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Monday, September 11, 2017

Today in History

1297
Scots under William Wallace defeat the English at Stirling Bridge.
1695
Imperial troops under Eugene of Savoy defeat the Turks at the Battle of Zenta.
1709
John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, wins the bloodiest battle of the 18th century at great cost, against the French at Malplaquet.
1740
The first mention of an African American doctor or dentist in the colonies is made in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
1777
General George Washington and his troops are defeated by the British under General Sir William Howe at the Battle of Brandywine in Pennsylvania.
1786
The Convention of Annapolis opens with the aim of revising the Articles of Confederation.
1802
Piedmont, Italy, is annexed by France.
1814
U.S. forces led by Thomas Macdonough route the British fleet on Lake Champlain.
1847
Stephen Foster’s “Oh! Susanna” is first performed in a saloon in Pittsburgh.
1850
Soprano opera singer Jenny Lind, the “Swedish Nightingale,” makes her American debut at New York’s Castle Garden Theater.
1864
A 10-day truce is declared between generals William Sherman and John Hood so civilians may leave Atlanta, Georgia.
1857
Indians incited by Mormon John D. Lee kill 120 California-bound settlers in the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
1904
The battleship Connecticut, launched in New York, introduces a new era in naval construction.
1916
The “Star Spangled Banner” is sung at the beginning of a baseball game for the first time in Cooperstown, New York.
1944
American troops enter Luxembourg.
1962
Thurgood Marshall is appointed a judge of the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
1965
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) arrives in South Vietnam and is stationed at An Khe.
1974
Haile Selassie I is deposed from the Ethiopian throne.
2001
In an unprecedented, highly coordinated attack, terrorists hijack four U.S. passenger airliners, flying two into the World Trade Center towers in New York and one into the Pentagon, killing thousands. The fourth airliner, headed toward Washington likely to strike the White House or Capitol, is crashed just over 100 miles away in Pennsylvania after passengers storm the cockpit and overtake the hijackers.
2005
Israel completes its unilateral disengagement of all Israeli civilians and military from the Gaza Strip.
2007
Russia detonates a nano-bomb; dubbed the “Father of All Bombs,” it is the largest non-nuclear weapon developed to date.
2012
The US consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is attacked and burned down; 4 Americans are killed including the US ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens.

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