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Friday, 11 September 2026

2007

Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of all bombs.

2004

All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the Aegean Sea. Passengers include Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria).

2001

The September 11 attacks take place in the United States. Airplane hijackings result in the collapse of the World Trade Center in New York City, damage to The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the crashing of a passenger airliner in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

1998

Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.

1997

After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament, within the United Kingdom.

NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea

1992

Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates Hawaii.

1989

The Iron Curtain opens between the communist Hungary and Austria. From Hungary thousands of East Germans throng to Austria and West Germany.

1988

The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.