September 11 - On this Day

2010 – Ganesh Chaturthi (Hinduism)New Year's Day in the Coptic and the Ethiopian calendars;Patriot Day in the United States; National Day ofCatalonia; Teachers' Day in parts of Latin America
1297 – First War of Scottish Independence: The Scots defeatedEnglish troops at the Battle of Stirling Bridge on the River Forth(pictured) near Stirling.
1709 – An allied British-Dutch-Austrian force defeated the French at the Battle of Malplaquet, one of the bloodiest battles of the War of the Spanish Succession.
1789 – U.S. Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, co-writer of the Federalist Papers, became the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
1945 – The Japanese-run camp at Batu Lintang,Sarawak in Borneo was liberated by the Australian 9th Division, averting the planned massacre of its 2,000-plus Allied POWs and civilian internees by four days.
1973 – A coup d'état in Chile led by General Augusto Pinochet overthrew the government of PresidentSalvador Allende and established an anti-communist military dictatorship.
1992 – The eye of Hurricane Iniki, the most powerfulhurricane to strike the state of Hawaii and the Hawaiian Islands in recorded history, passed directly over the island of Kauai, killing six people and causing around USD$1.8 billion dollars in damage.