09-11-2004, 06:37 AM
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September 11th
1297 ~ Battle of Stirling Bridge - Scots of William Wallace defeat English.
1711 ~ Birthday of William Boyce, Composer.
1914 ~ World War I: Australian forces defeat Germans in New Britain.
1917 ~ Birthday of Ferdinand Marcos, Philippine political figure.
1922 ~ British Mandate of Palestine began.
1935 ~ Birthday of Gherman Titov, Cosmonaut.
1948 ~ Death of Muhammed Ali Jinnah, first Governor-General of Pakistan.
1973 ~ A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet toppled elected Marxist President Salvador Allende.
1997 ~ Scotland voted to re-establish its own Parliament after 290 years of union with England and the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
2001 ~ The September 11 attacks destroyed the World Trade Center in New York City, part of The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and crashed a passenger airliner in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 are killed.
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