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11 Sep 2007
Russia Tests 'Father of All Bombs'.
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11 Sep 2001
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York City.
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11 Sep 1998
Commonwealth Games open in Kuala Lumpur.
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11 Sep 1990
A Faucett Perú 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
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11 Sep 1978
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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11 Sep 1977
The video game console Atari 2600 was released.
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11 Sep 1951
Florence Chadwick became the first female to swim across the English Channel and back.
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11 Sep 1942
The popular children's book 'Five on a Treasure Island' featuring the 'Famous Five,' written by Enid Blyton, was published.
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11 Sep 1921
Nahalal, the first moshav in modern-day Israel, was settled.
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11 Sep 1789
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.
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11 Sep 1783
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
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11 Sep 1541
The Destruction of Santiago occurred when the Spanish conquistadors and the Mapuche-Picunche tribes had a confrontation.
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11 Sep 1297
The English were defeated at the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
