SEPTEMBER 11 | Birthdays and Events
Famous Birthdays
People born on September 11
Carl Zeiss
Died: December 3, 1888 (age 72 years)
German lens maker who created the Optical instrument that revolutionized microscopes.
Pinto Colvig
Died: October 3, 1967 (age 75 years)
Animated voice of Goofy and Pluto, as well as Bozo the Clown and Bluto in Popeye.
D. W. Brooks
Died: August 5, 1999 (age 97 years)
Farmer who founded Gold Kist, one of the earliest fertilizer plants in the U.S.
Ed Sabol
Died: February 9, 2015 (age 98 years)
Co-founder of NFL Films.
Charles Geschke
Died: April 16, 2021 (age 81 years)
American businessman and co-founded of Adobe Systems.
Minnijean Trickey Brown
One of nine Black teenagers, also known as the Little Rock Nine, who integrated Little Rock Central High School (Brown v. Board of Education).
Historical Events on September 11
Events that occurred on September 11 throughout history
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island.
Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there. Hudson was searching for passage Asia but decided to explore the North American coastline.
Alexander Hamilton is appointed as the first Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton is appointed as the first Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. Appointed by George Washington, Hamilton served from 1789 until 1795.
Oh! Susanna is sang in public for the first time.
Oh! Susanna is sang in public for the first time. Written by Stephen Foster, the song became an unofficial anthem for the 1849 California Gold Rush.
The postal mail chute is patented.
James Cutler patents the postal mail chute, receiving U.S. patent number 284,951. The system connected deposit boxes on multiple floors to a single ground-floor receptacle.
Construction begins on the Pentagon.
Construction begins on the Pentagon. Built with 16 months, the Pentagon was intended to consolidate the Department of War during WWII.
The first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation occurs.
The first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation occurs. The radio telephone hardware weighed roughly 80 pounds and used a "push-to-talk" button, while routing their conversation through a live switchboard operator.
The first Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army arrives in Vietnam.
The first Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army arrives in Vietnam. Known as the "First Team," the division utilized helicopters for rapid troop deployment, resupply, and medical evacuations.
Terrorist attacks occur in New York City, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City; a third plane crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia; a fourth plane crashes into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The attacks killed 2,977 people.
