Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 11
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September 11: New Year's Day in the Coptic and the Ethiopian calendars, National Day of Catalonia, Teacher's Day in parts of Latin America.
- 1297: Scots under William Wallace defeated English troops in the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
- 1922: The British Mandate of Palestine began.
- 1955: The Bern Switzerland Temple, the first Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, was dedicated.
- 1973: A military coup in Chile headed by Augusto Pinochet overthrew the government of President Salvador Allende. In total, some 3,000 people were killed or disappeared.
- 2001: September 11 Attacks: Three passenger airliners were hijacked to destroy the World Trade Center in New York City and part of The Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 people were killed.
Recent days: September 10 – September 9 – September 8
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