Editing September 11 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; The first race at the [[Milwaukee Mile]] in [[West Allis, Wisconsin]] is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
*[[1905]] &ndash; The [[Ninth Avenue derailment]] occurs in New York City, killing 13.
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Australia invades [[German New Guinea]], defeating a German contingent at the [[Battle of Bita Paka]].
*  1914   &ndash; The [[Second Period of Russification]]: The teaching of the [[Russian language]] and [[History of Russia|Russian history]] in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the [[Russification of Finland|forced Russification program]] in [[Grand Duchy of Finland|Finland]] run by Tsar [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]].<ref>{{cite book | author =  Jorma O. Tiainen | title = Vuosisatamme Kronikka| year = 1987| page = 179 | location = Jyväskylä| publisher = Gummerus Kustannus| isbn = 951-20-2893-X| language = fi}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; The [[Quebec Bridge]]'s central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on [[August 29]], [[1907]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[History of Honduras#Honduras in the twentieth century|United States Marine Corps invades Honduras]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Nahalal]], a Jewish [[moshav]] in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]], is settled.
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Kars]] is ratified in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]].
*[[1941]] &ndash; Construction begins on [[the Pentagon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facts & Figures: Construction|url=https://pentagontours.osd.mil/facts-construction.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819162620/https://pentagontours.osd.mil/facts-construction.jsp|archive-date=19 August 2014|website=Pentagon Tours}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Charles Lindbergh]]'s [[Des Moines speech]] accusing the British, Jews and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|FDR's]] administration of conspiring for war with Germany.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Olson |first=Lynne |author-link=Lynne Olson |title=Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight Over World War II, 1939–1941 |publisher=[[Random House]] |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-4000-6974-3 |pages=375–387}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Wehrmacht|German troops]] occupy [[Corsica]] and [[Kosovo]]-[[Metohija]] ending the [[Italian occupation of Corsica]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[RAF]] bombing raid on [[Darmstadt]] and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: [[Batu Lintang camp]], a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of [[Borneo]], is liberated by [[9th Division (Australia)|Australian 9th Division]] forces.
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Edna]] hits [[New England]] (United States) as a [[Category 2 hurricane]], causing significant damage and 29 deaths.<ref>{{cite book|title=Public Works Appropriations for 1956: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-fourth Congress, First Session. Eastern Section|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1955|page=298}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Carla]] strikes the [[Texas]] coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|Indo-Pakistani War]]: The [[Indian Army]] [[Battle of Burki|captures]] the town of [[Barki, Pakistan|Burki]], just southeast of [[Lahore]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; China's [[People's Liberation Army]] (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at [[Nathu La]], [[Sikkim]], [[India]], which resulted in [[War|military clashes]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Air France Flight 1611]] crashes off [[Nice]], France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.
*  1968   &ndash; [[John Eliot Gardiner]] conducts Monteverdi's ''[[Vespro della Beata Vergine]]'' with the [[Monteverdi Choir]] at the [[BBC Proms|Proms]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/en2fxj "Prom 49"], [[BBC]], London. Archive from 11 September 1968.</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; The [[Dawson's Field hijackings|Dawson's Field hijackers]] release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until [[September 25]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; The [[History of the Egyptian Constitution|Egyptian Constitution]] becomes official.
*[[1972]] &ndash; The San Francisco [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] system begins passenger service.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[1973 Chilean coup d'état|A coup]] in [[Chile]], headed by General [[Augusto Pinochet]], topples the democratically elected president [[Salvador Allende]].<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The New Yorker |first1=Jonathan |last1=Dee |page=69 |title=A Novel That Links Climate Change and the Death of Salvador Allende |date=4 September 2023|access-date=22 September 2023 |volume=99 |issue=28 |url-access=subscription |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/11/the-suicide-museum-ariel-dorfman-book-review}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[JAT Airways Flight 769]] crashes into the [[Maganik]] mountain range while on approach to [[Podgorica Airport|Titograd Airport]], killing 35 passengers and six crew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730911-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N YU-AHD Titograd|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 212]] crashes in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], killing 69 passengers and two crew.
*[[1976]] &ndash; A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, [[Zvonko Bušić]], is found at New York's [[Grand Central Terminal]]; one [[NYPD]] officer is killed trying to defuse it.
*[[1980]] &ndash; A new [[Chilean Constitution of 1980|constitution of Chile]] is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]], which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
*[[1982]] &ndash; The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of [[Palestinian refugees]] following [[Israel]]'s [[1982 Invasion of Lebanon]] leave [[Beirut]]. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre|Sabra and Shatila refugee camps]] by Phalange forces.
