 1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)
September 11, 1954 KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1954 Lee Meriwether (Calif), 19, crowned 27th Miss America 1955 (1st on TV)
September 11, 1953 KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, California (NBC) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1953 WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
September 11, 1952 West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews
September 11, 1951 Stravinsky's opera "Rake's Progress," premieres in Venice
September 11, 1951 Florence Chadwick becomes 1st woman to swim English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours and 19 minutes
September 11, 1950 "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts
September 11, 1950 1st typesetting machine to dispense with metal type exhibited
September 11, 1950 33 die in a train crash in Coshocton, Ohio
September 11, 1950 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
September 11, 1946 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
September 11, 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet in Canada at 2nd Quebec Conference
September 11, 1944 U.S. 5th pantzer division is 1st to enter nazi-Germany
September 11, 1943 Allied arm forces conquerors Salerno
September 11, 1943 Jewish ghettos of Minsk and Lida Belorussia liquidated
September 11, 1943 Last German Q/pirate ship sinks near Easter Island
September 11, 1943 U.S. and Australian troops join in Salamaua, New Guinea
September 11, 1942 Transport nr 31 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
September 11, 1941 Belgium King Leopold secretly marries Lilian Baels
September 11, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight
September 11, 1941 Charles Lindbergh, charges "British, Jewish and Roosevelt administration" are trying to get U.S. into WW II
September 11, 1940 54th Postmaster General: Frank C. Walker of Pennsylvania takes office
September 11, 1940 Anton Mussert establishes Dutch SS
September 11, 1940 Hitler begins operation-Seelowe (invasion England)
September 11, 1939 Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw
September 11, 1939 British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley
September 11, 1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany
September 11, 1937 51st U.S. Womens Tennis: Anita Lizana beats Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (64 62)
September 11, 1937 57th U.S. Mens Tennis: J D Budge beats G vs. Cramm (61 79 61 36 61)
September 11, 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
September 11, 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam
September 11, 1935 49th U.S. Womens Tennis: H H Jacobs beats Sarah H Palfrey Fabyan (62 64)
September 11, 1935 U.S. captures Davis Cup for 7th straight year
September 11, 1933 Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship
September 11, 1930 Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles
September 11, 1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
September 11, 1928 1st TV drama-WGY's Queens Messenger
September 11, 1928 Ty Cobb last hitting appearance, pops out against Yankees
September 11, 1927 After losing 21 in a row to NY, the Browns win their last meeting, 6-2
September 11, 1927 Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers
September 11, 1926 21st Davis Cup: USA beats France in Philadelphia (4-1)
September 11, 1926 Aloha Tower dedicated in Honolulu
September 11, 1926 Spain leaves League of Nation due to Germany joining
September 11, 1926 U.S. defeats France for their 7th straight Davis Cup championship
September 11, 1926 Yanks' Bob Meusel ties record with 3 sacrifice flies
September 11, 1923 After a single, Red Sox Howard Ehmke retires next 27 Yanks
September 11, 1923 Bernie Neis, hits the 1,000th Dodger home run
September 11, 1923 ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower
September 11, 1922 British mandate of Palestine begins
September 11, 1922 Yankees play their farewell home game in Polo Grounds win doubleheader
September 11, 1919 U.S. Marines invade Honduras
September 11, 1918 Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 2 in 15th World Series
September 11, 1916 German troops conquer Kavalla Greece
September 11, 1914 T Handy publishes "St. Louis Blues"
September 11, 1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms
September 11, 1912 Philadelphia A's Eddie Collins steals 6 bases in 1 game
September 11, 1910 1st commercially successful electric bus line opens (Hollywood)
September 11, 1909 Max Wolf rediscovers Halley's comet
September 11, 1900 President Kruger crosses border with Mozambique
September 11, 1895 FA Cup stolen in Birmingham
September 11, 1893 Bronx Gas and Electric Company opens on Frisby and Tremont Ave
September 11, 1893 Shaku Soen is 1st Zen teacher to visit the West (Chicago)
September 11, 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Crooked Man"
September 11, 1886 Mayflower (U.S.) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup
September 11, 1885 Moses Hopkins, named minister to Liberia
September 11, 1883 James Cutler patents postal mail chute
September 11, 1881 Triple landslides bury Elm Switz
September 11, 1877 Rijkslandbouwhoge school opens in Wageningen
September 11, 1875 1st newspaper cartoon strip
September 11, 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre-120 colonists killed by indians in Utah
September 11, 1853 1st electric telegraph used (Merchant's Exchange to Pt Lobos)
September 11, 1852 Olympia Columbian is 1st newspaper published north of Columbia R
September 11, 1850 "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st U.S. concert
September 11, 1847 1st singing of Stephen Fosters "Susanna" (in Pittsburgh)
September 11, 1839 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)
September 11, 1831 Charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth
September 11, 1814 Americans defeat British at Battle of Plattsburgh
September 11, 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British
September 11, 1789 Alexander Hamilton appointed 1st Secretary of Treasury
September 11, 1786 Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce
September 11, 1777 Battle of Brandywine, Pa; Americans lose to British
September 11, 1773 Benjamin Franklin writes "There never was a good war or bad peace"
September 11, 1741 Queen Maria Theresa addresses Hungarian Parliament
September 11, 1714 French and Spanish troops under duke of Berwick occupy Barcelona
September 11, 1709 Battle at Malplaquet: Engl/Aust/Dutch Great Alliance beat France
September 11, 1697 Battle at Zenta: Prince Eugen van Savoye beats Turkish superior power
September 11, 1649 Massacre of Drogheda-Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists
September 11, 1649 Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred
September 11, 1648 Battle at Pilawce: Bohdan Chmielricki's beats John Casimir
September 11, 1645 Thomas Fairfax' New Model-army occupies Bristol
September 11, 1557 Catholic and Lutheran theology debated in Worm
September 11, 1304 Willem III becomes earl of Holland
September 11, 1297 Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel Wm Wallace beats English
September 11, 813 Charles the Great crowns Louis I emperor

