12 History Lessons + 7 Births & 7 Deaths for September 11, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
- 1609 – Henry Hudson sails into Upper New York Bay, beginning his exploration of the river that will bear his name.
- 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet, one of the 18th century’s bloodiest clashes, is fought during the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1789 – Alexander Hamilton takes the oath as the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1814 – U.S. victory at the Battle of Lake Champlain (Plattsburgh) turns back a major British invasion in the War of 1812.
- 1857 – Mountain Meadows Massacre culminates in Utah Territory.
- 1906 – Gandhi launches the satyagraha (“truth-force”) movement at a mass meeting in Johannesburg.
- 1941 – Ground is broken for the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
- 1973 – Military coup in Chile overthrows President Salvador Allende; Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes power.
- 1985 – Pete Rose records hit No. 4,192 to pass Ty Cobb as MLB’s all-time hits leader.
- 2001 – Coordinated al-Qaeda terrorist attacks strike the U.S., killing nearly 3,000 in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
- 2012 – Attack on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, Libya, kills Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1940 – Brian De Palma, film director (Carrie, The Untouchables, Mission: Impossible) (85).
- 1967 – Harry Connick Jr., singer-pianist and actor (58).
- 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor (Empire, Hidden Figures) (55).
- 1977 – Ludacris, Grammy-winning rapper and actor (Fast & Furious series) (48).
- 1965 – Moby, electronic musician and producer (Play) (60).
- 1953 – Tommy Shaw, Styx guitarist-singer (“Renegade,” “Come Sail Away”) (72).
- 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, actor (Teen Wolf; Superman & Lois) (38).
Today’s Deaths:
- 1823 – David Ricardo, classical economist (comparative advantage) (51).
- 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan (71).
- 1971 – Nikita Khrushchev, former Soviet premier (77).
- 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian dissident writer, victim of the “poisoned umbrella” assassination (49).
- 2001 – David Angell, Emmy-winning TV producer (Cheers, Frasier) (54).
- 2003 – John Ritter, Emmy-winning actor (Three’s Company) (54).
- 2010 – Kevin McCarthy, actor (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956) (96).
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