September 11: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

1. 1776 - British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
2. 1789 - Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
3. 1813 - War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington D.C..
4. 1903 - The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
5. 1945 - World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
6. 1961 - Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
7. 1978 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet atCamp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
8. 1985 - Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit
9. 1997 - NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
10. 2001 - The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in NYC, damage to The Pentagon, and the crashing of a passenger airliner.
11. Famous Birthdays: Ferdinand Marcos(10th President of the Philippine, Queen Paola of Belgium, Richard D. Gill(British-Dutch mathematician), Benson Stanley(New Zealand rugby player), Shaun Livingston(American basketball player)

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