* [[1985]] &ndash; [[Moimenta-Alcafache train crash]], the worst railway accident to occur in [[Portugal]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Fernandes |first=Bruno |date=23 May 2024 |title=11 de Setembro de 1985: Quando a Linha da Beira Alta foi palco de uma tragédia nacional |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.pt/historia/11-setembro_4197 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=National Geographic |language=Portuguese}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; Hungary announces that the [[East Germany|East German]] refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
*[[1990]] &ndash; A [[Faucett Perú|Faucett]] Boeing 727 [[1990 Faucett Perú Boeing 727 disappearance|disappears]] in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.<ref name= "WPST">{{cite news |last1=Claiborne |first1=William |title=Peruvian Airliner Lost in Atlantic Off Canada  |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/09/12/peruvian-airliner-lost-in-atlantic-off-canada/df4b9e17-fcaf-4de3-a1d8-f5173446eb4d/ |access-date=27 December 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=12 September 1990}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Continental Express Flight 2574]] crashes in [[Colorado County, Texas]], near [[Eagle Lake, Texas|Eagle Lake]], killing 11 passengers and three crew.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910911-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia N33701 Eagle Lake, TX|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-30}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; The first game of the [[PCA World Chess Championship 1995]], pitting incumbent champion [[Garry Kasparov]] against challenger [[Viswanathan Anand]], takes place on the 107th floor of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]]'s South Tower in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |date=September 10, 1995 |title=Playing for Chess Crown, and Game's Future |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/10/us/playing-for-chess-crown-and-game-s-future.html |access-date=October 18, 2024 |work=New York Times |pages=1}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Global Surveyor]] reaches [[Mars]].
*  1997 &ndash; [[Kurkse tragedy]]: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.err.ee/1608292218/uhtegi-and-tali-will-to-defend-ourselves-breaking-the-greatest-threat|title=Ühtegi and Tali: Will to defend ourselves breaking the greatest threat|website=news.err.ee/|date=July 29, 2021|author=Toomas Sildam|access-date=December 13, 2021}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; After a [[1997 Scottish devolution referendum|nationwide referendum]], Scotland votes to establish a [[Scottish Parliament|devolved parliament]] within the United Kingdom.
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[September 11 attacks]], a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of [[al-Qaeda]]. Two aircraft crash into the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] in New York City, a third crashes into [[The Pentagon]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]], and a fourth into a field near [[Shanksville, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite news|title = Bin Laden claims responsibility for 9/11|publisher = CBC News|date=October 29, 2004|url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/bin-laden-claims-responsibility-for-9-11-1.513654|access-date=11 September 2019 |quote=al-Qaeda's suicide airplane attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; Russia tests the largest [[conventional weapon]] ever, the [[Father of All Bombs]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; A major [[2008 Channel Tunnel fire|Channel Tunnel fire]] breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the [[Channel Tunnel|tunnel]] for six months.
*[[2011]] &ndash; A dedication ceremony is held at the United States [[National September 11 Memorial & Museum|National September 11 Memorial]] on the 10th anniversary of the [[September 11 attacks]] in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.<ref>{{cite news |title=Visitors to New York's 9/11 memorial top 1 million |url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/29/us/new-york-911-memorial/ |access-date=December 29, 2011 |newspaper=CNN |date=December 29, 2011 |author=<!--Not stated--> |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006043620/http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/29/us/new-york-911-memorial |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; A total of 315 people are killed in [[2012 Pakistan garment factory fires|two garment factory fires]] in [[Pakistan]].
*  2012 &ndash; The U.S. embassy in [[Benghazi]], Libya is [[2012 Benghazi attack|attacked]], resulting in four deaths.
*[[2015]] &ndash; A [[Mecca crane collapse|crane collapses]] onto the [[Masjid al-Haram]] mosque in [[Saudi Arabia]], killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
*[[2023]] &ndash; The Libyan city of [[Derna, Libya|Derna]] experiences catastrophic floods after [[Storm Daniel]] causes [[Derna dam collapses|two dams to collapse]], killing over 11,300 people.<ref>{{Cite news |title=CCTV shows cars swept away in Libya flooding |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-66822697 |access-date=2023-09-15}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Francine (2024)|Hurricane Francine]] impacts the [[Gulf of Mexico]], as a Category 2 hurricane.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-11 |title=Hurricane Francine makes landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 storm |url=https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-francine-gulf-coast-louisiana-storm-surge-e9ca39ec56ad28d128d3baa147d249b1 |access-date=2024-09-12 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>