Today in History
11 September
204 births · 130 deaths · 80 events recorded
Notable Births
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Joseph Fahnbulleh
b. 2001
Liberian-American sprinter (born 2001)
Leandro Bolmaro
b. 2000
Argentine-Italian basketball player (born 2000)
Zay Flowers
b. 2000
American football player (born 2000)
Harmony Tan
b. 1997
French tennis player (born 1997)
William Luther Pierce
b. 1933
American neo-Nazi (1933–2002)
Douglas Hawkes
b. 1893
British racing driver (1893–1974)
Stan Rowley
b. 1876
Australian sprinter
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne
b. 1611
French nobleman, general, Marshal of France (1611–1675)
Notable Deaths
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Kenneth Cope
d. 2024
British actor (1931–2024)
Alberto Fujimori
d. 2024
President of Peru from 1990 to 2000
Chad McQueen
d. 2024
American actor and race car driver (1960–2024)
Joe Schmidt (American football)
d. 2024
American football player and coach (1932–2024)
Andy Whitfield
d. 2011
Welsh actor (1971–2011)
Casualties of the September 11 attacks
d. 2001
Victims of terror attacks in the US
Nikita Khrushchev
d. 1971
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964
Stephen Hagiochristophorites
d. 1185
Byzantine official (c. 1130 – 1185)
On This Day in History
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2024
Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.
Hurricane Francine
2023
The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.
Derna, Libya
2015
A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
Mecca crane collapse
2012
A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
2012 Pakistan factory fires
2012
The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
Benghazi
2011
A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
2008
A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
2008 Channel Tunnel fire
2007
Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
Conventional weapon