On this day — September 11

as a Category 2 hurricane.

killing thousands of people.

killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.

the Father of All Bombs.

a series of coordinated terrorist attacks killing 2,977 people using four aircraft hijacked by 19 members of al-Qaeda. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.

Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.

Hawaii, killing 7 and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.

Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.