September 11

College football coach Bear Bryant born (1913); Chilean President Salvador Allende dies by suicide in midst of coup d'état (1973); Pete Rose breaks baseball’s all-time hits record (1985); Coordinated terrorist attacks in the US kill 2,977, injure over 6,000 others (2001); US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, attacked, resulting in death of four Americans (2012).

September 10

Golf legend Arnold Palmer born (1929); Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire and cofounder of Alibaba, born (1964); Jane Wyman, actress and first wife of former President Ronald Reagan, dies (2007); Large Hadron Collider is tested for first time (2008); Hurricane Irma makes landfall in Florida (2017).

September 9

The United States of America officially gets its name (1776); Actor Adam Sandler born (1966); People's Republic of China founding father Mao Zedong dies (1976); Queen Elizabeth II becomes longest-reigning monarch of the UK after more than 63 years on the throne (2015); Actor James Earl Jones dies (2024).

September 8

Michelangelo’s David statue unveiled to the public (1504); St. Augustine, Florida, becomes first permanent European settlement (1565); singer Patsy Cline born (1932); Ruby Bridges, first Black student to attend an all-white school in Louisiana, born (1954); Queen Elizabeth II dies (2022).

NATIONAL GRANDMA MOSES DAY

"National Grandma Moses Day on September 7th celebrates the birth of Anna Mary Robertson Moses, a successful painter who began her career at the age of 78."

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/celebrations/national-grandma-moses-day-september-7

September 6

Magellan’s ship Victoria completes circumnavigation of the globe (1522); Social work pioneer Jane Addams born (1860); Munich massacre takes place at Munich Olympic Games; 11 Israeli athletes and coaches killed by terrorist group (1972); Idris Elba born (1972); Actor Burt Reynolds dies (2018).

September 4

Edmond Halley observes Halley’s comet for first time (1682); Beyoncé born (1981); Google is founded (1998); "Crocodile Hunter" host Steve Irwin killed by a stingray (2006); Comedian Joan Rivers dies (2014).