What are the important events that happened on September 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 11 is the 254^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 29, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,757,548,800 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentacontatetragon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 159 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,647 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 11: This Day In History

It is usually the first day of the year in the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).

September 11 Historical Events

• 1226 –
  The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
• 1297 –
  Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
• 1649 –
  Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell’s English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
• 1683 –
  Battle of Vienna.
• 1847 –
  Stephen Foster’s well-known song, Oh! Susanna, is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
• 1916 –
  The Quebec Bridge’s central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
• 1940 –
  George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
• 1954 –
  Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• 1982 –
  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 refugee camps.
• 2000 –
  Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place.

Who were born on September 11?

• 1899 –
  Philipp Bouhler, German Nazi leader (d. 1945)
• 1921 –
  Edwin Richfield, British actor (d. 1990)
• 1930 –
  Cathryn Damon, American actress (d. 1987)
• 1934 –
  Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist
• 1940 –
  Theodore Olson, American politician
• 1945 –
  Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian conductor and composer
• 1964 –
  Ellis Burks, American baseball player
• 1970 –
  Laura Wright, American actress
• 1985 –
  Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
• 1986 –
  Dwayne Jarrett, American football player

Who died on September 11?

• 1161 –
  Queen Melisende of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
• 1349 –
  Bonne of Luxembourg, Bohemian-born duchess and countess (b. 1315)
• 1843 –
  Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
• 1917 –
  Georges Guynemer, French aviator (b. 1894)
• 1988 –
  John Sylvester White, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1993 –
  Antoine Izméry, Haitian political activist
• 2001 –
  Alice Stewart Trillin, American author (b. 1938)
• 2007 –
  Joe Zawinul, Austrian musician (b. 1932)
• 2009 –
  Pierre Cossette, Canadian television and theatre producer (b. 1923)
• 2009 –
  Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist (b. 1958)