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About September 11th is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. September 11th is usually the first day of the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099). Births 1913 - Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach 1924 - Tom Landry, Hall of Fame football coach 1924 - Daniel Akaka, U.S. Senator (Hawaii) Deaths 2002 - Johnny Unitas, Hall of Fame quarterback 2003 - John Ritter, actor, comedian (Three's Company) Events 1789 - Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first secretary of the treasury. 1997 - NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars. 2001 - Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, destruction of the western portion of The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and a passenger airliner crash in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. |
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