What happend on 11th September

10.09
12.09
1990

President George H. W. Bush delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove Iraqi soldiers from Kuwait, which Iraq had recently invaded.

1989

The iron curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.

1987

Reggae musician Peter Tosh is murdered in his own home in Kingston.

1987

CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather, angry over being preempted for a tennis match, marches off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk.

1987

9-1-1 Emergency Number Day.

1985

Baseball: Pete Rose gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking Ty Cobb's record which stood for over 60 years.

1981

The Pee-wee Herman Show airs as a special on HBO.

1974

The Stranglers are a British rock music group, was formed in Guildford.

1973

A military coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected President Salvador Allende.

1972

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) in America begins regular service.