Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 11
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September 11: National Day of Catalonia, Patriot Day in the United States, Teacher's Day in Latin America
- 1297 - Scots under William Wallace defeated English troops in the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
- 1922 - The British Mandate of Palestine began.
- 1973 - A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet toppled the elected Socialist government of President Salvador Allende.
- 1992 - Hurricane Iniki hit the the U.S. state of Hawaii, killing six and causing more than US$3 billion dollars of damage.
- 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