On this day: Four hijacked planes crashed into New York’s twin World Trade Center towers in 2001

World historyon this day On this day: Four hijacked planes crashed into New York’s twin World Trade Center towers in 2001 Olympus Digital Camera Relevant News On this day: Four hijacked planes crashed into New York’s twin World Trade Center towers in 2001 11 September 2026 Doctors face court today over singer Mazonakis’s death 11 September 2026 DISY praises President on GSI, AKEL presses for exit details 11 September 2026 newsroom 11 September 2026 FacebookXWhatsAppEmailPrintViber Following are some of the major events to have occurred on September 11: 1922 – A British mandate was proclaimed in Palestine. It came into effect at the end of the month, despite Arab protests. 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, died at 71, the year after his country achieved independence from Britain. 1973 – President Salvador Allende of Chile died in unclear circumstances during a military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. 1988 – Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson shatters world record in 100m gold-medal win at Olympics. 1994 – Actress Jessica Tandy, who appeared in “A Streetcar Named Desire” and won an Oscar for “Driving Miss Daisy”, died aged 85. 1997 – Scotland voted in favour of a British government plan to give it its own assembly for the first time in nearly 300 years. 2001 – Four hijacked planes crashed into New York’s twin World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon in Washington and a field in Pennsylvania, 2,973 people were killed in a coordinated attack unprecedented in modern history and blamed by the United States on the network of Saudi-born militant Osama bin Laden. 2004 – Specialist Armin Cruz, the first U.S. military intelligence soldier to be court-martialled over the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, was sentenced to eight months in jail, a reduction in rank and a bad-conduct discharge. 2007 – Keyboardist Joe Zawinul, who played with Miles Davis and helped shape jazz fusion with his band Weather Report, died in his native city of Vienna, aged 75. 2012 – U.S. Consulate attacked in Benghazi, Libya with American staff member dying in the clashes. 2015 – Construction crane crashes in Mecca, Saudi Arabia killing more than a hundred people. Subscribe to our Newsletter Latest News Doctors face court today over singer Mazonakis’s death DISY praises President on GSI, AKEL presses for exit details Autism patients stuck in psychiatric hospital as communities reject homes Police move children in mental health crisis between cities GHS occupational therapy talks postponed again, patients’ group warns AKEL’s centenary puts Mavroyiannis presidential buzz back in the spotlight Things to do on Friday, September 11 Follow en.philenews on Google News and be the first to know all the news about Cyprus and the world.