Patriot Day
Marks the September 11, 2001 attacks. About 2,977 people from 90 countries died — and at the Pentagon, World Trade Center, and Shanksville fields, the US calendar shifted permanently.
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Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to 27 years in prison for his involvement in a coup plot.- 2024Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.
- 2023The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.
- 2015A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.