September 11 in history — What Happened Today in History

Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.

After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.

Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing seven and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.

Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.

A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.

Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.

Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.

The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.

A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.

Atari, Inc. releases the Video Computer System (VCS), later renamed the Atari 2600 in 1982.

A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

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

JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.

The Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro rock festival is held in the State of Mexico. It attracted more than 100,000 attendees during the Mexican Dirty War, a period marked by widespread political repression.

The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.

Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.

Air Canada Flight 303, a Vickers Viscount 757, was the subject of an attempted plane hijacking to Cuba by a person being chased by the CIA.

China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.

Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.

World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.

World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.

Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer

Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress

Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player

LaToya Sanders, American basketball player

Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player

Shaun Livingston, American basketball player

Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner

Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician

Charles Kelley, American singer and musician

Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)

Michael Sukkar, Australian politician

B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)

Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)

Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)

Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)

Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)

Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)

Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)

Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945)

Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)

J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)

Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (born 1984)

Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (born 1932)

Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (born 1971)