On This Day in History September 11, 2018

Historical Events 1297  Battle at Stirling Bridge, Scottish rebel William Wallace defeats the English 1609  Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos 1697  Battle of Zenta: forces of Prince Eugen of Savoye defeat the Turks, ending Ottoman control of large parts of Central Europe 1708  Great Northern war: Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the war 2001  Two passenger planes hijacked by terrorists crash into New York's World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both and deaths of 2,752 people 2001  Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the deaths of 125 people 2001  Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Bashar al-Assad 53rd Birthday D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930) Ferdinand Marcos (1917 - 1989) Tom Landry (1924 - 2000) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Nikita Khrushchev (1894 - 1971) Todd Beamer (1968 - 2001)