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Today is Friday, September 11
National Days & Fun Holidays Today
Public Holidays on September 11
- 🌍 National Day of Catalonia (Spain)
Religious Observances on September 11
- Jewish: Erev Rosh Hashana ערב ראש השנה
On This Day in History — September 11
- 2015 — A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.
- 2012 — A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
- 2012 — The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.
- 2011 — The National September 11 Memorial & Museum is open on the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attack
- 2008 — A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.
- 2007 — Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
Notable Births on September 11
Notable Deaths on September 11
- 2016 — Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (b. 1969)
- 2015 — Dennis Paul Hebert, American businessman and politician (b. 1926)
- 2014 — Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1930)
- 2014 — Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- 2014 — Donald Sinden, English actor (b. 1923)
- 2013 — Marshall Berman, American philosopher, author, and critic (b. 1940)
Sports on September 11
- College Football: Florida A&M Rattlers @ Miami Hurricanes — Final
- NFL: San Francisco 49ers @ Los Angeles Rams — Final
- Formula 1: ? @ Tag Heuer Spanish GP — Scheduled
- MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs — Scheduled
- Bundesliga: Schalke 04 @ 1. FC Union Berlin — Scheduled
- Serie A: Fiorentina @ Venezia — Scheduled
Tomorrow is Saturday, September 12
National Days & Fun Holidays Tomorrow
Religious Observances on September 12
- Jewish: Rosh Hashana 5787 ראש השנה 5787
On This Day in History — September 12
- 2015 — A series of explosions involving propane triggering nearby illegally stored mining detonators in the Indian town of Petlawad in the state of Madhya Pradesh(मध्य प्रदेश) kills at least 105 people with over 150 injured.
- 2014 — Three-year-old William Tyrrell disappears in Kendall, New South Wales, Australia
- 2011 — The 9/11 Memorial Museum in New York City opens to the public.
- 2008 — The 2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a Metrolink commuter train and a Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
- 2007 — Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada is convicted of plunder.
- 2003 — The United Nations lifts sanctions against Libya after that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
Notable Births on September 12
- 1995 — Ryan Potter, American actor
- 1994 — Rap Monster, South Korean Rapper, songwriter and record producer
- 1993 — Kelsea Ballerini, American Singer
- 1992 — Sviatlana Pirazhenka, Belarusian tennis player
- 1991 — Mike Towell, Scottish professional boxer (d. 2016)
- 1991 — Scott Wootton, English footballer
Notable Deaths on September 12
- 2017 — Allan MacEachen, Canadian economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1921)
- 2017 — Edith Windsor, American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)
- 2015 — Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)
- 2015 — Frank D. Gilroy, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2015 — Al Monchak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
- 2015 — Aronda Nyakairima, Ugandan general and politician (b. 1959)
Sports on September 12
- College Football: Missouri Tigers @ Kansas Jayhawks — Scheduled
- MLB: Cleveland Guardians @ Minnesota Twins — Scheduled
- MLB: Chicago White Sox @ St. Louis Cardinals — Scheduled
- MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Athletics — Scheduled
- MLB: Texas Rangers @ Arizona Diamondbacks — Scheduled
- MLB: San Diego Padres @ San Francisco Giants — Scheduled