Public Holidays on September 10

• 🌍 Geneva Prayday (Switzerland)

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On This Day in History — September 10

• 2017 — Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in at least 134 deaths and over $62 billion (2017 USD) in damage.
• 2008 — The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
• 2007 — Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
• 2002 — Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
• 2001 — Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
• 2000 — Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.

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Notable Births on September 10

• 1998 — Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player
• 1997 — Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer
• 1992 — Ricky Ledo, American basketball player
• 1992 — Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
• 1992 — Tobu, Latvian music producer
• 1991 — Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer

Notable Deaths on September 10

• 2015 — Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1918)
• 2015 — Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
• 2015 — Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (b. 1927)
• 2014 — Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)
• 2014 — Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)

Sports on September 10

• MLS: New England Revolution @ New York City FC — 00:00 UTC Full Time
• NFL: New England Patriots @ Seattle Seahawks — 00:20 UTC Final
• MLS: Colorado Rapids @ Austin FC — 00:30 UTC Full Time
• MLS: Inter Miami CF @ Chicago Fire FC — 00:30 UTC Full Time
• MLS: Real Salt Lake @ Houston Dynamo FC — 00:30 UTC Full Time
• MLS: FC Dallas @ Minnesota United FC — 00:30 UTC Full Time

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Public Holidays on September 11

• 🌍 National Day of Catalonia (Spain)

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Religious Observances on September 11

• Jewish: Erev Rosh Hashana ערב ראש השנה

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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.

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Notable Births on September 11

• 1993 — Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer
• 1992 — Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
• 1991 — Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer
• 1991 — Rhema Obed, English footballer
• 1990 — Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer
• 1990 — Jarrod Croker, Australian rugby league player

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 — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: San Francisco 49ers @ Los Angeles Rams — 00:35 UTC Scheduled
• Formula 1: ? @ Tag Heuer Spanish GP — 11:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs — 18:20 UTC Scheduled
• Bundesliga: Schalke 04 @ 1. FC Union Berlin — 18:30 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Fiorentina @ Venezia — 18:45 UTC Scheduled

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