Comments

ThinkAloud

on Sep 06, 2007

I started looking at 9/11 in history

Very long list for sure. However, do you realize that you can assemble a similar list for each and every day of the year?

Every single day, something special happens somewhere in the world. It is a great a effort to collect them as you did, but it is a phenomenon that belongs to every day of the year.

Happy birth day to your Dad and hope he doesnt let the connection spoil it.

OckhamsRazor

on Sep 07, 2007

Wait.

Are you saying stuff happens on days other than September 11th? Preposterous. o.0

I didn't collect the list, I googled it after realizing it was time for me to get Dad a birthday present and thinking about how he felt. He had been out of town, but kind of out of town twice. He and my step-mother went to stay in New Hampshire for a while, and then he went on Safari and several other places, and so I had sent an email inquiring if he was back, and if so, where was he back to? New Hampshire or his home? so I'd know where to send something. To try and talk him out of his disassociation with his own natal celebration, I googled this list to use something random off of it for levity.

Charlie Brown (my Dad) wrote:

We will be here in NH until mid-Oct or later.

I wrote:

Cool...I dunno what we're sending, but we're sending something and it will probably be late, because that's how we roll...hahaha. It's your birthday, buddy, and despite whacky events that occur on it, it's still my dad's birthday!! After all, in 1988 Betsy King won the LPGA Cellular One-Ping Golf Championship on 9/11, so the day is NOT a total loss. o.0

Ok...not the best example.

Listen...MY DAD was born on that day. I love him, and that makes it a good day for me.

With 9/11 around the corner, I thought others might be interested in seeing what else happened on that day. Some of us find 9/11 to be more significant than, say, 9/12 when in 2005 the Hong Kong Disneyland opened.

Dr Guy

on Sep 07, 2007

September 11, 1944 U.S. 5th pantzer division is 1st to enter nazi-Germany

The US had Pantzer (or Panzer) divisions? Patton is rolling over in his grave.

OckhamsRazor

on Sep 07, 2007

TA is probably one of the most condescending bloggers on these forums, seemingly operating from the assumption that the rest of us are bloomin' idjits and must have every little obvious thing explained to us like children.

That's ok. This is the second time I've seen that name on my own blog and both times I thought ThinkSilent would be a better name and good advice to boot, but I ain't hatin'.

Maybe he'll come back by and tell us something magical like that our noses are for breathing, smelling, AND tasting. Did you know that Sabrina?

beginning with the death of my brother only 7 weeks later, on 11/07/01.

Gah. Being an only child, and having always wished I wasn't, I feel that one :/ Tell ya what. I'll be your brother (always wanted a sister to torment)

The US had Pantzer (or Panzer) divisions?

Haha...I actually had to do a "Find" to *cough* find that...well yeah. I'll leave it as is, though, since it's a cut and paste

dharmagrl

on Sep 08, 2007

My son was born on September 11th, 1994.

I was at work on 9/11, 2001. My neighbor across the street rescued my kids from the school bus and kept them there until I made it through the 2 hour long wait to come through the gate onto base (that's what ThreatCon Delta will do for ya - this was back before they changed it to Force Protection Level). Luckily my car had great A/C and the ice-cream cake I'd got from DQ for Davey's birthday wasn't melted. Anyway, I picked the kids up and as we were walking across the street, my newly-7-year-old said 'Nobody is ever gonna be happy on my birthday again, are they mom?'

I had a hard time smiling as I told him that I'd always be happy on his birthday.

He's turning 13 in a couple of days, and I think he's forgotten what he said to me back then. And, whilst there is still an air of sobriety to the day, I think that the atmosphere is a darn sight lighter than what it was on 9/11 2002 or 2003.

Time heals all wounds, but she also wounds all heels.

OckhamsRazor

on Sep 08, 2007

Well Happy Birthday to him, Dharma! Tough day to be born on - I hope he has a great birthday.

straniera

on Sep 08, 2007

Sort of puts things in perspective...makes me realize how small a part we play in history. It also helps me realize that every day is special. Thanks for sharing.

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