September 11 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for September 11 Patriot's Day (US)
In the headlines today:

2004	Broadway musical lyricist Fred Ebb (Chicago; Cabaret; New York, New York) dies of a heart attack in New York at age 76. .
2003	Actor John Ritter dies of a heart complication at a Burbak, California, hospital at age 54.
2002	Legendary NFL quarterback Johnny Unitas dies of a heart attack at age 69.
2001	2,800 people die when the World Trade Center collapses after terrorists crash a pair of hijacked jetliners into the twin towers in New York City. At 9:37 AM ET, the hijacked jetliner of American Airlines Flight 77 crashes into the Pentagon in Washington, DC, while a fourth jet slams into the ground near Pittsburgh. This day will forever be remembered as 9\|11, or Patriot's Day.
1985	Pete Rose breaks the major league baseball hit record, slugging for number 4,192 against San Diego.
1974	Shea Stadium is the site of the longest game in National League baseball history, where the visiting St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets 4-3, in 25 innings.
1970	CBS-TV airs the last episode of Get Smart, the spy spoof featuring Don Adams as secret agent Maxwell Smart.
1962	Ringo Starr plays on his first recording session as a member of The Beatles.
1959	Congress authorizes food stamps as part of a plan to distribute food to US citizens living in poverty.
1958	The first atomic-powered submarine, the USS Swordfish, is completed.
1954	The Miss America Pageant is broadcast to a national TV audience for the first time.
1917	French WWI flying ace Georges Guynemer is killed in a dogfight over Poelcappele, France.
1897	75,000 coal miners end their 10-week strike which stopped production in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
1875	The world's first comic strip appears in the New York Daily Graphics newspaper.
1850	Jenny Lind makes her first US concert appearance.
1609	English explorer Henry Hudson discovers Mahattan Island.