What happend on 11th September

10.09
12.09
2005

The State of Israel officially declares an end to military rule in the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation.

2004

Petros VII, the (Greek Orthodox) Patriarch of Alexandria and his company are killed in an unexplained helicopter crash outside Mount Athos, Greece.

2003

Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh dies after being fatally wounded on September 10.

2001

The September 11 attacks destroy the World Trade Center in New York City, part of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and down a passenger airliner in Pennsylvania. In total, almost 3,000 are killed.

2000

Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia.

1999

Tennis: Serena Williams, 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first Grand Slam tournament when she became US Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.

1998

Independent counsel Kenneth Starr sends a report to the U.S. Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 possible impeachable offenses.

1997

Scotland votes to re-establish its own Parliament on the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Stirling Bridge, after 290 years of union with England.

1996

Union Pacific Railroad purchases Southern Pacific Railroad

1992

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricane in United States history during its time, devastates the State of Hawai'i, especially the islands of Kaua'i and Oahu.