September 11
Activity of the day
Today is . . .
- National Day of Catalonia
- Latin America Teacher's Day
- 911 Emergency Number Day in the U.S.
- Patriot Day in the U.S.
On this day . . .
- The London to Brighton commuter express train begins regular service (1841)
- Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress is performed for the first time (1951)
- The Beatles record their first single, Love Me Do (1962)
- The BBC TV quiz show, Mastermind, first broadcast (1972)
- Scots vote to create their own Parliament after 290 years of union with England (1997)
- A series of attacks are launched on the U.S. (2001)
Births
- James Thompson, Scottish poet who wrote Rule Britannia (1700)
- DH Lawrence, English writer (1885)
- Ferdinand Marcos, president of the Philippines (1917)
- Brian De Palma, American film director (1940)
- Moby, American musician (1965)
- Harry Connick Jr, American singer (1967)
- Richard Ashcroft, British singer (1971)
Deaths
- Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French astronomer (1712)
- Salvador Allende, President of Chile (1973)
- Peter Tosh, Jamaican reggae star (1987)
- Jessica Tandy, English film and theatre actress (1994)
- Gertrude Baines, world's oldest living person (born 1894 died
2009)